The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-06

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ment, and from talks with Gen. Clar-
Edwards and from officers who
nave recently returned from the Phil
ippines.
The story is one Of live progress,
We are establishing schools every
where n hat on the American plan.
Many have been instituted among the
wild tribes, and the Igorrotes, the
Bagobas and the Ifugaos have schools
OF their own. Some Of the wild boys
learn their lessons sitting on the floor
of their matched school houses, clad
i'll little more than a gee-string. The
lgorrotes SchOolbOyS wear caps and
K and gee-strings, but the little
ones speak English and they are act
ing as interpreters for their fathers
engaged in the government works.
We are even educating some Of the
Negritos, the children Of our cave
dwelling pygmies, and our education
of h FilipinOs themselves is going
On everywhere.
AS it is now we have altogether
about 100000 children on the school
rolls. This is for one year, the month
ly average being considerably less on
account of the many ~absentees during
q part of the time.
The New School Buildings.
New school buildings are going up
1 III NSidSO anu S1,-
100000 will be spent for those erected
for primary schools this year. The
school houses Of the S~paniards were
long, low buildings OF one room, with
heavy walls and a roof of tiles or
thatch. The floor was the ground,
and the windows were of wooden
bars. Many Of the new buildings are
OF reinforced concrete, and not a few
have two stories. The roofs are Of
iron Some Of thaco hIi16inoc p q fto~
nlans drawn by the students at Ma
Mia. They are made on the unit sys-
tenn, SO that rooms can be added as
the school rows.
1t is said that many OF the school
houseS now going up in the country
districts are superior to the anne class
in the United States. In many out
of-the-Way places there are school
rooms still walled with bamboo and
rooted with thatch. All are built &c
suit tropical needs. Very few Of them
have glass windows, and all are well
up from h ground and light and
airy.
Many OF these school buildings have
Fairgrounds, and others have gardens
and ornamental lawn plots which are
kept by the child1 n Some have base
ball and football grounds, and the
trade schools have shops Of variou:
kinds.
Industrial Education.
The most interesting feature Of thi:
educational movement is hat it i
everywhere carried on along industrial
lines. The little Filipinos are bein:
educated not to become lawyers, ora
tors or clerks, but actual wor1in:
members Of an industrial nation. The,
are taught the dignity of work. am
ever the children Of W~ell-to-do fam
lilies and Of the rich now go int
manual training and work on tn,
farms and in the school gardens.
The manual training begins Wit
the primary grades n runs throug!
the whole course the children spe
cializing, if they wish, as to h the
shall do. At the present time ther
are $4,000 boys and glrs who ar
thus engaged in learning some kin
of industry which will enable ther
to live independently when thei
school years are closed. In the pr
mary grades, which include childre
up to ten years Of age, they spen
from one-half to three-quarters Of a
hour a day in industrial work. TIL
: little ones learn the hand weaving c
!. the native fibers, beginning this stud
!. at six. They also do a little gardenin!
. At seven they are taught basketr
. and wood working and pottery. TIL
. girls make doll clothes, hem towel
! napkins and sheets; and begin t
!. mend their own clothes. They ais
: learn lace making and embroider,
1t is the same in the mex two year
: and at ten domestic science is adde
and further instruction is given
= the branches already taken up. TIL
: manual training is continued through
: out the eigth grade. the children bt
! ing allowed to specialize as they
their parents wish.
q Courses In Farming and Gardenin
In all Of the schools there is n;
ture study, and the children lear
u about the plants Of the islands Son
S Of the schools have farms connecte
e with them, and special instruction
h given as to the chief crops. There a.
altogether thirty or forty thousar
e acres in such farms, n on one
them, consisting Of about fifteen acre
S eighty boys worked last year on &
d average of about two ours a d.