The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-08

this Industrial education in connection
with ordinary text book stduies. II Is
the theory OF teachers and superin-
tendents OF instruction that the home
plan or providing manual training only
In high schools suffers In the matter
OF actual results because the high
school student is too far advanced in
education to become a tradesman. AT
present nearly 100 intermediate schools
have shops where various trades are
taught, and the number will be in
creased. The girls are instructed In
! domestic science In kitchens where
Filipino stoves and utensils are used.
Gardening is taught in small plats Of
ground in school yards. but as yet
there has been developed no real
system OF practical instruction upon
farms.
There is one intermediate school, at
Malabon in Rial province. which. has.
the distinction of uniqueness. Here n
special building has been erected TO
give instruction in fisheries. Fish pro-
pagation In ponds and oyster culture
are now confined to the vicinity of
Manila. and the object Is to distribute
them through the Archipelago.
Literature. science, history, COM
merce and agriculture and teachers
training are taught In the high schools,
In provincial capitals. and the founda-4
lions are laid for higher education
abroad. At present there are about
400 Filipinos In the United States eom-
pleting their educations as Govern
ment students or at their own expense
but an act has been passed to es-
tablish The University OF the Phil
ippines. Teachers are trained at the
Normal School In Manila, and at m
.Nitutes for teachers held in Manila
and at Baguio during vacations.
Athletic sports are emphasized In
the philippine schools, to the material
benefit of the students. The Ff1ipinos
are physically neglected as q race. and
are in need of instruction as to how
to keep well and grow strong. The
sons of Igorate head hunters are
making baseball enthusiasts, and in
many other parts of the islands con-
| siderable interest Is shown In out door
games. Nearly every high school has
one or more ball teams. and the girls
in several provinces are playing bas-
ket ball and tennis. The students field
meet held annually in Southern Luzon
is an important event of the year.
| Trophies are offered for baseball
prowess as well as for defamation
and scholastic records. This gather
| ing of the people is made the occasion
of the display of modern farm mach
inery, and many sales are made.
The Filipinos are among the few
| people OF the East who accord to wo-.
man the high position she enjoys in
the Occident. In social life the .wo-
| man Is the equal of the man. She has
equal or greater, influence In domestic
affairs. In business matters her judg-
ment is respected, and, like her sisters
In Burma, the Philippine woman, en-
cages in various kinds of mercantile
1 hto ara
| ers and not a few commission nlerr
chants among them. Many wealthy
Filipinos manage their own business
affairs with success. This gives = the
Americans an advantage in promoting
school work. The Filipino girls turn
readily to teaching, partly because IT
affords them opportunities for. con-
tinued study, and because they are al
together acceptable to the parents of
school children.
| The native school marin" Is small.
slightly built, somewhat demure but
quite independent In, appearance: She
| is a model of neatness in her brightly
colored skirt and always freshly laund-
cred chemisette and panuelo, present
| ing the appearance of great rufne or
collar Of Seventeenth century style.
She is a stranger to stays and stock
Ings, and her chinelas-heelless slippers
with wooden soles seem just ready to
| slim from her toes as she walks with
the stunning gait of a Japanese girl.
But she is able to wear those chinelas
while WALKING, and she rarely filings
a shoe"
Very few of the students who finish
school are failures. Statistics recently
compiled show that many of the young
men become United States Government
studeuts or attend universities at their
own expense. larger number be-
come clerks, civil servants, farmers,
merchants or teachers. The girls who
do not settle down as brides become
teachers clerks, telephone girls and
accountants. Several have recently
taken up the study of law, but none
has vet been admitted to the bar.
Others have taken up medicine. and
still others are In hospitals as student
assistants to nurses.
The complaint of educators is that
the Normal School is not entirely full
lflling its purpose because the gradu-
Iates are so often able to secure more
remunerative work as result of their
training. These results of education
show why the American resident in
Manila finds that he must give his
servants evenings off that they may
attend night school, and why ones
s, harefooted "cochere" is a student at
the same Institution. much to the dis
gust of the 'ilustrado" who sees no
reason why the common people should
be educated.
Observation-Disclosures In The Phil
ippines.
VIn.--AdoDting the English Lang