. Barrio life and barrio education. ucation, consisting of calis-thenics, group games, and athletics, there resulted animprovement in the health conditions of at least theyounger generation of our barrio communities. Betterhabits of hygiene and sanitation are certainly beingformed. INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES There have been notable achievements along in-dustrial lines. In barrios where hat making is taughtin the schools, the boys may be seen wearing hatsthat they themselves made, thus acquiring self-relianceand bringing about economy in the family purse. Afew homes are better equipped because of sk


. Barrio life and barrio education. ucation, consisting of calis-thenics, group games, and athletics, there resulted animprovement in the health conditions of at least theyounger generation of our barrio communities. Betterhabits of hygiene and sanitation are certainly beingformed. INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES There have been notable achievements along in-dustrial lines. In barrios where hat making is taughtin the schools, the boys may be seen wearing hatsthat they themselves made, thus acquiring self-relianceand bringing about economy in the family purse. Afew homes are better equipped because of skill ac-quired by boys enrolled in bamboo and rattan furnitureclasses. The fact that barrio children are wearingrompers and one-piece dresses is in most cases due toinstruction in plain sewing. The schools have donea good deal to instill among the people a deeper senseof the dignity of labor. In Meyto, Calumpit, thebarrio that won first place in the 1916 barrio efficiencycontest, parents encourage pupils in their industrialwork. (4). Bureau of Education, Manila, P. I. A permanent barrio school building.


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