PHILIPPINE POTTERY. 



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The establishment of a pottery school at Manila. — It is the plan of 

 the present Director of Education, Frank E. White, to establish a pottery 

 school on the bank of the Pasig Eiver in Manila in connection with 

 other courses in manual training now taught at the capital. The services 

 of Y. Kato will be available and there is every reason to believe that the 

 school will be a success, since the ware of the class which will be made 

 is now sold in sufficient amount in Manila to show that the output of 

 the kiln will at least pay the running expenses of the school. 



In connection with the school at Manila, it is proposed to carry on 

 experiments with clays from the various deposits found throughout the 

 Islands with the hope of discovering materials which will make a superior 

 ware. The clays from Nasugbu, Los Bahos, and Matiquio, the value 

 of which has already been determined, can be economically transported 

 to Manila, which is a central point. The Bureau of Science will co- 

 operate in so far as is possible in the experimental work. It is probable 

 that the Bureau of Education through instruction will be able to dis- 

 seminate a knowledge of pottery making throughout the Islands and that 

 a considerable improvement in the character of Philippine pottery will 

 result from its efforts. 



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