Unofficial letters of an official's wife [by] Edith Moses.

UNOFFICIAL LETTERS OF

questions and answers were in English. Igorrote
words were given only to be translated into English. The rule was to call on each boy in turn, and
that no one should prompt another. In the excitement this rule was so frequently transgressed that
at last Mrs. King stopped and said, " Boys, isn't it
bad to tell?" " Yes," they chorused, " all same
steal," and proceeded to do it again. The questions
and answers usually related to something practical.
" What is this? " " My arm." " What do you do
with your arms? " "I chop wood, I dig camotes,
I carry water." "What is this?" " My leg."
" What can you do with your legs? " " I run "then the little fellow ran-" I skip," " I dance," " I
hop," and at each answer he suited his action to the
words. This, the language part of the lesson, was
the most important, but they can spell and read
words of four letters, and they know the multiplication table through the " four times." When the
children first came to school they sat about at recess not knowing what to do until Mrs. King
taught them ball and Prisoners' Base. One day a
boy saw a picture of a top in the reading book, and
read of spinning it. The next day he brought a
rough imitation of a top to school; this example
proving contagious, all the boys were soon carving
tops with their bolos. They have learned to spin
them very well. Their names are interesting:
Malamal, Ewill, Chemus, Paran. Their little faces
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