A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

558 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES

and because of the danger of attacks upon the Bureau of Education,
a danger not to be lightly considered in the Philippines where there is
an almost unrealizable reverence for the printed word, no professional
articles may be published by schoolmen.
In the United States, the prohibition upon publication of such articles
would be regarded as a device calculated to insure the perpetuation
of professional ignorance in the educational workers. There the publication of such articles is consistently encouraged as an incentive to
professional growth by the schoolmen and consequent betterment of
their work. It is to the interest of all the school people of the Islands!
to have this policy changed as soon as possible. The Bureau should
be supplied with the staff to do the reading if that has to be done.
But the Survey Commission is not convinced of the necessity of this
precaution. The superintendents' convention at Baguio could easily
draw up a code of professional ethics for such writing. Some unde-
sirable and harmful articles might appear. But if a committee chosen
from the staff promptly and firmly deal with the writers under the
code, there would be no particular trouble on future articles, and the
advantages of the policy should certainly outweigh its disadvantages.
In addition to stimulating professional growth, such a policy on publication would afford a desirable outlet for much of the present dis-,
agreement of the field with general educational conditions. The
English deliberately permit soap-box oratory and attacks against the
Government on the theory that it is far better to let such things drain
out into the open than to let them develop into suppressed complexes
and irritate the whole system continually.
6. Is the school administrator in the Philippines sure of recognition for
individual growth? The answer to this is "yes," within the limits of
routine under which the central staff is at present compelled to operate
and "no," for the professional growth deemed desirable by the Survey
Commission.
The central staff has a very thorough system of reports and records
supplemented by personal visitation by the directors which enables them to
keep track in an inspectional sense of the work of all important administrators. For the elements covered, this work has efficient. It should
be extended to cover the elements of professional growth for which all
progressive state departments in the other countries strive.
7. Is the work of the school administrator in the Philippines free from
needless drudgery and routine? The answer to this is "no," although )
again the condition is one which the central staff cannot of itself change
wholly.