In the town of Paco, a suburb of Manila, there is a college, which
was inaugurated May 3, 1868, ordinarily called the college of the
Concordia. The entire grounds and part of the building, which now
serves as a college, were piously donated to the sisters of charity by
a charitable lady named Margarita Roxas, whose picture is exhibited
in the reception room. Five-sixths of said college have been built
since its foundation.
This college is the exclusive property of the sisters of charity,
who act at the same time as teachers therein. It occupies a very
picturesque and open position on a beautiful plain between the towns
of Paco and of Santa Ana, and has very capacious and well-ventilated
rooms.
It is the central building of the sisters of charity of the
Philippines, and usually a priest of the congregation of the mission,
entrusted with the spiritual direction of the college, lives therein.
The studies and work in this college and the distribution of classes
are identical with those of other colleges.
From the date of the foundation of the college, up to the present
year, 62 pupils have been examined for teachers, of whom 35 were
classed as excellent, 17 as good, and 10 passed. [165]