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.

648 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES

stances dictate the Secretary has become to a great extent an emergency
man. In the University of the Philippines, the Secretary of the University is also Secretary of the Board of Regents. The office has become,
in fact, one of the really important administrative positions of the
University, and the present incumbent fills it efficiently. In whose
hands is placed the control of purchasing and storing goods and
making inventories is not altogether clear. Apparently the Secretary
is in the last analysis responsible. The University has wisely placed
the purchasing of all supplies in the hands of a purchasing agent who
seems to have organized the work efficiently. The University unfortunately lacks a central receiving station for deliveries and a workhouse
which would permit purchase in quantity, safe storage, and accurate
inventory of supplies on hand. The need of such a place should be
considered in the University's building program. The University makes
an annual inventory of its property which apparently is thoroughly done.
THE REGISTRAR.-Great as has been the increase in the functions
of the secretary, even more remarkable has been the development of the
office of registrar. At first, its functions were purely clerical in nature;
today, they are many-sided and important. The registrar must make
and keep the records of the student in order to help direct his course in
the University. To analyze these records so that university administration may be removed from a basis of mere general impression to a basis
of objective fact is an even greater task and makes the registrar the
right hand of the whole administration. The registrar is also the
natural official to pass upon the fulfillment of entrance qualifications.
In some institutions the registrar is secretary to the faculty. He is thus
enabled to keep in touch with the work of the faculty in determining
standards, curricula, etc. The Commission has been surprised that
among its officials, the University of the Philippines has neither a registrar nor a bursar. Since the College of Agriculture is provided with
a registrar who administers his office in a most efficient manner, the
situation is yet more surprising. The duties of registrar and bursar at
the University are scattered among a number of other officials, the
secretary, accountant, property clerk, etc. The Commission found it
necessary to call with great frequency for records, statistics, and information generally. Despite the absence of a registrar it is glad to state
that its requests were always met promptly and satisfactorily. The
matter of the registrar will again be considered under the heading of
General Office.
FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CONTROL.-Probably no better way of
discovering the extent of the activities of a university and of the efficiency
of its management exists than by a study of its budget. Until, however,
certain great educational foundations made investigations in the field of