This Week’s Historical Milestones: Aug. 27 to Sept. 2, 2017

Aug. 28, 1901

The Silliman University (formerly Silliman Institute) in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental province was established as an industrial school for boys. The university was named after Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman, a philanthropist from New York, who donated $10,000 to American Presbyterian missionaries to establish a school. It opened its doors to girls in 1912.

Sept. 1, 1909

The town of Baguio in Benguet province became a city by virtue of Act No. 1963. The American colonial government commissioned American architect Daniel Burnham to plan for a community hill station or resort-like sanitarium atop the cool mountains of Benguet that would serve as the refuge of American soldiers and employees from the heat in the lowlands. The initial design envisioned a city for about 30,000 people. As of 2015, Baguio City has a population of 345,366. Tourist arrivals in the city reached to nearly a million in 2014.

COMPILED BY KATHLEEN DE VILLA, INQUIRER RESEARCH

SOURCES: INQUIRER ARCHIVES, DOT, OFFICIALGAZETTE.GOV.PH, BAGUIO.GOV.PH, CEBU.GOV.PH