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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 46, 1721-1739: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 46, 1721-1739: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

No. 1, Philippine Normal School prospectus for the year 1903-4,
    (in both English and Spanish); no. 2, Course of study in vocal
    music (for vacation normal institutes); no. 3, Philippine School of
    Arts and Trades (1904-1905, in both English and Spanish); no. 4,
    Philippine Nautical School (prospectus for the year 1904-1905,
    in both English and Spanish); no. 5, Notes on the treatment
    of Smallpox (for use of teachers); no. 6, Report of Industrial
    Exhibits of the Philippine Schools (Louisiana Purchase Exposition);
    no. 7, Courses of Instruction for the Public Schools of the
    Philippine Islands; no. 8 (?); no. 9, List of Philippine Baptismal
    Names; no. 10, Government in the United States (prepared for use
    in the Philippine public schools); no. 11, Courses in mechanical
    drawing, woodworking, and ironworking for provincial secondary
    schools; no. 12, Advanced and postgraduate studies offered by the
    Philippine Normal School (preparation for entrance to American
    colleges and universities or to the university of the Philippines;
    in English and Spanish).


Municipal Code (Manila, 1905). Contains matter on schools, teachers,
etc.

Census of the Philippine Islands (Washington, 1905), iii, pp. 638-669,
"[Education] under the Americans," by Prescott F. Jernegan, of
the Philippine Normal School (a short account through 1903). Also,
another division entitled, "Schools: schedule; summary of statistics;
classification; buildings; teachers; pupils; sources of revenue;
expenditures," pp. 670-694.

Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor. No. 58, May, 1905 (Washington,
1905), pp. 721-905, "Labor Conditions in the Philippines," by Victor
S. Clark. Much of this will be found to have a bearing on education.




Books on the Philippines

Atkinson, Fred W.: The Philippine Islands (Ginn and Co., 1905);
especially chap. xiv, pp. 373-412, "Education."

Freer, William B.: Philippine experiences of an American teacher
(New York, 1906).

LeRoy, James A.: Philippine Life in town and country (New York and
London, 1905); especially chap. vii, pp. 202-245, "Education and public
opinion." Most of this book has a bearing on educational matters.

Stuntz, Homer C.: The Philippines and the Far East (Cincinnati and
New York); especially chap. xii, pp. 185-215, "Educating a nation."

Willis, Henry Parker: Our Philippine problem (New York, 1905),
especially chap. x, pp. 226-246, "American education in the
Philippines." See a criticism of this book by James A. LeRoy, in
Political Science Quarterly, for June, 1906.

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