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.

632 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES

mendation, the Commission wishes to point out that the relation suggested
is the one that exists in a large number of the agricultural institutions
of the United States which have greater resources than has the University
of the Philippines.
THE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY.-The need of technically trained forest
rangers to carry on forest work more effectively made an early appeal
to the Philippine Legislature and in 1910 statutory provision was made
for the establishment of the School of Forestry. At first the school was a
division of the College of Agriculture but in 1916 was made an independent division of the University. It is situated in the immediate
neighborhood of the College of Agriculture and some of its courses are
given in that division. The school is admirably located in the Mount
Makiling National Botanical Garden which serves as a huge laboratory
where botany, silviculture, and other subjects in forestry can be studied
under the different conditions found upon the mountain. It is also
adequately provided with all the equipment for its work.
The school has an elementary course called the Ranger Course.
The requirement for admission to this course is the completion of the
second year of the high school. It is of two years duration and is
devoted primarily to practical work in the elementary branches of
forestry. A graduate is at once offered a position as forest ranger in
the Bureau of Forestry or he may enter the regular three-year course
of the school leading to the degree of bachelor of science in forestry.
This course is devoted to intensive work in the higher branches of
forestry and much practical work in the field. Nearly all the graduates
enter the service of the Philippine Government or of neighboring governments of the Far East, though many of them are sought by lumber
men and plantation owners in the Islands.
No other division of the University is so closely associated with the
Government. The salaries of nine of the twelve men on the faculty
are paid by the Bureau of Forestry and all the students are pensionados
of the Government. In return for his pension a student obligates himself to serve in the Bureau of Forestry for a period equal to that in
which he received the benefits of the scholarship. The whole course is
directed to preparation for service to the Government in this important
field of its national economy. The Commission believes that the service
rendered is real and efficient.
THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.-The Philippine Medical School was
established by the Philippine Commission as the first department of the
future University of the Philippines and was opened for the instruction of
students June 10, 1907. In 1910 the control and management of the