History and Government Faculty Presentations

Doing Good for the Wrong Reasons: The Case of the Coles

Document Type

Conference Presentation

Event Date

2001

Conference/Event

Ateneo de Manila University National Centennial Conference

Location

Manila, Philippines

Abstract

This paper - "Doing Good for the Wrong Reasons: The Case of the Coles" - is based on the letters and diaries of Harrie and Mary Cole of Michigan, assigned to teach on the island of Leyte.

Keywords

Philippines

Comments

The national centennial conference commemorated the arrival of the “Thomasites,” the hundreds of American teachers who arrived in 1901 to establish a Philippine public education system.

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