El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-18
PHILIPPINE Method Best
Industrial Feature of schools Sets an
Example For United States
Educational Workers.
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y } AsHINGTON. D. C.. June IS

Dene1lL by the youngsters good ev-
ample This is exactly the situation
between the Philippine bureau of ed
ucation and the educational system in
the United States with regard TO in
dustriaI education and manual train
ing There is a greater proportion Of
this sort Of school work in the Phil
ippines than there is in the United
States. Americans are known the
world over for their belief in scien-
tific efficiency. but = NUMBER of adu-
caIonal bulletins o. the United states
government show that the earnest
band Of workers who make ip the
Philippine school system has gone
them one better.
Industrial instruction. including the
ordinary manual training study OF the
household arts. gardening, and the
building or modern school houses with
the assistance of the pupils and their
parents, represents possibly so percent
Of the curriculum of the PhiliDDine
school system In fact it may be con-
Sldered the principal subject of at
tentiOn at the present time without
however, any deterioration of the
academic courses This was not true
until 1910 Prior to that time manual
training was an adjunct to the regular
school course and not a very impOr-
tant part of it.
The change. for the better in this
educational department rather than
from within. The islands were in dam
ger for a number OF years of making
the same mistake that the British have
In India, lashioning an educational
system which would turn out a mass
Of half-Daked, scrambled brain schol-
arS, lawyers and writer's for whom
there would be no adequate employ
ment, while the country still cried in
poverty for trained farmers and
skilled tradesmen-
CHANGE is Timely One.
The change came in the nick Of
time in the Philippines. and once eff
fected. this great work in the uplift-
ment of a race has been carried on
as only well grounded. wei trained.
earnest and enthusiastic educators can
do such practical and humanitarian
Based upon foundations laid prior to
1910 by W Morgan ShuSter and David
p. BarrOws, tins great movement has
rector of education, Frank /. CrOne,
assistant director of education. c. H.
Magee, second assistant director of
education, George y Briggs, for a
number OF years superintendent Of
the Philippines Normal school and now
director of Filipino students in the
I nlted States. vice governor Newton
W Gilbert and governor general W
As early as 1905 some special in
was given in hat. mat and
basket making cloth weaving, includ-
ing making of blankets and towels.
tailoring, making of native silk, fans.
screens, pOrueres. picture frames and
dyes some carpentry work. including
furniture, chair and cabinet making;
bamboo and beluCO. a little wood
carving. rope Irvine. and fish net
making; school gardening. pottery,
blacBsmithinE and iron working; do
nestle science, including sewing,
cooking and a Smattering of house Z
keeping and nursing.
Many Difficulties TO Overcome.
Mr. White. in his determination to I
give Industrial instruction its fun
value, has proceeded to systematic
this experimental work. Schools with
classes in gardening and field agricul-
-ure must possess . cOnSldera bic tract I
Of land This was not always attain
lDle ana the same IS true even today. ;
and when II Is a good deal of money
be spent in making il suitable for use.
Trade and manual training schools re-
lulre adequate shops and expensive :
Another obstacle was and Z
still is In securing enough industrial .
instructors Men and women OF this
y pc are so few. comparatively speak !
ing, in the United States that il is hard I
10 induce them TO go 10 the islands
Nevertheless, very encouraging prog
-ess was made and before the end Of 3
me school year nearly 100000 young I
-lliplnOs We're receiving industrial in
5truclon. the greater proportion OF /
-hem IN more than one subject.
In the school year 1901 the work 4
was further emphasized. The plans 4
we're perfected to make the Philippines I
9chool Of Arts and Trades in Manila
he nucleus of the Industrial training
system This was done so that in 1912 /
he director Of education was able TO .
'eport the following reorEaniZa ton
Academic department Giving prac- 3
lcaI instruction in the essential sub I
ects and in the intermediate and sec I
)ndary courses.
Hrssrr " inc Tar 1-Hu 1.-rEa
irawing and mechanical drawing
Woodworking department: Bench /
Tork. machine woodwork and fUrni- !
ure finishing.
Iron working department. Bench and ]
ronwork; machine iron work: black /
imithinS, carriage building and wheel I
Nrlghung- Automobile department I
giving instruction in the operation and
'epair of automobiles and explosive en-
zines This department has done a
sreat deal toward teaching the older
iainty. kid slOved students the dig
lity Of labor. These youths now find /
[ great sport to dirty their hands i'm
ne repair of automobiles. some OF
p hlch belong to their own fathers. The 4
utomoDle machine shop on Gale
-erecerOs became a hospital for the in
lrms and it is known 20 JOY riders.
Ceramics department: Pottery. glass
nd porcelain manufactures. This de-
is doing valuable work in de-
clipping the latent Philippine handi-
raft.
Textile department: With special at
ention to the design and manufacture
II Philippine material. better hats. J
Wearing apparel and laces has been
he result Of this departments activ-
ties.
Minor industries, Construction of J
urniture from bamboo and rattan. hat
making from Philippine material on ;
models obtained from Europe and the
-nited States; mat and basket Weav- :
ne. manufacture Of other articles from
ocal materials for home use and Orna-
lentation.
Establishing Many Schools.
The bureau did not include the prov
noes. its greater field of endeavor and
S pressing the development of manual I
raining throughout the schools of the
Stands Trade and manual training .
choOls are being established at each
II the 81 provincial capitals and in
ustrlal work of varied character has .
zen introduced into all primary and
Intermediary schools
School boys i'm a hundred towns in Z
he philippines are wearing hats made
" themselves. The hat exports from I
he Islands have increased from less
han a quarter of a million hats i'm
90l to nearly a million and a half i'm .
9lZ, and great proportion of this in +
rcase is due TO school influence. .
Sorots weave the cloth and make the
lCthing which they wear i'm school 3
SOrot boys are working with their
american supervisors in building their +