The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-05-31

q hNeI Ilct IN the >cTU0I, anu IWe ItfTUITG W VICW
free to all, and indeed required Of all attendants. A
little more attention to distinct enuucjation would be
desirable.
much TO commend, will be kindly received, and ex-
pressing the sincerest hope for the future prosperity
of your institution, We remain
Your ob't servt's,
CHARLES c.. HARRIS.
G.. p. JUDD.
HoyoIULU, Oahu, May %, 1850.
SCHOOLS FOR GIRLs.-The establishment of the
Makiki Family School partially supplies a want which
has long existed, and if the accommodation now Of
ferei there is not soon taken up, We shall be greatly
disappointed. There is a large number of native and
h~alfcaste children in Honolulu alone. who cannot be
properly trained and educated at home, and who,
without such training and education, are almost GER
tain to grow up to uselessness, if not to something
worse. They should be placed under the best posi-
bic influences, while young, and no sensible parent
can ever regret having expended money in giving a
good education to his child ; but we fear there are
many in the Hawaiian Islands, who will deeply re-
greet, when it is too late, the having neglected those
to whom they were bound either by natural or legal
relations, or by both. 1t would seem to be unneces-
sary TO remind any at all acquainted with the infu-
ences to which the native children are unavofdably
exposed, that if they are to be virtuous, Industrious
and respectable in after life, their proper everyday
education must commence early, be constant, and
long continued ; for learn they wiH either good or
evil, and at the very best, they will learn too much
ofthe latter. While the majority have neglected their
children almost altogether, others have made a good
beginning, but have erred fatally, in Withdrawing
their children from school, and the watchfui care Of
their instructors. at an early age, and their half
completed education has in some cases, only served
to make THEN subsequent disgrace conspicuous. Let
US hope that many have learned wisdom by experience.
We are happy to know that their Majesties the
King and Queen, the most intelligent of the chiefs,
and many Of the foreign residents have interested
themselves in the establishment of family schools for
girls. Having seen the iuadequacy Of all other sys-
tens Of education that have been tried, and knowing
that such family schools, if well tried and supported,
will accomplish the end desired, they have literally
contributed the means to start the Makiki school,
and hope that those most directly interested will sup
port it by placing their children there, and paying
the reasonable charges for board, tuition, &c. No
body expects to make any money out of this enter
prise, but something vastly better than money may
be made and saved out Of it, or by it.
These remarks have been suggested by the adver-
tisement Of the Trustees of the Makiki Family School.
in this paper. and nay apply with equal force to the
schools which are being established, or soon may be
on the other islands and it is a subject which
should be kept before the people," and we hope
that the Representatives o. the people, viii take 3
large slice off from the proposed appropriation for
the military and other exhorbitant items. and give it
in aid Of the above mentioned, and other similar
schools. -
From LAHAISA.-Letters from Llhaina state that
the Matte .NerrI came in sight of tina, port thursday
morning, - minutes ahead Of the Emma RooEe,-
which was about the same difference Is at their start
Honolulu. In passing through the duldrums,
however, the Emma got the advantage OF "A better
1reeze, and anchored about six minutes ahead Of the
Ntifje, thus by luck beating the latter some p min
Ites, on the passage up. Pretty close sailing that.
Though the Emma has not been beaten vet, it is but
to say that in the three trips made thus far bv
he .Nettie, between this port and Lahaina, she has
.ppeared of the latter port on each occasion before
o \. NJ. -
The DAsHAwATs.-W are pleased TO learn that
praiseworthy Association, Of which for some ,
past the public has heard but little, is still
uietly but surely working out its mission for good
our midst. We hear that some lectures are in
respect, of which due notice will be given. As a
roof Of the benevolent nature Of the Association, it '
stated that one Of the members, who has been for 3,
time on a bed of sickness, has received a week Il
allowance sufficient for his support and medical
tendance, provided from the funds Of the Asso-
- '
\ SNAsH-UP.-A gentleman with his family took a y
de up Manao valley on Sunday last, and while n
ambling on foot, the horse and carriage were left a
anding quietly, while the former nibbled the grass. p
however, thinking probably that his stable was -
better place to spend the day, started of on a run
T town, where he arrived with the fore wheels only
the vehicle, leaving the party to walk home and at -
leisure pick up the balance of the carriage. uc
"
y The Printers return their thanks to Mr.. ~
olstein for the opportunity given to try whether W
ey could pick up strawberries as readily as they pa
ok up types. The Devil thinks that the ber- X
Is Few around faster than ever the types did
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- Tba u,Yo;;o, E-,rr.1:o,I ,--.. - Of
I" " N00"'''uH "ee Ola
ceiyed by His Majesty, at the Palace, yesterday. Ia
lie crowded state Of our columns compeIs Us to omit,
l next issue, the addresses, which have been fur og
shed for publication.