ae
Students at School of Medical Assistants. Guam
aggravated an emergencysituation in an already crowded school:
160 students were living and working in facilities planned for 40
students and as a result, most of the classes for the first and second year
groups were held at the Tamavua Hospital some three miles away and
living quarters and subsistence were poor by American standards. The
Trust Territory students were continuing to have linguistic difficulties especially in understanding the “varied dialected forms of English”
spoken by the instructors.
Dr. Keesing also lamented the lack of
“familiar American style sports equipment” but rejoiced that just
before his departure some baseball gear arrived.”
One of the greatest dissatisfactions of the Trust Territory students
was the small personal allowance granted bythe school. On Guam
they had received twenty dollars monthly but because clothing was
"Dr. F.M. Keesing Report, n. d.