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Class rooms. — Sixteen writing tables with 16 railings, 4 extra tables, 1 

 small revolving table, 2 tables with low benches, 2 easy-chairs for the 

 teachers, 1 large blackboard mounted on 2 supports, 4 easels, inkwells, 

 blotting paper, pens, ink, chalk, and sponge. 



Study hall. — Five large double tables, 5 dozen American chairs, 4 lamps, 

 maps with chains and frames, pictures, charts, and 1 wall clock. 



Gymnasium and baths. — One trapeze, 2 ninepin sets, 6 large and 4 small 

 earthen jars, and bath towels. 



Chapel and sacristy. — One box for ornaments, 1 cupboard for the sac- 

 risty, 2 confessional boxes, 1 crucifix, 1 laver, 6 coverings for the altar 

 together with 6 sets of small cloths, 1 tabernacle, 6 small brass candle- 

 sticks, 2 gilded candlesticks, 1 chalice, lamps, vinegar cruet, carpets, wax 

 tapers, and holy-water basin. 



Students' dormitories. — Fifty iron bedsteads, 50 beds, canvas, thread, rope, 

 60 narra screens, 18 pieces of rough dimity, 50 chests and small cupboards 

 for the rooms, 20 pieces of coconut fiber for curtains, 45 commodes, and 17 

 dozen towels. 



Rooms of director, fathers, and lay brothers. — Five bedsteads, 5 mos- 

 quito nets, 2 large tables, 2 small tables, 24 chairs, 7 washstands, 7 shoe 

 boxes, 4 writing desks, 6 easy-chairs, 6 commodes, and 3 cupboards. 



Dining room. — Six large tables, 2 dozen chairs, 2 couches, 12 benches, 3 

 cupboards, 12 dozen plates, 8 dozen pieces of a dinner service, 8 large 

 spoons, 24 dozen serviettes, 8 dozen glasses, 8 dozen cups, 6 pepper shakers, 

 5 coffee sets, 20 water bottles, 5 servers, 8 soup tureens, 8 preserve dishes, 

 and table linen and oilcloth covers.. 



Kitchen. — One cooking range complete for more than 100 persons, 1 

 heater, 17 saucepans, 1 colander, 5 baking pans, 2 stewpans, 1 funnel, 

 2 coppers, 4 knives, 2 cleaners, 3 ladles, 3 skimmers, 2 heaters, 12 jars, 

 and 30 dishes. 



Hospital. — One cupboard with glass doors, 1 large table with 10 drawers, 

 2 armchairs with stands, and 1 complete medicine chest. 



Servants' room. — Eight bamboo beds, 8 pillows, 8 petates, 12 coverings, 

 4 small tables, 2 benches, 2 pairs of tongs, 2 zinc baskets, 2 benches, 6 

 clay filters, 2 large saucepans, 6 small tables, 8 baking pans, 8 frying 

 pans, 2 coffee pots, 2 milk jugs, 2 small basins and beaters, 1 bread grater, 

 2 sieves, 1 lantern, 3 cupboards. 



Miscellaneous equipvient. — Altar, cross, chalice, eucharist set, missal, 

 incense, bread, wine, rochets, 3 wardrobes, 2 bookcases, pictures for the 

 corridors, 1 clock, 40 flower pots, 9 bulletin boards, 6 curtains, 14 table 

 lamps, 4 copper candlesticks, 8 benches, brooms, and feather dusters. 



The equipment was at this time valued at 6,000 Spanish pesos. 



THE FOUNDING OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL, 1865 

 EXISTING EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS 



At the time of the founding of the normal school, primary- 

 instruction was exceedingly meager. In most schools there was 

 no teaching except that of reading and writing, and in many 

 not even the latter. There were very few that gave even the 

 most elementary work in arithmetic, and fewer still that taught 



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