Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-12
F|L|p|NOS TAKE
 KINDLY ID THEIR
 YANKEE TEACHERS
Shop Work and Gardening for the Bows; Housekeep- ing, Etc, for the Girls

Thirteenth Annual report of the di- rector of Education of the Philippines which has just reached the bureau of fnsular Affairs at Washington and covers the activities of the Brreal of Education for the year 1912 -l3 shows that the work is on a most satisfactory basis, that it is givIng to the Filipino people a form of ed. ucation peculiarly fitted to its needy and one which is substantially med ern in every respect and that can te depended upon to assist very ma terialiy in the realization of the best hopes of the Filipino people.
 Conditions in the Philippines de- mand early specialization in .ae prescribed course of study this spe- cialization is introduced iu the. first year of the intermediate courses-of which six are provided: The gen ca ,ol Gse; the course 1T tea ms: the rrrs. in far l,y. tEc trddc te.rsc: f e course i5 h't sekeep,nS ani E., ,:t.s Id arts, q t.e course n Lu,lu,c7 To delay specialization
 utI tl,r secondary crusse is reached would result in sending out from tae public schools the vast majority of the pupils without any special pre- paration to fit them for useful ca reers in the more or less humble sta tions in life to which the great ma icrity of this or, any country must be confined.
 It is planned to establish at least enc school offering the course in farming in each division. At present six such schools are in operation. while one additional school offers more extensive instruction in agr.- culture.
 There are 259 intermediate schools offering the general course; 96 the housekeeping and tiousehold arts course: 49 the teaching course; 40 the trade course; the farming course: and two the course in bus mess.
 During the past year 93 per cent of the pupils did some form of ln- dustrial work. The seven per cent not so engaged consisted of secon1- ary pupils and those in the lowest grades for which work has not yet been provided This means that prae- t.cary every pupil in the primary and intermediate grades is learning uncer Intelligent direction to do something with his hands-a condition sought ty up-todate school systems every where
 Tue directors report shows that during the past year 19,95S boys were taking the trade and shop work: that 100,64S boys were engaged in garden ing and farming: 12.969 girls were taking the gardening work; and that S3 193 girls were studying housekeep- ing and household arts. Among other crafts and industries we find l2,995 girls learning lace making; lZ'ozo embroidery; 6,650 cooking; lO,41o boys and 3.O31 girls making hats; 29.527 pupils were studying mat mak- ing. and 73,S35 working on baskets.
 The corn campaign conducted hy the Bureau Cl EuuSdIiOh "00
 most important of the special tea- lures of the work of the past school year. Two contests were arranged, one for the production of the best ears of corn, and the ether for the production of the most corn on giY- en area. In addition to this. demon strations were given in practically all of the municipalities of the islands in tbe use of corn as 8 human focd- The campaign received the enthusi- astic support of the people and oif.- ciaIs alike. and has resulted in an immense amount of good in dissem- mating knowledge of the most ad- vanced methods of corn production. and the use of corn as human food.
 One of the main purposes oi thls campaign was to impress upon the Fflipino the fact that corn is food for human consumption with the hone that the cultivation of corn might be increased, Some idea oi tbe extent of this campaign can be gained from the fact that 30,S21 boys were enrolled in the contests; o'ooO girls were taught corn recipes; 25o demonstrations were held; and 2i',- o4S people were served. ApproXi- mateIy cne-half million people atten~ ed the demonstrations. The recipes used called for the use of utensils and ingredients found in the average Filipino home.
 Another feature was the celeOla. tjon of Arbor Day as result oi which g3o.795 trees and shrubs were planted during the year by the cHi'a- ren of the public schools of Which n1nae CT 2Os,746 were alive and ID eood condition at the end of the year.
 Progress in the development oi athletics ana physical training dur ing the past year has been very great Particular attention has been given to the further development oi group games and other forms of play in which the gEeat majority Of the svpl,s can, asiyantageoiIsly take. Pagi sfhe percentage of the pupils partisi' rating in athletics is very digh. a. thoueh no accurate figures are yet available. Tbfs has been accomplish ed without detractiDg in the slightest .A. .t4o,f9ou cfvcu fa fip sup-