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eau of Forestry, Forest School, which was submitted to the Phil- 

 ippine Legislation through the Secretary of the Interior. 



As early as 1903 an agitation was started in the Bureau to 

 establish a school in which Filipinos could be trained for Ranger 

 and other positions but it was not until 1910 that the project be- 

 came possible. 



In April of that year the Philippine Legislature authorized the 

 Director of Forestry to appoint twenty forest pensionados and 

 to construct temporary buildings for their use. This marked the 

 beginning of the Forest School, which was established in co- 

 operation with the College of Agriculture of the University of 

 the Philippines, at Los Banos, Laguna. 



The number of forest pensionados authorized has now been 

 increased and the number of scholarships at present is fifty- 

 three. 



There are at present 58 students in attendance, representing 

 twenty-seven provinces, in addition to two rangers detailed from 

 the Bureau, three Chinese students, two students from the Island 

 of Guam and one private Filipino student. 



Two courses of study are offered; a two-year course for the 

 pensionados and a four-year course leading to the degree of 

 Bachelor of Science in Forestry which is open to students who 

 are graduates from the Philippine high schools or who have 

 equivalent training. 



The law provides that "such scholarships shall be awarded to 

 students who have completed at least the second year of the 

 high school course and who shall be appointed by the Director 

 of Forestry upon recommendation of the Director of Education. 



The scholarships entitle the holder to reimbursement of his 

 traveling expenses from his home to Los Banos: to free living 

 quarters, free tuition, and to a monthly cash allowance of $12.50 

 gold. From this it can be seen that the Government is very lib- 

 eral in its attitude towards the student who is fortunate enough 

 to secure a scholarship. 



The curriculum of the two-year course covers the following 



subjects : 



Junior Year 



Botany Physiography 



Mathematics Silviculture 



Forest Engineering- T Forest Engineering II : 



Dendrolosfv summer vacation 



