Education: Mood-Sharpening in Manila

In Manila the cinema theatres open at 8:30 a. m. and run continuously till near midnight every day of the week. Vans go through the streets plastered with posters to lure the populace to the theatres. Biggest sellers on newsstands are movie magazines, particularly those which carry "good" (undraped) pictures of Hollywood females.

Four universities has Manila: University of Santo Tomas (founded 1619, oldest under U. S. domain), University of the Philippines, National University, University of Manila. The little brown students of Manila are fond of moving pictures, especially ones which portray...

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