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title: 'Progress in the Philippines: A Traveler’s Impressions of Present Conditions'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Elliott Speer'
date: 1916-02-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'Education'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/speer-1916-progress-in-the-philippines-a-travelers-impressions-of-present-conditions
---

# Progress in the Philippines: A Traveler’s Impressions of Present Conditions

Review of American-era progress in the Philippines: missionary influence and U.S. governance spurred widespread public education, English instruction, and social-economic renewal.

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