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Kadipan
KADIPAN (Kapisanang Aklat,
Diwa at Panitik). Established on 22 Oct
1950 by students at the Manuel L. Quezon Educational
Institution (later University) in Quiapo, Manila,
spearheaded by Ponciano P. B. Peralta-Pineda and
Tomas C. Ongoco, KADIPAN sought to promote the
Filipino language, generate a vigorous Philippine
literature, and expand the space allotted for
the national language in campus papers. It attacked
the unethical practices and the monopoly of the
major magazines by their editorial staffs, and
lobbied successfully for a section for young writers
in Bulaklak and Liwayway.
Based in the academe, it was supported
by the Filipino departments of member schools
and the Institute of National Language. Its first
officers were Peralta-Pineda, president; Pablo
N. Bautista of the University of Santo Tomas (UST),
vice-president; Pilar Paredes of the University
of the Philippines (UP), secretary; Sisa Rey Centeno
of the Far Eastern University (FEU), assistant
secretary; Paz N. Nicasio of the Philippine Normal
College, treasurer; and Teodoro A. Agoncillo,
adviser. Other officers were Amelia San Jose,
Leodegario Quilatan, Reynaldo R. Cruz, Hilario
L. Coronel, and Rosalino Baricar. Aside from Peralta-Pineda,
the past presidents of the KADIPAN include: Manuel
J. Ocampo, 1953-1954; Tomas C. Ongoco, 1954-1955;
Oscar Suarez Manalo, 1955-1958; Alejandrino Q.
Perez and Lucila Potenciano, 1958-1959; Artemio
Herrera, 1960-1961; Francisco Sigua, 1961-1962;
Efren R. Abueg, 1962-1968.
From 1956 to 1968, KADIPAN held
annual literary contests. The best poems, essays
or stories published in the school papers were
chosen. In 1965, Abueg edited an anthology of
these prize-winning works entitled Mga Piling
Akda ng KADIPAN (The Selected Works of KADIPAN).
It featured stories, poems, and essays by Abueg,
Suarez Manalo, Simplicio Bisa, Bayani M. de Leon,
Rogelio Ordoñez, Clemente M. Bautista,
Marcelo S. Lagmay, Domingo Landicho, Librado Azares,
Demetrio M. Espino, Benruben V. Palanca, Conrado
Castillo, Rogelio Sicat, J. Mario Laqui, Rolando
P. Bartolome, Lorenzo B. Juachon, Rodolfo Salandanan,
Orlando Rodriguez, Rogelio G. Mangahas, J. Ser
Salandanan, and others.
KADIPAN also held annual poetry
declamation contests and oratorical contests.
Its monthly meetings were hosted by its member
schools, namely, UP, FEU, UST, University of the
East, Manuel L. Quezon University, as well as
National University and Arellano University. Each
meeting had a guest speaker. It also published
a literary magazine, KADIPAN, edited
by Anacleto-Dizon, Ocampo, and Peralta-Pineda.
Its first issue was dated 4 Feb 1953.
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