Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-23
HONOLULU sTARBULLETIN, THURsDAY OCT. 9, 1918

pills can adyantageoasly take part
The percentage Of pupils participating
In athletics Is very high. although nc
accurate figures are vet available
This has been accomplished without
detracting in the slightest from the
attention given to the specialized
forms OF athletics Practically every
!, interscholastic record was broken al
| the last interscholastic meet held in
connection With the Philippine carni.
raj. IN baseball. basketball and SINH.
lar sports. the progress has been just
as notable.
In connection with the Philippine
carnival, held in Manila, February 10,
inclusive. a Far Eastern olympiad
was held in which China, Japan and
TIE Philippines took part The ma.
jority Of the contestants representing
the Philippines were school boys. In
track. field and general athletic events
the Philippines were victorious. ia
pan won the baseball championship.
It is difficult to oyerestimate the sig
nificance of this series Of games. It
may be truthfnlly said that athletics
In the public schools made such an
international contest possible.
Vacation Assembly at eaouio.
Teachers Camp located at Baguio
offers to American and Filipino teach.
ers an opportunity to spend the long
vacation during the heated period In
most congenial surroundings, where
opportunities are. given for participa-
ton in conferences; IN athletics and
other amusements: and in social In
tercourse with their fellows The past
year was the>best IN the history of
this institution. Teachers benefited
greatly by the presence Of two noted
educators from the United States, DR.
Paul Monroe of the Department Of
Education, Columbia University, and
DR.. Edwin A. Schell. president Of the
Iowa Wesleyan University.
The Corn Campaign.
The corn campaign conducted by
the bureau of education was the most
important of the special features Of
the work Of the past school year.
Two contests were arranged. one for
the production Of the best ears Of
corn, and the other for the produc-
ton OF the most corn ON given area.
In addition to this, demonstrations
were given in practically all of the.
municipal ities OF the Islands In the
nse of ccTn as a human food. The
campaign received the enthusiastic
support of the people and officials
alike, and has resulted in an immense
amount Of good in disseminating
knoWierge of the most advanced meth
DDS of corn production, and the use
of corn as human food.
One of the main purposes of this
campaign was to impress upon the
Filipino the fact that corn Is food
for human consumption, with the
hope that the cultivation Of corn
might be INCREASED. Some idea Of he
extent Of this campaign can be gain
eo from the fact that 5O.327 boys were
enrolled IN the contests; $500 girls
were taught corn recipes: 2S5 demon
STATIONS were held; and "a, 04S peo-
pie were served. Approximately one
half million people attended the dem
onetrations. The recipes used called
for the use Of utensils and ingredi-
ents found In the average Filipino
home.
Other special features were: The
celebration Of Arbor Day, as a result
Of which 3S0, 795 trees and shrubs
were planted during the year by the.
children Of the public. schools OF
which number 20S, TAG were alive and in
good condition at the end Of the year;
the giving Of civic educational lee
lures throughout the islands on. rights
and duties of citizens housing OF pub
lie schools, the prevention of dis
eases, diseases of animals, rice cul-
ture, cocoanuts, eocoanut beetles, and
corn, the attendance at these lee
lures being 522,774 dussne the year;
and the collection OF local geographic
material which brought together a.
valuable body OF information which
it is hoped win be productive of very
material improvement in local geo
graphic instruction.
industrial instruction.
The program for Industrial instruc.
ton for the public schools has been
carefully worked out and includes
most of the important Philippine i'm
dustrial activities It covers seven
years of work-the four years Of the
primary course, and the three years
of the intermediate course, and pro-
yides instruction in agriculture, do
mestic science, needle work In its var
ious forms. weaving of Philippine fib-
ers. and work in wood, iron and clay
No provision is made for passing pu-
pits through the primary and interme-l
date grades without some Industrial
instruction. Specialization along one
Of six lines is begun at once in the
intermediate grades.
During the past year SO per cent OF
the pupils did some form of industri.
al work. The z per cent not so. en-
gagged consisted of secondary pupils:
and those in the lowest grades for
which work has not yet been proyid-
ed. This means that practically
every pupil in the primary and inter
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