Ang NORSU Diay Branch sa NOHS!

Nag-research ang mga taga NORSU unsa ang kagikan sa ilang skul, ug ilang nakaplagan ang sikreto: Ang NORSU gikan sa NOHS. Ang NorSU mao ni ang EVSAT sa panahon nato unya nahimong CVPC. Basa....

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Excerpts from What's in a Date?
by Cecile M. Genove
from "Orient Express"

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2007/Starlife/2007/September/30/orientexpress.htm

...In an effort to inquire or verify the founding date of NOrSU, the retired faculty and staff wrote Dr. Sojor last May, expressing their knowledge based on historical documents to establish the fact that the school long existed before 1927 and, thus, concluded with an appeal that NOrSU will have a grand centennial celebration this year. It would follow on the heels of two other universities in Dumaguete that have commemorated their centennial anniversaries - Silliman University in 2001 and St. Paul University in 2004. The Negros Oriental High School, a public secondary school, turned a century old in 2002.

The retirees - led by Dr. Romula Loreta S. Aleta, Dr. Florencia P. Dagudag, Dr. Rosalina C. Tan, and Dr. Ruth L. Velasco - did extensive research to gather information about the history of the school, with sources coming from NOrSU's website information itself; from the book, Central Visayas Polytechnic College: A Brief History, by Dr. Henry A. Sojor and Dr. T. Valentino Sitoy Jr. published in 1997; from an article written by Dr. Sitoy for the Pylon 2003, the school's yearbook; and, excerpts from one of four books about Negros Oriental written by SU Professor Emeritus Caridad Aldecoa Rodriguez, Negros Oriental, From American Rule to the Present: A History, published in 1989.

The discussions have gravitated to the National Historical Institute through its chair, Ambeth Ocampo, who also writes a column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, who is of the opinion "that the Negros Oriental State University should base its origin from its earliest precursor which is the Negros Oriental High School." Ocampo continues to add that "many universities trace their founding dates from humble schools, examples of which are Silliman University and St. Paul University, where the latter began as a small school for girls in Dumaguete."

In fact, Ocampo admitted that "given the illustrious history of the institution, a historical marker from the National Historical Institute may be installed in the premises of the Negros Oriental State University." But, this cannot be done yet until the exact date of the birth of the then Negros Oriental Provincial School, the forerunner of the present Negros Oriental High School, is given.

To quote from the NOrSU System's website, it says: "The beginnings of what is now the Negros Oriental State University date back to 1907, from a single woodworking class at what was then the Negros Oriental Provincial School, the forerunner of the present Negros Oriental High School. As more industrial arts subjects were added, a separate arts and trade school on the secondary level called the Negros Oriental Trade School was established in 1927. This was the provincial trade school which became the East Visayas School of Arts and Trades in 1956 and the Central Visayas Polytechnic College in 1983. On June 25, 2004, it became the Negros Oriental State University."

However, while the establishment of the Negros Oriental High School, formerly the Provincial High School, was on September 1, 1902, the documents and research materials did not provide an exact date in 1907 when the first woodworking class started. This information should complete the historical data to establish whether, indeed, this year is the school's centennial anniversary.