Annual Report of the Secretary of Public Instruction

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Página 39 - ... (e) He shall prescribe the authority to be exercised by the principal teacher of each school over the other teachers, if any, and his duties as teacher actually engaged in the work of instruction and in caring for the schoolhouse and school property. "(/) He shall approve plans made by the Chief of the Bureau of Architecture, for...
Página 51 - July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled, "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes...
Página 43 - ... employees may secure wholesome food at more reasonable prices than prevail at present, and suitable houses rented at lower rates, it will no doubt tend to the retention of efficient employees and render it comparatively easy to secure additional men. There was appropriated in act 283 for ' ' making repairs and additions to the building to be occupied by the public printing office, for grading and laying out the grounds about the* building, and for repairing the fence surrounding the grounds,"...
Página 28 - ... their history. For generations they have been as they are, and they see no reason why they should be plunged into that uncomfortable stream which we call progress. The knowledge of the wisdom and traditions of their ancestors apparently satisfies them. Instruction among them, to be successful, must start from their point of view, and the instructor has to exercise great care not to do violence to their traditional ideas. In accordance with this view, teaching among the Moros on a limited scale...
Página 9 - But as the monetary difficulties disappeared, as they became adjusted to their new surroundings, as the civil supply stores made available a better quality of food, and as they became more intimately acquainted with the people, they turned to their work with new zeal, and appear, in many cases, to have found in it a high degree of satisfaction. It might be added that the increases in a large number of their salaries during the year tended to impress upon them the thought that their services were,...
Página 46 - Association have proposed to convey to the military government, and any succeeding civil government of the Philippine Islands, all the interest of the Association in its books to be held by such government or its successor, in trust, for the free use of the United States soldiers and sailors stationed in the Philippine Islands and of the residents of the city of Manila, and for all the purposes of the Association as fully set forth in the constitution and by-laws, the trust to...
Página 28 - Schools to furnish training in accordance with the plan here indicated have been established in Lepanto-Bontoc and in Benguet, where they are placed under the general direction of the provincial governors, who are required by law to act as division superintendents for their provinces. THE NEGRITOS. Hitherto no attempts have been made to reach, by any educational process, the feeble and declining tribes of Negritos, who lead the wandering life of wild men in the mountains of some of the provinces....
Página 28 - Igorrotes they manifest little or no desire to place themselves under the civilizing influences which the government may exert. Their religion appears to satisfy their present needs, and they show no inclination either to accept or tolerate any other. Occupying some of the richest lands of the archipelago, they appear to have abundant food, and whatever excitement is needed to contribute to their happiness they find in the intertribal conflicts which mark their history. For generations they have...
Página 7 - ... and such other additional trained teachers as may be necessary for the provincial schools of secondary instruction, at monthly salaries of not more than one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00); the exact salary of each teacher to be fixed by the General Superintendent of Public Instruction in accordance with the efficiency of the teacher in question and the importance of the position held. Any teacher residing in...
Página 5 - To the President and the Congress: Sirs: I have the honor to submit to you the first Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. The Committee was established by PL 92-125...

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