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.

634 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES

of the College of Medicine. Admission to the school is based upon
graduation from an accredited high school or an equivalent education.
The school offers a three-year course leading to the degree of doctor
of dental surgery and a four-year course leading to the degree of
doctor of dental medicine. Few students, however, take the fouryear course. Under the supervision of dentists from the staff of the
Philippine General Hospital, dental clinics are held daily. The
results of the examinations held by the Board of Dental Examiners
show one remarkable fact, viz., that students who took the four-year
course had a 100 per cent record of passing, whereas students who took
the three-year course had a record of only 56.5 per cent. It is true that
ten times as many graduates of the three-year course took the examinations as of the four-year course, and it may be that only the best
students continue their studies for the fourth year. But that the additional year should produce such a remarkable improvement is altogether
astonishing.
TABLE 115. —COMPARATIVE DATA OF PASSING AND FAILURE OF CANDIDATES IN DENTISTRY

Total num- Number of Number of
ber of candi- candidates Percentage Percentage
dates ex- passed failed of passing of failure
Date of examination amined
r 3 ear 4 r 4-r 3 -year 4-year 3 -year 4 -year -year 4-yea3-year 4-year
course course course course course course course coursecourse coursee c
P. ct. P. ct. P. ct. P. ct.
June, 1922............... 18 5 10 5 8 0 55.5 100 44.5 0
December, 1922.......... 23 0 5...... 18...... 21.7..... 78.3....
June, 1923............... 39 4 25 4 14 0 64.1 100 35.9 0
December, 1923.......... 26 0 20...... 6...... 76.9......23.1.....
June, 1924............... 42 6 32 6 10 0 76.1 100 23.9 0
December, 1924........... 20 1 9 1 11 0 45 100 55 0
Totals 1924......... 168 16 101 16 67 0 56.5 100 43.5 0

THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.-A course in pharmacy was instituted
under the administrative control of the College of Liberal Arts in 1911,
but was transferred to the College of Medicine in 1914 as the School of
Pharmacy. Admission is based upon a high-school education or its
equivalent. There is offered a three-year course leading to the degree
of pharmaceutical chemist and a four-year course leading to the degree
of bachelor of science in pharmacy. The School of Pharmacy is the
one division of the University where women are enrolled in greater
numbers than men. The explanation of this situation is that the vocation of pharmacist has largely been assumed by women throughout the
Islands. The comparative results of the examinations held by the
Philippine Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners and Inspectors as given