The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-06


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vYeFS id the Phiftp Is
lands IS Making Rapid
Progress.
WASHINGTON Sept. 6 Under
the leadership Of American edueat-j
ors. philippine education IS making
a remarkable advance. Indeed, ac-iI
cording to recent reports received a
the United Stated bureau OF edncav
ton there are features of present.
day education in the philippines
that are worth THE careful attention
OF school leaders in the United
States.
IL 49, in the field OF industrial
tralning ana useful arts that the
Phutppinqs,y under American teach
reTs. are making the most notable
progress: such progress. fn52s fact,
that in certain lines par tiSnlarly
klace,making. and embroidery - the
products Of the Philippine schools
mot ronlyScompare favorab1y with the
work OF the famous Frenchs and
Swiss experts, but promise tos COM
pete with them successfully d1 the
worlds markets.
The whole system OF education in
the Philippines is based on the prin-
efple that the children should re-
tceive training that viii prepare
chem dfrsctiy for the life they are
to live The boys receive Itlanual
btfRfni1g 8fuIhs the very beginning
In the lowest grades. they males ar
ticles that They can use and sell.
both in their own localities and
elsewhere. The most important in
dustry taught the boys is hat weay-
ing. It is a prescribed exercise In
the primary schools. 'tThe bureau
OF education at Manila considers It
one OF its Legitimate functions to
give such training in the making OF
good hats as will afford a large
number OF children a. permanent
means of livlihood.' wrote Mr..
Frank R. White, director of Philip
pine education. in 1910. after the
courses had been introduced and the
development OF the work has nnore
shan juaafied his Eclaif lChfef
lamoae the products are the famous
buhtal' hats made from the lear
t3stemof the opened burr leaf The
schools do not attempt to replace
hand machinery with modern appar-
atus, for 1t is recognized that there
IS a general demand for the products
OF carefuIhandwork Besides
the present courses in the pri-I
mary schools there are regular. trade
schools where the boys spend the
greater part OF the school day in ac-i
Itual manual labor in the shops. A.
set or dining room furniture in red
nara, made at the Philippine school
or arts and trades In Manila. sold
for 5000 at last years carnival. l
In the girls schools plain sewing
and bookkeeping have generally
formed the prescribed courses, but
recently lace-making and embroid-A
cry A4d4AA4bG5 tA4SANG&
because they are arts which besides
possessing educational value fpr-s
nish the girls with remunerafiye I
occupation. There were already In !
the philippines young women who
had learned embroidery and lace
making in the converts under the
Spanish regime. F'urthermore. be-
cause OF their great natural aptt- |
tude Tor such work, and because
OF their patience and delicacy OF excl
ecution the Filipino women are con-
sidered among the most skirfful
workers in the world in these arts. !
their products being classed by ex-
perts as even superior to that OF the
French and Swiss. The schools are
therefore working on sure ground
In lace and embroidery making anu /,
they nave escertained that the de-
"a an for the kind OF work their
children can turn out IS practically
unlimited IN an atGort To increase