Monday, June 16, 2008

BAMBOO AND RATTAN FURNITURE FOR PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE GRADES

By JOSEPH A. COCANNOUER and LEROY R. SAWYER

The Philippine Crafstman - July 1913

UNDER the existing course of study, work in bamboo and rattan has a recognized place as one of the optional industrial subjects in the third and fourth grades of the primary course and in the fifth grade of the General Course and Course for Teaching. Up to the present time it has not been developed as rapidly as could be expected, nor has it been given the attention in these grades that the character of this work and its bearing upon the home conditions of the Filipino people would appear to necessitate. This may be, and probably is, [ e l due in part to the fact that a manual suitable for instruction purposes on the subject has only been recently available. This is in the form of a short course in bamboo and rattan work, presented in the October number of Volume I of THE PHILIPPINE CRAFTSMAN

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