Feb. 14 234 Students gardening. There are some 400 students in the normal school and some 100 in the colabatory school. There are 8 regular normal schools. I met Dr. Emiliano C. Ramirez, the president of the Normal School and learned we would be leaving in the same plane for Honolulu. We then went to the Philippine College of Arts and Trade where I met Mr. Mr. G. Data and saw several shops_ a metal shop with about 15 lathes, a wood shop where the boys were doing inlay work with bamboo. Dark colored bamboo is made by baking in mud to excess growth of fungus and mildew then treated chemically to inhibit the growth and insect attack. I saw checkerboard, table tops, etc. done in inlay. of instruction: I met the Dean, Dr. Jose Vergara. Chemistry & physics in the school is applied in the laboratory part but theory is given in lecture. The Arts & Trade school is involved in teacher training. Many of the students fill the gap between the skilled worker and the professional engineer. There is a great demand for students of this type. Some 18 technical courses are available.