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OCR Page 1 of 6GREETINGS
As U. S. Commissioner of Education, I take great pleasure
in expressing to the Educators of the Philippines congratulations
on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of their educational
system. As I send these felicitations to our colleagues in the
educational fraternity in the Philippines, I know that I speak
on behalf of all the members of the profession in the United States.
For many years there have been the closest working relationships
between the educators of the United States and the educators of
your country. Indeed, we are happy to be able to point to the
fact that as long as fifty years ago a small band of American
Teachers went out into the hinterlands of your country to work
with your own teachers in building up the excellent educational
system which you now have.
Your schools, like our own, place great emphasis on educa-
tion for democratic living. The educators of your islands have
for years instilled the ideals and the practices of democracy in
the minds and hearts of your children. It was unquestionably for
that reason that your people along with our own stood firm against
the assaults of military aggression in the second World War. And
now the schools of your country are playing a large part in prepar-
ing Philippine youth to advance the cause of humanity throughout
By Earl James McGrath, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Federal
Security Agency, Washington, D.C., recording made for Voice of
America broadcast upon the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of
the Educational System of the Philippines, 4:00 p.m., December
11, 1951, Washington, D.C.
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