The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...

EDUCATION IN SULU

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Jolo school children at calisthenic drill.

of the dormitory was completed. Credit is due also
to Mr. Edgar M. Smoyer, his successor. Promises were
nmade that all arrangements should be in keeping with
the requirements of the Mohammedan religion, and
these promises have been kept. For instance, if a
chicken is to be served, an inamn is called in to kill it
ceremonially. Eight girls holding the rank of princesses
(putlies) entered the dormitory. They were boarded.
lodged, and supplied with uniform clothing, all at the
expense of the government.
The change wxrought in the manners of the girls was
wonderful Only three of them had any prior teaching,
and these had reached the third grade. When they
entered the dormitory, some of them would not utter
a single word to any visitor and would not even look
into another person's face. In two weeks they had beto entertain visitors and to use several English
phrases, and a few had learned to write some words in
English. The saying that mental capacity has no color
surely applies in the case of the Moros. Their suscepti