New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

| Inc director reports tnat sleduS on"
encouraging advance has been made dur
/ ing the last year This marked advance
| is shown in the higher standard OF the
! instruction in English. in the better
school buildings and grounds becoming
! available, in the sounder basis on "hlcn
| industrial instruction has been organized
| i'm the further and marked Improvement
! in the American and Filipino personnel
! connected with the work of the bureau
, in the. notable improvement in the admin
| istratlve side Of the work, and III the
effectiveness with which the programme
for the physical training of the pupils Is
| becoming operative.
Due TO the constantly increasing de-
mand during the last few years on az
preparations for school purposes ana tne
changed conditions resulting nom inc
continually enlarging scope OF the WORN
i'm industrial instruction and the ORGAN
ization OF higher institutions OF learrlhS'
with no corresponding increase IN t'e
total amount of money available IL mas
not been possible 10 make provision 'or
such a large enrolment of pupils as mere
tofore. This. i'm the opinion OF the ~
rector. Is the only feature of the work
which does not show decided progress.
This condition. however will be remed!eu
during the coming school year as an az
lotment has been made 10 permit OF tle
opening Of 1000 new schools. In which
II Is expected to accommodate 10000 ad-
dltIonal pupils.
PERCENTAGE Of Attendance Gains
Notwithstanding the fact that the total
enrolment for the last year mas perh
somewhat less than that for the prec'u-
ing year. the percentage OF attendance
has increased from IS 10 81 per cent mus
bv the increased regularity Of attendance
I'm part compensatng for the su'aner
number OF pupils for whom school iacih-
ties were available.
rhere was no change in the directorate
~ the bureau during the last year
However. the director himself was ao-
sent a greater part OF the year on leave
in the United States. thus placing the
first assistant IN direct charge. win
the elimination OF those American teach-
ers whose services for one reason or an
other have been unsatisfactory the Ill
rector believes that IT would be diihcult
N ond a more efficient force than that
I'm the service OF the bureau. The teach-
ers secured from the United States nave
been. almost without exception OF spien-
did character and excellent preparation.
This has been possible because OF the
greater interest taken In the United
States In the work OF the Philippine Bu-
reau OF Education.
While the quality OF the American
teaching force has advanced very ma
terialy. that OF the Filipino teachers has
kept pace. and great advancement IN
their attachments and ability TO teach IS
shown Filipino teachers have been as
signed 10 positions of greater responsloh-
itv as rapidly as possible, and now llo
are serving as supervising and assistant
supervising teachers. That number does
not include twen,y-one Filipino indus
trial supervisors.
The courses OF study have been signify
modified during the last year. the changes
being toward simplihcation.
Early Specialization Needed.
Conditions in the Philippines demand
early specialization. In the prescribed
course OF study this specialization Is In
troduced in the first year OF the interme-
dlate courses-of which six are PROVIDED
the general course, the course Tor teach-
ing. the course In farming, the tIade
course. the course I'm Housekeeping ana
household arts and the course In ousi-
moss To delay specialization until the
secondary course is reached would result
in sending from the public schools the
vast majority of the pupils without any
special preparation TO ut them Tor USE
ful careers In the more or less hunoIe
stations in life to which the great ma
tori,v NJ this or any other country must
be confined.
II is planned 10 establish at least one
school Offering the course in farming IN
each division. At present six such schools
are I'm operation. while one additional
school offers more extensive instruction
in agriculture There are 259 intermedi-
ate schools Offering the general course
90 the houseke eping and househoiu ar's
course. 40 the teaching course " 'he
trade course, 6 the farming course anu
the course in business.
There are now in the ISLANDS i'V'- s'a"u-
ard school sites, of which CAB are of 300
TO 10000 square metres in size and SSs are
1000 square metres or more III eN'e"''
OF this total number 81 barrio school
sites and 252 central school sites were
secured during the last fiscal year Dur
ing the year III standard plan school
houses, most OF them of reinforced con-
crete have been completed, containing
435 classrooms and providing ample ac-
combinations for approximately H'oo
pupils. This makes total OF $50 stand
ard plan school buildings. containing BOO
cassrooms.
All Of the insular schools. which include
the Philippine Normal School. the Philip
pine School Of Arts and Trades the school
of Household Industries. the Philippine
School of Commerce and the School for
Deaf and Blind. are turning out large
numbers Of young men and women every
wears TO take conspicuous places in COM
munitv activities. Substantial progress
among the nm