6 5 2 ▁Cal le ▁No z ale da ▁in ▁Pac o , ▁Man ila . ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁first ▁attended ▁by ▁ 1 0 0 ▁students . ▁ ▁Re actions ▁from ▁the ▁loc als ▁The ▁initial ▁per ception ▁of ▁Filip inos ▁about ▁the ▁then ▁newly ▁arrived ▁De ▁La ▁S alle ▁Christian ▁Brothers ▁were ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁no ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Fri ars ▁who ▁were ▁previously ▁the ▁sole ▁handlers ▁of ▁Philipp ine ▁education ▁for ▁almost ▁three ▁hundred ▁years . ▁ ▁Over ▁time , ▁the ▁Brothers ▁established ▁their ▁con greg ation ▁as ▁being ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁full - time ▁religious ▁educ ators ▁who ▁have ▁consec r ated ▁their ▁lives ▁for ▁the ▁education ▁of ▁the ▁youth . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁the ▁Brothers ▁transferred ▁the ▁school ▁from ▁its ▁original ▁site ▁in ▁Pac o , ▁Man ila ▁to ▁the ▁then - wood ed ▁newly ▁constructed ▁T aft ▁Avenue ▁in ▁Mal ate , ▁Man ila ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁increasing ▁school ▁population . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁Brothers ' ▁dev otion ▁to ▁education ▁would ▁be ▁c ement ed ▁by ▁the ▁numerous ▁vis its ▁of ▁head ▁of ▁states ▁to ▁De ▁La ▁S alle ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁pro clam ation ▁of ▁De ▁La ▁S alle ▁as ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Islands ' ▁Premier ▁School ▁for ▁Boys ▁by ▁Dr . ▁Paul ▁Mon roe ▁and ▁a ▁commission ▁of ▁American ▁educ ators , ▁after ▁an ▁eight - month ▁cross - country ▁ins pection ▁of ▁existing ▁Philipp ine ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s .