Excerpt from Lessons on Familiar Philippine Animals, Vol. 1: Part One
It is not claimed for these lessons that they add anything to the world's store of knowledge, but it is hoped that they may be helpful toward making available for schoolroom use a beginning knowledge of the more common forms of life found in the Philippines.
The interest manifested by the writer's pupils, with whom the work has been tested, encourages this expectation. As the pioneer in its field, those into whose hands it may come are relied upon to be indulgent of its imperfections. Criticisms, corrections, and suggestion are invited and will be gratefully received, for only by such assistance can the more elaborate work of which this is the forerunner be made serviceable to all parts of the Archipelago. It is certainly unnecessary to offer advice to teachers of the class employed in these Islands as to the manner of presenting the subject-matter, so that I shall confine myself to a few suggestions of what I have found helpful, leaving the rest to the judgment of the instructor.
Of first importance is to have the specimen in each case, and where not possible to obtain it. I believe the lesson might better be omitted. An effort has been made to use only such forms as are general throughout the Archipelago, and if not in the vicinity the specimen can usually be found in a neighboring town.
Departing from custom I have begun with the higher forms of life, primarily, because few schools are supplied with the apparatus necessary to work among the simpler life forms, so what is done must be of a nature only to require the unaided eye. Again, interest must be awakened, and that will not come if the beginning work is on matter which is beyond the comprehension of the pupil.
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