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products of loom weaving, $3,500; bamboo- 

 rattan furniture $3,000. A large number of 

 other articles were made in small quantities. 



"The value of the gross output of trade 

 schools during the last three years follows: 

 For 1915, $61,418.81; for 1916, $79,142.04; 

 for 1917, $106,485.12. These figures include 

 only the cost of material and do not give a 

 definite idea of the total value of work done 

 by pupils. 



"Due to war conditions, the tolal value of 

 embroideries exported from the Philippines 

 increased from $162,456 in 1914 to $1,561,- 

 214.50 for the fiscal year July 1, 1916, to 

 June 30, 1917. A part of this increase was 

 undoubtedly made possible by instruction 

 given in the public schools. 



"\Var conditions have not been favorable 

 for the production of all commercial articles 

 in the public schools, however. The great 

 increase in transpacific freight rates has made 

 it unprofitable to export articles the value of 

 which is not relatively great as compared with 

 weight and with bulk. Excessive cost of 

 transportation has thus made it necessary 

 to abandon the making of larger and more 

 bulky articles. 



"The Bureau of Education through travel- 

 ing industrial teachers has fostered house- 



SCHOOL-MADE BASKETS 



A CLASS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL. THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS 5,000 SCHOOLS WITH A TEACHING FORCE 

 OF 12,000. PROVIDING INSTRUCTION FOR 600.000 PUPILS 



hold centers, the members of which engaged 

 in the making of embroidery, lace, and other 

 articles of handicraft. The Bureau of Edu- 

 cation gave up the supervision of these centers 

 as soon as they were developed to a point 

 uhere they could deal directly with business 

 houses. 



"During the last year the value of school 

 production of articles of handicraft was $86,- 

 270.50 and the value of production of house- 

 hold centers was $11,782. Articles to the 

 value of $92,200 were sold thru the general 

 sales department of the Bureau of Education, 

 and local sales amounted to $5,852.50." 



During 1918 war activities found an im- 

 portant place in school work. During the 

 fourth liberty-loan drive employees of the 

 Bureau of Education bought almost as many 

 liberty bonds as did the employees of all 

 other bureaus of the Government put to- 

 gether. Forty American and eighty Filipino 

 teachers applied for commissions in the Phil- 



EXHIBIT FROM THE 



PHILIPPINE NORMAL SCHOOL 

 GA 



PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS RECEIVE DAILY PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE FORM OF GROUP GAMES. FOLK DANCES AND 



CALI9THEMC EXERCISES 



\ SCHOOL EXHIBIT OF VEGETABLES FROM ONE OF THE 

 1.00(1 !! III.H -,c MOOL GARDENS IN THE PHILIPPINE 

 ISLANDS W1IKRK 100,000 PUPILS RECEIVE DAILY 

 INSTRUCTION IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD CON- 

 SERVATION 



