The following is a list of secondary schools, by provinces, with enrollment on September 1, 1903:

While English will continue to be the language in which the instruction in these schools is given, an opportunity will be offered, to such persons as desire it, to acquire also a knowledge of Spanish.

By reason of the large part which the Spaniards have played in the history of the Philippines and the fact that the principal sources of our knowledge respecting these Islands are in Spanish, it will be desirable for many years to come that Filipino scholars and men of special cultivation shall, in addition to their knowledge of English, have also such command of Spanish as will make accessible to them the history and information relating to their early institutions. This language and its literature, therefore, will constitute one of the subordinate subjects in the curriculum of the provincial school.

The normal instruction in the provincial schools is designed to be so arranged that the pupils who have completed two years' work in these schools may take the last two years of their course in the Manila Normal School. Thus the pupils from the provinces will be able to spend half of the four years' course in the provincial school and half in the Manila Normal School. This will enable all who desire it to have the prestige 8162-15