The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-07-29
each term, absence, hardness, sc.

The average number of pupils for the whole time is
1918, the average daily attendance 3o.oo, average
absence 3.ST, average hardness .9i-
The teacher in his report says g the absences rs
above recorded are in a great part those of pupils who
entered the school after the commencement Ct a term.
Were such absences deducted, the aggregate would be
reduced more than one-half.'' when it is under
stood, - he also adds, " that n large number of the
pupils reside at a distance of one to three miles from
the school, there will be found but little cause for
complaint in regard to attendance. But a single case
of truancy worthy of mention has occurred during
the two years covered by this report, and that was eff
fectually cured soon after its discovery"
OF tbose who are now members of the school a con-
siderable portion have been so during the whole two
years past, and n large portion almost two years.
They all had had more or less instruction in the Eng
lish language previous TO entering the Royal School,
and were selected for this school because of their sue
cess in study and good promise, so that there has been
time to test pretty fairly their ability to acquire the
English language and of its value TO them.
The result so far is very satisfactory. The school
was publicly examined in June, 1887, and the ex-
aiming conf ttee gave their most unqualified testi-
mony to the success of the teacher in imparting, and
the pupils in acquiring the English language, and
through it n well-grounded primary education. The
best evidence the Legislature can have of this success,
however. will be, while in session, to visit the school
either individually or by committee, and see for them
selves.
The character of the Royal School has been some
what modified since my last report. Finding the more
advanced pupils IN the English schools for natives re-
f1rlC0 IN their progress ~ III WIFI u n HiVttobtOiti
instruction and thorough drilling than they could
have in those schools, where there are so many classes
and new beginners, the Board of Education opened the
Royal School TO such as were prepared 10 enter any
of its several classes, charging them only the same
amount of tuition that they paid in the primary Eng
fish schools, and requiring the parents to enter into
a written obligation to board them, furnish them with
books and stationery, and place them for the time
being under the control of the President while out of
school rs well as in; also instructing the teacher to
aim. not only 10 give them the English language, but
teach them how to impart it to others, and thus, IN.
due time, to raise up n class of natives to do the work
which now can be done by foreigners only. This
gives the Royal School the character of a normal
school, lust the thing needed to insure success in
giving the English language to the Hawaiian nation.
This plan has been steadily pursued, and works well.
1t has already r~emedied, as has been shown, the evil
of irregular attendance, and secured complete subjec-
ton, on the part of the pupils, to the rules OF the
school as we'll as regulated their conduct while out of
school.
Another object has been to prepare the more prom
Using of the scholars to enter the preparatory depart
ment of Oahu College, which is open to all who shall
exhibit the necessary qualifications for entrance
Several of the boys do, it 3 thought, possess such
qualifications now, and it is hoped they viii enter
that institution next year. If they do not, the fault
will he their own, or that of their parents.
The Legislature of late years has made no appro-
prjation for this important institutions, and the Board
has sustained il partly from the tuition fees, partly
from the rents Of the old Royal School premises, and
partly from the interest accruing on the school fund.
The salary of the teacher is 81 800 n year, and the
incidental expenses have been about S105 70 for the
years.
The report of the teacher is a valuable one and is
herewith enclosed, marked L, and also a statement of
the account marked K.
The account stood summarily as follows, on the 31st
Dec, 1857.
iS55-Jan- Ist, Bal. cash. 81 03
Receipt Of tuition for two years, 1,J04 90
Grant from Interest Fund, J,0l9 So
From rent Of old Royal School, $40 60
1884 SO
Dfsbursed-sor Teachers salary, $3.50 05
Disbursed-for Repairs, Jas As
Observation-Disclosures : JOS rs
Baa1cc cash Dec. s1st, 1857. 80 SO
S3,434 So
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FEMALE SELECT ScHooL-One apartment of TIE
Royal School was appropriated in the early part of
last year to q select school Of native girls, taught by
Miss Sc Hall, and recently by Miss 1. +. Judd.