[The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester]@TWC D-Link bookThe Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER XVII 35/67
The teachers live in tents, but good permanent buildings have been provided in which are located the mess, a social hall, recitation rooms, etc., and several comfortable cottages have been constructed for the use of visiting lecturers and others.
An outdoor amphitheatre which seats a thousand persons has been built at small expense by taking advantage of peculiarly favorable natural conditions.
Filipino teachers share the pleasures and benefits of the camp with their American associates, and the "assembly" certainly does great good. During the hot season of 1908 the Bureau of Lands transferred a number of its employees to Baguio, quartering them in tents.
This was done in order to ascertain the practical effect of sending American and Filipino employees to this mountain resort.
The conclusion was reached that the small additional expense involved was more than justified by the larger quantity and higher quality of the work performed as a result of the greatly improved physical condition of the workers.
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