10, 1893. XVI. Regulations of superior normal school for men teachers. Manuel Blanco Valderrama, November 10, 1893. XVII. School legislation, 1863-1894 67 Dominican educational institutions, 1896-1897. [Unsigned and undated.] 261 Report of religious schools, 1897. [Unsigned and undated.] 265 Educational institutions of the Recollects. [Unsigned and undated; 1897?] 268 The friar viewpoint. In two parts. I. Education. Eduardo Navarro, O.S.A.; Madrid, 1897. [From his Estudio de algunos asuntos de actualidad.] II. Eladio Zamora, O.S.A.; Valladolid, 1901. [From his Las corporaciones religiosas en Filipinas.] 272 Education since American occupation. Editorial, and compiled from various sources 364 ILLUSTRATIONS Plan of Cebú Cathedral; drawn by Juan de Siscarra, engineer, 1719; photographic facsimile of original MS. map in Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla Frontispiece Autograph signature of Joseph Torrubia, O.S.F.; from original manuscript in Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla 35 Title-page of Dissertacion historico-politita, by Joseph Torrubia (Madrid, 1753); photographic facsimile from copy in library of Harvard University 41 Map showing new route from Manila to Acapulco, presented to Governor Fernando Valdés Tamón by the pilot, Enrique Hermán, 1730; photographic facsimile of original MS. map in Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla 49 Plan of infantry barracks in Manila; drawn by the military engineer, Thomas de Castro y Andrade, 1733; photographic facsimile from original manuscript in Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla 53 PREFACE Most of this volume consists of the educational appendix which is continued from the preceding volume. The only regular document presented shows the general history of the islands for the years 1721-1739 both politically and religiously. The greater interest in the volume centers about the appendix. For here we see the first systematic attempts at a universal education in the Philippines, the first real though rude awakening of the inert mass of a people to the facts of broader life by the government establishment of primary and normal schools. As might be expected the paternal element is chiefly discernible in the laws and regulations made by the government. The complexities of the educational question, a problem that Spain would have been many years in solving, are well shown by the two documents which give the friar side of the matter.