Adelbert Althouse
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Born | Navy Cross | May 23, 1869
Adelbert Althouse (May 23, 1869 – May 17, 1954) was a
Life and legacy
Althouse was born in 1869 in Illinois.[1] He died on May 17, 1954.[2] In 1930, the Navy named a Guamanian school, the Adelbert Althouse School, after him.[3]
Althouse entered the United States Naval Academy on May 21, 1887,[4] graduating in 1891.[2] He was commissioned as an ensign on July 1, 1893.[4] He achieved the rank of lieutenant 1900.[1] The same year, he served aboard USS New Orleans.[5]
As a lieutenant, he served as
During
Governorship
Althouse served two terms as Naval Governor of Guam; he served his first term from February 7, 1922, to December 8, 1922.[10] During his first term, he made significant changes to the Guamanian education system. In an effort to promote the spread of English among local children, he burned a large number of Chamorro-English dictionaries and banned the use of Chamorro in the classroom and on playgrounds.[11] Do to a shortage of classrooms, classrooms were made co-educational. He based the new system on the educational system of California and demanded that teachers stick to a rigid syllabus.[12] His second term took place from December 14, 1922, to August 4, 1923.[10]
References
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- Naval History & Heritage Command. 9 November 2007. Archivedfrom the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ Naval History & Heritage Command. 7 April 2006. Archived from the originalon 9 May 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Stations". United States Congressional Serial Set (3982): 152. 1900. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Fire Directed at the Colon". Boston Evening Transcript. Boston. The Boston Transcript Company. 11 October 1901. p. 1. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh. E. W. Scripps Company. 11 October 1901. p. 1. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ The Navy. Navy Publishing. 1908. p. 31. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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- ^ Sorensen, Stan (1 June 2010). "Historical Notes". Tapuitea. V (22). Government of American Samoa: 5. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Naval Era Governors of Guam". Guampedia. Guam: University of Guam. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Clement, Michael (29 September 2009). "Language Policies". Guampedia. Guam: University of Guam. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ISBN 0-8248-1678-1. Retrieved 3 March 2011.