www FELLOW TEACHERS: Is not your desire and hope the success of our Journal? Then lend a helping hand. Send as things you have and that are worthy of being published and read by others. Send in your ideas and let other teachers read them.-When will you do it? To-morrow? Yes?-NO!-Do it now, to-day. To-morrow never comes. Today is the living present, To-morrow is doubtful, To-day, a bird in the hand, To-morrow, a bird in the bush. This Journal will be enlarged to 24 pages next issue. This is the only Journal in the Philippines, published in English-Spanish and Tagalog and cdited entirely by FILIPINO TEACHERS. Are you a TEACHER?-Yes?-Why do not you subscribe for THE FILIPINO TEACHER? : Send your two pesos subscription to P. O. Box N.o 1090, Manila. THE FILIPINO TEACHER. VOL. I. MANILA, APRIL, 1907. A MONTHLY JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY N.o "THE PHILIPPINE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION“ GUILLERMO SANTOS, Chief.-Editor. ANASTACIO QUIJANO, Manager. ADDRESS all comunications, regarding, publications, advertisements, subscriptions and business matters to the Manager, Mr. A. Quijano, Manila, P. I. P. O. Box. -//- 1090. The advertising rates of THE FILIPINO TEACHER» are: P- 1.00 per month and -P- 10.00 per year for a space of 1x5 inches. Special discounts for large space. Any subscriber wishing to stop his paper must notify the Manager, otherwise he is responsible for payment as long as the paper is sent. Missing Number:-Should any subscriber fail to receive his copy. notification should be sent to the manager and another copy will be mailed. Change of address.-Subscribers must notify us of any change in their addresses, giving the former and new addresses. EDITORIAL. The Philippine Teachers' Association. At last after nearly six years of exist ence of the Philippine Teachers' one of its chief objects is carried into effect which is the publication of a journal. Although we realized that this great task is an obligation that perhaps we shall not be able to perform properly to meet the requirements of an enterprise like this, we dared to face every pesimistic thought that came into our minds and decided to publish the first issue in the belief that by doing this we have just carried out one of the aims of our Association and searched its advancement and pr:sperity. By this, our dear fellow teachers will see that the object in publishing this journal is not the personal interest, but the es tablishment of means wherely the Filipino Teachers can exchange and express their ideas, and the formation of a mc re perfect union among the teachers of the Philippines which, if successful and prosperous will form in time the national association of educators of these islands by the name Philippine Teachers' Association.» The publication of this journal is one of the greatest works that has ever been done by the Association and the Board of Di rectors which ripened and carried out the idea is worthy of praise and remembrance. What have been the works of the Associa tion since its beginning to the present time? Many. But the true meaning of this answer can not be appreciated unless the reader has been a true active member of the Association. It is evidently imposible to become acquainted with the affairs of the Association without attending its meetings even one is an active mem. ber, since the Association does not get the minutes of its sessions published. This lack of interest in the majority of its members caused the Association a great injure and we feared a lamentable end, but the Board of Directors and the true active members stood firm in their de cision to support and uplift the Association cost what it may. are Fortunately the period of darkness and hesitations has passed over and we now walking toward a horizon full of bright hopes and chazming melodies. Every day we observe the enthusiasm and interest awak en in the members of the Association and each one seems ready to work with vigor and energy. Several teachers of the city and from the neighboring provinces sent in their applications for membership. Onward, fellow-teachers! Shake out your indifference and be a member of the Philippine Teachers' Association. Do not think that the Association wants you to become a member because of the sole purpose to share financially in either the benefits or expenses: no, it wants you to contribute in the best way you can in seeking the way of its advancement and prosperity which is also your own. So send in your applications for membership and also articles or contributions and we shall be very glad to publish them in our paper B ADDRESS Delievered BY MR. C. H MAGEE ON THE 6TH ANIVERSARY OF THE PHILIPPINE TEACHERS' ASOSCIATION. MR. MAGEE WAS THE ACTING SUPERINTENDent of ManILA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING MR. O'REILLY'S ABSENCE. Honorable Governor-General, Mr. Presi dent, Teachers and Friends: It is indeed a pleasure and privilege for me to participate in the celebration of the sixth anniversary of the founding of your which your asso. society. The purpose for ciation exists is a noble one. To quote from your preamble:-"To promote among the members of the association social intercourse, to establish more nearly a com munity of interests of the teachers, to assist the Government, to advance the interests of the people, to bring before the people in the most effective way the purpose of the Government as represented by the Department of Public Instruction; to mutually protect and benefit the members of the association." From a further reading of your constitution I find that, "All persons presenting satisfactory evidence to the effect that they are regularly engaged in the profession of teaching in the Philippine Islands shall be eligible for membership in the association." This provision admitting teachers from the private schools as well as those from the public schools is a wise one. They are all engaged in the same noble profession and are all laboring for a common purpose, to train the child to be a useful member of society. In selecting a topic for to-night, I have chosen one that bears directly upon the main purpose for which your society was created, namely to advance the interests of the people. In discussing this subject I shall treat it from the standpoint of the person in charge of the schools whose duty is to select the teachers. I shall further narrow it down to the teacher. It will be impossible to attempt to cover more than a small part of the subject in the few mo ments allowed me. I shall attempt nothing more than a few remarks on those qualities that are naturally expected in every teacher; qualities which you expect and demand of every one who seeks admission to your society in order that the mission for which you were created may be fulfilled; that the students now under your instruction may always remember you by the knowl edge imported, the inspirations received and the good characters you helped to form by your instruction and the lives you lead. EDUCATION The first consideration in the selection of a teacher is his education. By that I refer to the schools from which he has 1 1 |