The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-09-12

land to be placed in various schools
beginning occupation of the
philippines the At first
military commanders who detailed soldiers
Filipino teachers who
the immediate direction the detailed
supervision of the officers de-
In this wav v material progress was made in the organization
during part
year appointed Superintendent
Education for the Philippine Islands, marking beginning
systematic permanent educational work
Atkinson of fine character ripe scholarship broad views
enthusiasm in prime years.
disparagement his
that his advent the Philippines marked His work at
historical The situation studied plans formu-
lated ystemaizatOn begun schools
multiplied employed
while still military and the large
American teachers passing through Honolulu about this time and
including the ThOmas Expedition all engaged for
the work under the military government As far as the attitude OF the gen
% nsua concerned the transfer of the islands from
military civil unmarked the schools The plans made and
partly developed under the military government were developed still further
under the civil.
many
and of almost simultaneous disappointment the leading Fno Hopes
teachers They of mortal clay perhaps neither better than
the and the schools
development
qualities perhaps rapid in the Philippines than America
rha dov,oont - oxoaan 80 har.ar noe s ~,od .h zoe ~
development of the undesirable quit
amber Of ss engaged it h could have served fh Islands NOTABLY bS
remaining usually relatively
entirely proportion
the feeling
the islands during school 1929 During this attend
fell off and all the of manifest
The reaction however, of short DURATION and that time the
limit couny ability
and exceeded Every practicable exedn has been ed to order
exc out the funds make them provide education of the
number of pupils desiring needing educational privileges of the
the writer system
by Lancaster and Bell and widely Britain
colonies brightest pupils
by the teachers for an hour and half each day. and then these
utilized
to their fellow pupils Monitors teaching all the remainder the usually
receive salaries Of two or three dollars month Those teaching somewhat
less of their time often do their consideration
the
they have the privileges Glass;
her with assistant teachers draun, salaries ti ,o .h ss,
fourteen hundred pupils in the favored localities
The enthusiasm young study
peenced American realize had a
living in house for the of studying and
study explained as nothing else could their progress
the passing
who, with five schooling eighthgrade
examination English according American
years accomplish including
Spanish girls
fair specimens they forty sed by competitive examination out of
school attendance hundred
attained almost equal standing the examination
The schools Fipno
schools First the primary schools with study
three majority pupils
Every effort being made to Filipino teachers qualified do all the
teaching in these schools Then the intermediate schools with
requiring work for chiefly
y teachers and it is expected that they will have to be taught by
teachers of this pupils
present in these schools relatively small, but pre-
eed within the coming year. Here will be hard problem in the
future American teachers necessarily
schools the provincial high schools with
somewhat with
work The number of
small This
1t eventually
students for University the Philippines at
present exist organization early date anticipated When it is
organized will partially
emit there will be few students
posi-
bic knowledge medicine
number of needed have
In
products of schools of
the anticipated university will
Hopkins of products