Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-20

reefs are accessible by short steamer
journeys. The bureau Of science has a
lection Of Philippine birds. reptiles. fishes
and insects. The department OF animal
biology has q we'll equipped laboratory
and the equipment OF the sociological d.
satisfactory.
The university has been very fortunate
in its choice Of professors. instructors
ana / e turers.
Strong Faculty Not only are
Marks Institution. proper academic
training, but are well grounded in their
individual specialties. They have in ad-
dition an intimate knowledge of the
Philippine situation. They know the Fill
pino like a book, relatively speaking, of
course Perhaps no white man alive ever
corners the Malaysian ego long enough
to get real good look at it At any
rate, they know all that can be known
Of their charges. plus their academic
qualifications. For it's faculty the uni
versity was able to draw from the su-
preme court and other legal circles.
scientists from the bureau of science.
from the hospitals recognized authorities
on tropical medicine, etc.
The Fflipinos have not been overlooked.
Indeed, it Is the policy of the university
to have Filipin0s on the faculty wherever
possible, and to increase their representa-
ton at every reasonable opportunity. At
the present time q Filipino, Rafael En-
riquez is dean Of the school of fine arts,
three hold full professorships, one is an
associate professor, one Is assistant pro-
fesor, eighteen are instructors, and ten
are lecturers. AS the Filipinos advance
the high places in the university will
be turned over to them. and it Is reason
able to suppose that Filipino will be
president of the institution in due time.
AS the pinnacle of the Philippine edu-
cational edifice, the university aims TO
be the last chapter Of the hard-headed
practical course which even now is being
shaped to dominate all the public schools
of the islands. While maintaining aca-
demic standards, it will encourage rather
than impede the policy of scientific man
agement in scholarship
The university expects to have a great
deal to do with the intellectual, political
a economic
Hopes to Do Much Transformation
in Economic Work. nson,e 7, ex.
poets to lead in the economic develop
ment. 1t will send forth Filipinos trained
as agriculturists, veterinarians. engineers.
foresters, physicians scientists. lawyers,
business men. specialists ALL dedicated to
labor in every branch Of human activity
to build up a contented, prosperous.
healthy, homogeneous race under social
conditions that are founded upon justice
and righteousness. In other words, as
DR.. Bartlett eptomized in his inaugural
address, efficiency. founded upon schol-
arship and inspired by character
When the scattered colleges were
formed into the present university a little
over two years ago there were 500 stu
dents, of whom only three were awarded
the degree of bachelor of arts. At the
Vice Governor General Gilbert handed
diplomas to thirty. the degree OF bachelor
of arts going to sixteen. 1t ia significant
that these thirty graduates. two of whom
were young women. come from ten differ
ent provinces. One of the women who
graduated was a physician, Miss Marie
Paz Mendoza Of Manila, the first woman
in the history Of the islands to earn the
doctorate Of medicine.
Today the university has 7O1 under
graduates. besides All registrations to
date in the school Of fine arts. The col
lege of agriculture leads with 26O. LIB
eral arts comes next. with 245, while law
is third with 143. Medicine and surgery
carry seventy-two students but veteri-
nary science and engineering are weak at
present The budget for the year 1913 is
1921, 600. A system of scholarships for
advanced study in American and Euro
pean university. for the benefit of Fill
ipino scholars, now being outlined. will
materially increase the annual outlay. and
building plans already worked out call
for the ultimate expenditure Of millions
of pesos.