Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1906-12-25 | Page 1 | Report is Encouraging

REPORT IS ENCOURAGING Success Attends Teaching Young Idea How Bow to Shoot in the tile Philippines Washington Dec 24 The sixth annual report of the director of education In the Philippines concerning the activities of the educational workers In the Islands for forthe forthe the year ending June 30 1306 1906 shows that there are now primary schools schoos In Inthe Inthe inthe the Islands with an average of or pu pupils pupilS pils pits Seven hundred American and Ind G teachers are employed employ d All of or orthe the school divisions the report says conducted teachers Institutes varying from four to six weeks in the different provinces The Instruction given was di dl divided divIded vided between the common branches of or orthe the Intermediate course and special top topics topIcs ics lea of Instruction such as school gar Jar gardening garL L dening domestic science primary indus industrial Industrial industrial trial work and methods of ot teaching There are 2434 2451 primary school build I gs In the tho Islands owned by the municipalities municipalities and in addition a number of ot buildings belonging to the provinces but not constructed originally for school purposes are arc used sed Private instruction the report says sas plays a large Jarge arge part in tho the Intellectual condition of the Island Many of these schools are supported by b the Catholic church WIth a n history reaching back several decade decades Some of these those in institutions leach each English although In practically all aU of them Spanish is the basis of The Filipino teach teachers teachers teachers ers Dr Barrows says continue to gain gainIn In J ft strength of character and moral purpose