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.

664 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES
TABLE 125.-COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
[Four-year course]
Frt er Promoted Promoted Promoted Number
Academic year 'admi to second to third to fourth of students
year year year graduated
192 0- 192 1............................ 91...........................
1921-1922...................................... 57...........................
1922-1923................................................ 3..........
1923-1924....................................................... 23 23
Total.......................... 91 57 34 23 23
TABLE 126.-COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
[Four-year course]
Promoted Promoted Promoted Number
Academic year mittyear to second to third to fourth of students
mite year year year graduated
1920-1921........................... 358........................................
1921-1922...................................... 155.............................
1922-1923................................................ 73.................
1923-1924............................................... 56 56
Total. 358 155 73 56 56

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STUDENT LOAD.-As far as the statistics of the different colleges
will permit of an interpretation, the average student of the University
is carrying fifteen credit hours of work per week. This is not a heavy
load and not as heavy as is carried by the average student in the universities of the United States. However, there are two observations of
importance to be made here in connection with a consideration of the
amount of work taken by students. The first is that more students in
the University of the Philippines are partially or wholly self-supporting
than is probably true of any university in the United States. The
second is that the students of the University of the Philippines are much
handicapped by the language difficulty. The results of the tests applied
to the freshmen of the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Education reveal that
in the ability to interpret English, those students are about upon the
same level as the graduates of the elementary school in the United States.
When one considers to what an extent the ability to read and understand
the technical language of textbooks and reference works enters into the
labors of any student, he can appreciate the additional burden under
which the Filipino student must work. The Commission believes that
the department of English of the University might profitably introduce
courses in sight reading and interpretation of scientific and philosophical
works to increase the capacity of the students in so necessary a part of
their work.