Originally established in March 1948 by student editors Cesar J. Amigo and Aida Rivera to promote elite literary standards on campus, Sands and Coral serves as the widely respected annual student literary magazine of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines. This 1958 edition (Volume 10) marks a monumental decennial milestone for the publication, celebrating ten years of continuous creative excellence under the auspices of the Silliman Writers' Guild and operating directly through the university's renowned English Department. The volume holds profound relevance to mid-20th-century national and local literary histories, documenting the early academic configurations of writers who would go on to reshape contemporary Philippine letters. Most notably, this issue archives the very first publication appearances of emerging campus poets who later achieved national and international prominence, including critical figures like Myrna Peña-Reyes and Artemio Tadena. Overseen by student editor Eugenio R. Baban and faculty adviser David V. Quemada, the volume also charts the institutional growth of literary criticism, showcasing deep academic scholarship such as Carminia A. Yaptenco's foundational thesis research on the structural and thematic works of Nick Joaquin. As an archival item, this tenth-anniversary edition preserves a vital chapter of the "Silliman Writers" movement and the evolution of Philippine literature written in the English language.
Sands and Coral, Vol. 10 (1958)