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.

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

651

PLANT UTILIZATION.-The approach to the campus of the University is a disappointment. The campus itself is of good size and attractively laid out but one sees only two real buildings upon it, Rizal
Hall and University Hall. A number of small buildings nearby
houses the College of Engineering and some of the other departments.
Across the street and in the attractive grounds belonging to the Philippine General Hospital is the sole building of the College of Medicine.
At Los Baios things have a more pleasant appearance. The large
grounds of the College of Agriculture are admirably laid out, the buildings, barns, sheds, etc., appear properly placed, and though the college
authorities would like to have some addition to the plant, more adequate
provision is made for it than for the divisions at Manila.
The two main buildings house the general administration and the
Colleges of Law, Liberal Arts, and Education, the last two being the
largest in the University. The result is congestion all around and considerable confusion. Between the hours of 8:30 and 11:30 a. m.
there are few rooms not in use for recitations. Because of the climate
there is a lull in classroom work during the next three hours. Much
of the instruction is carried on during the late afternoon and evening.
The Commission heard no complaints as to the assignment of rooms for
recitation and laboratory work, either as to time or place, and is of
the belief that the room space is efficiently used. But the situation
with reference to faculty members, offices, and work rooms appeared
to be far from satisfactory. If the members of the faculty are to
achieve the highest results for the University, they must be provided
with good working quarters.
BUILDING PROGRAM.-Enough has been stated in this report thus
far about the inadequacy of space to indicate the absolute necessity
for additional buildings. Since the advent of the business depression
after the War, only such minor buildings have been constructed for
the University as were absolutely necessary to maintain instruction in
certain branches. Buildings essential to the efficient administration of
the institution have not been forthcoming. The special session of the
Legislature of 1922 in addition to the annual appropriation, appropriated for the University P18,000,000. This appropriation was to
be distributed in specified sums during a nine-year period and would
have taken care of necessary building construction. For the reason
that the Legislature failed to provide the revenue necessary to meet
these successive appropriations, the Governor-General disapproved the
sums subsequent to the amount for the first year. The Commission recommends that the Legislature provide the modest sum of P300,000 a
year for the next five years for construction purposes for the University.