The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
MANILA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIRTy-N NINE OF THEN X
IN WORkING ORDkk.

lin NV
Bring eif-Gov~rnmsnt TO tn" rhilip-
pine.-Chiidrsn Eager to earn uphs
Celebrated ths Fourth OF July
aud Native Teachers speh'"s "s''
MANILA, Dec. 20 -Ths school system Tho
l,oyen which Il Is proposed 10 accomplish
the very thing for which the insurgents oil tho
pbilippin.s are asking self goyernmeni-is In
working order In Manila. In establishing tho
.chools' AZ in establishing the government, tho
American army officers had only the wrecks Of
An organization once maintained BY the Spaniards
10 work from. II has Jared with the schools about
the same as with he Government With a war
going ON and little time to institute more than o
fev Of the mos, necessary reforms. the old system
vns bolstered up But every day 1t Is being i'm
proved.
Father Mckinnon, Chaplain Of the First Call
forniA Volunteer Regiment. busied himself a
short time after Manila WAS occupied by 'hs AmerI-
can forces In hunting up the school teachers iofm-
erly employed In Manila and the school houses
Shsmselves Then he went on a search alter the
truant pupils and their school-books and In a SNORT
tim aided In every way possible ny inc nni'ars
authorities, hs had Manila 8 public school system
In operation In some districts 'hs SCHOOLS were
full from tbs start and In others The attendance
dwindled 30 that Shsh 'he fepen'oh u WIG iasa
logs began II nAs necessary 70 posi- " oheuia.
signed by ns Provost-Mafsha 10 ue ene'' mo.
unless parents SAINT 'heif chnoien W sem" a.
once, IL would b necessary 70 0'Se 'he seho"A
30 fsr a. v kno"n,' was nov neoesSoi'
tinus any Of ths schools ana uIe hfs' year 'I"'a
In March, lse0. altar having run ifom 'ne pis'.ou'
IN uhs l. ioss' ch"p'ni' .N.
vas relieved ~ us present seh'o, Hn"wN"'
george Ahasison'a SrouuH"
stWana WaA "Ash ana assoc o. "' elu'es'
Ar Anderson was AZ rot"ano' Wv, s
wAf osSsn And Ne enlisted AZ Noupen, ,Hn
oregon soiun'eefA mheA ns .esNMsn, '
MANIA iof nome 'ui"n
n me sSnooa sysem' AmS se'ou" 'no" s.a'
epsnso On "uy ;. 800.
nine puonc scnoo4sin Ae,n"'
aisn01 a us cay na' ,eo"'' "
boys ana ons i"i sn's anu "onie na,'as
NAM ~ ioW' ~as 80" ssn'
sasn'S-nve nsu,s' - Ss.n "S-
iot'y op"niasu. e m."".L
Hne 'os' noiau oou 20
vemsn anu 'u'' 80 ts To-
NsA'oan pe''s S'o'," q ~.
:onoS' .,~ 80 nv" "aI
- os onn 49,. -
., nnnnH - 49,.
0chOOlS, there are ldIko uumDefD VI pIiVhte bCuUDlS
as well a. con vents and colleges maintained by
ths Catholic clsIgy. All children between the
ages OF Q and Is are expected 70 attend school and
the provost authorities make q slight attempt
10 enforce this rule The children appear al
sohool usually barsfooted. The average boy
wears trousers Of white drill and shirt Of banana
8bre The little girls usually wear shoes, thelr
utnafores are neatly washed and iIoned and Ak
pride Is evidently taken In their appearance.
As to curriculum, the schools OF Manila may 10
Aiyided into TIRES grades, De common schools
embraclng the rimary and intermediate studies:
The higher schools and the normal. Recently there
has been established a nauticalschool The higher
schools are maintained by The Jesuit fathers
At the Manila Observatory and the Ataneo In
Aha walled city. Al the Observatory II the high
normal school. which IL attsuded by some
,h,sa hundred and afy Dupila vhoss
ambition Ia usually 70 become teach
ar. This school Is left entirely 70 the manA9s-
mar, NJ IN. .Jeslita Al present TIA G~overnm.nt
,snderinv certain condemnation until "A beoomes
no.sibls u ,.Le 4, ont of clericaI banda similar
Arrangement IN IN forcs A, Atanso ths .Je.,iit
.cJ,.rs an m. x,llsd oItv. Hare In connection
-i,h a. .,tapsiv. ron vsn, and psneY,l school
,,. h,o,h.,hood m.i,,.in. 10, AZ. Go-vs,rm mar,
hich schooI vb.,. ,xo n, th,.. ,.nu,,.g.s
,nIrd;ne - ,nrr,. Engltsb ava ,,uVh, n.
h,ghsr .ci.n,isc sp,d,s. ana III. rey,,l,, c,,r,tcu.
I,m ~ ,bs ola Sn,nI.b sv,,em ms bigb school
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