The Cavite State University (Filipino: Pamantasang Estado ng Kabite), formerly known as Don Severino (de Las Alas) Agricultural College (DSAC) is a premier university in the province of Cavite and was established by the American Thomasites (family name), as a pioneer intermediate school in 1906. Located just 30 kilometers south of Manila in the Philippines, its first teachers were American Thomasites, recruited from the United States Armed Forces. By virtue of the Republic Act No. 8468, the College was converted into Cavite State University on January 22, 1998. C.E Workman was, in 1966, the first principal of the Cavite intermediate school. In 1975, the school had its first Filipino principal, Mariano Mondero. The emphasis, then, was on vocational agriculture for boys, and domestic science for girls. In 1978, the name of the school was changed to "Indang Farming School". As enrollment increased, the school site was expanded through the land donations of the citizens of Indang, including Don Severino delas Alas, Secretary of Interior in the Aguinaldo cabinet, and Francisco Ocampo. The school was renamed Indang Rural High School, during the incumbency of principal, Simeon Madlangcay.