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from n to twenty class rooms with
assembly room, Offices and storeroom.
Concrete reinforced with steel is the
construction material which meets
conditions best. 1t is specified for the
standard schoolfouse.
Already 1876 school buildings Of this
type have been completed and 173
others are in process Of construction,
of which 81 lacked very little of COM
pletion and were already occupied at
the time the director made his report.
Methods Correct.
The industrial program is being
promoted constantly through the me-
dunn Of provincial industrial super
~visors; inspectors and instructors form
the travelling corps Of the general Of
flee; various publications, bulletins,
and correspondence; through indus
trial exhibits; through the appoint
ment of p~ensionados to receive train
ing along such lines, and by
of the special courses offered in the
Philippine Normal school and the
Philippine School of Arts and Trades.
Such satisfactory progress is 10 be
reported as to convince the director
that the methods employed are sub
stantially correct. On entering the
school, the pupil must Immediately
take as a part of each days work GER
tain manual exercises in the nature
Of play work at first, but which gradu-
ally lead up to the regular industrial
courses provided in the advanced
primary and in the intermediate
grades. Special courses in farming,
housekeeping and household arts,
trade work, and business are offered
for those pupils who desire to do more
industrial work than that prescribed
in the general intermediate course.
These special industrial courses are
replacing the general course in many
intermediate schools. Already Al
schools are giving the farming course,
"a are giving the housekeeping course,
80 are giving the trade course, AZ the
teaching course, and one the business
course, as compared with a total of
1919 conducting the general course.
1t is at once evident, with require
ments so definitely fixed for industrial
work in the schools, the great major
ity of the pupils who are enrolled must
be engaged in some branch of this
work. An examination of the figures
included among the statistical tables
Of this report will show that of the
total enrolment of 233, TAO boys and
13S,S42 girls during the month Of
February, 1912 ian average month";,
PIC, $50 boys and 125, 203 girls-91 per
cent Of the entire monthly enrolment
were doing some form of industrial
work. More specifically, it will be
found that 1920 boys were taking
manual training and trade work, 96,l67
boys were engaged in school garden
ing and farming; 15,4S5 girls were also
engaged in garden work, and 165,45O
boys and 6S ,194 girls were taking up
various lines which go under the gen
eral caption of minor industries. 1t
will be noted that 1882 girls we're
pursuing the subject CT housekeeping
and household arts. Further in that
connection it will be found that in the
subject of lace making alone 16,439
girls were receiving instruction; in
embroidery 1889 and in cooking A.
76S. There were 22,965 boys and 7,709
girls making hats in the industrial
classes, 40,264 pupils making mats,
and 104.424 studying the art Of
basketry.
From another point OF view, SO, 067
pupils engaged In school gardening
cultivated 3,046 school gardens and
24,6S2 home gardens during the year;
1919 pupils were enrolled in the regu-
lar trade school classes; 1898 in regu-
lar trade courses in other schools:
and 1850 In the shops operated In
connection with provincial and other
Intermediate schools. In addition to
the above, 1886 pupils were taking
work In 236 primary wood working
shops conducted In connection with
municipal primary schools in all parta
of the islands.