642 EIDlJCA'fIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIIPPINE£ pianoforte, violin, voice culture, and science and composition. The time required for the aver.age pupil to complete tile Conservatory course is four years, but again much depends upon tile pupil himself. When the work is completed he receives a diploma. Beyond the regular course is aSQloisb's course and a Post-graduate course. The Conservatory cnarges a fee of P2~ per semester. The School of Fine hts was made part of the University when the University was established il} I ~ I I!l. Instrucbion is offer-ed in painting, sculpture, and engraving fer wnich ne tuibion fee is charged. T he aim of the School as given in the catalog is as follows : The S choo l of Fine Arts has as ils chief purpose the teaching and development of tnc graph ic and plastic arts in their various and manifold branches. An, e'Jlort is made also to exert an influence toward IhC advancement and refinement of those industrial trades which are of an artistic nature; such as gold and silver work, ceramics, embroidery. lace making, furniture making, and metal work.
To accomplish this object pupils are admitted who have completed studies equal to these taught in the intermediate grades of the public SGhool. 1.Fhe ~comlilletien o~ the ceurse of stud¥ whien is of five years' durabion entitles the graduate; to a ciliplema e~ proficiency. The number of students wHo attend these schools is very large, 438 in the Censervatory and 1.179 in the Stlhool of F"ine Arts. It is beyond the cern prehension of the Commission how these institutions can \be properly administered with the adminisbrative staff at their disposal. Think of a director. administering an institution hav.ing 1,179 students wifu one assistant who must be secr.etary, registrar, clerk, and all other officials together! And the Conservatory is only a little better off in this respect. £uch an instirutien is simply not administered, it runs ·itseH. 1i'his belief is strengtnened by t'lle fact that the request of the Commission for specified data, statistics, and reports which were met by all the other schools and celleges with complete returns, brought forth . but ~nagmentary answers .!from the <h:onservator.y of Music and no response at all from the Schoel of Fine Arts. The difficulty of grading in either schoel is oThvious. One of the Commission found students ta!~ing a course in harmony, ,some of wl'iom had not been to a high schoel at all, other who had had one, two, three, or four years in a high school. and one had been a yea~ in college. Since the major of the work in each school consists ef irrdi¥idual instFucbion, it is aifficult to understand the simple physical problem of the staff getting around to all the students. Particularly is this true in th~ School of Fine Arts whieh has a teaching s~aff of but II for its 1,.17~ students. Tne Commission does net doubt