The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-08-27
NOTES OF THE WEEK.


SCHOOL EXAMISATIOS AND EXHIBITIoN.-A very
polite invitation having been extended to us by Mr..
J. A. Brewster, principal Of the Fort streer Select
School. we availed ourself Of il and were present
during a part Of the Exhibition on Friday. There
are but few who really have any idea of the respon-
sibility and care which an honest, Jealous schoolteach-
er assumes. Let parents give it a thought, how often is
ones patience tried 10 the utmost by the mischiev-
business and curiosity OF some bright, thoughtless
child, and when the said stock of patience is worn to
shreds, a family conference fellows and decides TO
pack it off to school. And now Imagine, if you can,
40 or so Of the aforesaid children in one room, and
some idea may be formed of the task set before a
teacher of q Primary School. We are perfectly salts
fed of one fact, that Mr.. and Mrs Brewster, and
their assistant, Miss Mary Burbank, have succeeded
admirably in keeping such a school, we'll disciplined,
and advancing their pupils wonderfully in the differ
ent branches OF n common school education. 1t is
our privilege to comment upon what We have seen,
though we may differ from those most interested.
still from our short experience, we feel satisfied that
there were pupils in this school who could be
exchanged for the younger class of some higher
Standardization. for instance-with benefit to both.
Where there is snch a range in the ages and studies,
some one must be sighted. The proficiency shown
~ tHe ISS d" L. DuTDaDh, u. Il Drown, iten-
rietta E. Smith, and Masters Eddie Macfarlane,
Alfred Mossman, and Harry CALDWELL, spoke vol
umes for the teachers, while they support us in
our views.....We may have a Board of Education.
and other boards, ofshoo,s of it, but we might
have forgotten the fact had it not been brought 10
mind by the presence of the Clerk of the Board. It
is possible that they have no huleana in such places;
if so. q mistake has been made in the appointments.
lts REQUIRES men of a Dpculiar turn If mind IN 6I
the place with any benefit to public education. We
publish a programme of the exercises Of Friday
PART I.
l. Prologue-Eddfe Fuller.
2. Singing-"Th This is our Yearly Jubilee"
ter, CAPTAIN Frank Damon, rderly-singing-"our
4. Observation-Disclosures of the MerchaEt-Everett - By
5. The four wishes-Hattie Booth, Mary Bates. Hattie Hemp
:. s Sns The Ca IRE ""0n
5. A Readin=-Berta Burbank.
9. CoIoquy-Not an Uncommon Complaint.-Harr Caldwell,
10. misunderstanding VS.. ractice-Cowper- By Frank
II. singine-" Here's to our Friends"
Is Deelama'ion-The SUBSEQUENTLY Z. Macfarlaue.
Is. 4 Keading-Jeremy Taylor-By Emma Theodore Patty.
PART II.
l. Rehearsal-The R~emovaI-Wimie Foster.
2 A Reading-fishop Heber-By Flora A. Wood.
4. A Reading@Mrs. sigourney-By Sarah A. Booth.
Mcintyre. ~ "'"'
:. Rehearsai-The Two sisters~sarah corburn.
S. Phonetic ami Physical Exercise.
9. The Excursion"
10. a ~Reading-Charlorte E. Brown.
II. ma!ion-Longf Blu Hiding Of the Simply Harry
u 4 ReadinsmBy Hattie Hampstead.
Mossman, Eddie Macfarlane.
l. 4 Reading-Ben JOhns9n-ry Miss Mary E. Burbank:
Cartwright, Marco Bates. Eugene wilcox. Mark Robin
Harry Caidrei, Eddie M isf Alfred Mossn nSI@'
l6. singing-"Iio! Ho! Vacation days are here"
QrEEx's HospITAL-A leading article of the
RuOkoa on Saturday last, is devoted to this impor
tant institution, and We have thought it advisable
to make a few extracts from il, and comment on
them. After abiding to the lecture of Mr.. Synge,
and the fact that most of the moneys paid for the
building, and support of it since its erection, have
been contributed by foreigners. it says:
When the King asked for subscriptions to the
Hospital fund, the chiefs AMI n few natives, and a
great many foreigners, put their nam d"wn for
large amounts. Nearly all of the foreigners paid
the amounts that they promised, and the few who
are able to pay and have not done so, are considered
very mean people"
So say we, and moreover, for the credit of those
who have paid, and the foreign element generally,
we would say to those tcho a,e able and have not
paid, step forward and do so, for we consider that
the name there is as binding morally, and we ques-
if not legally, as when placed after the ac;us-
"On demand I promise to pay" &c.
1t says again d
Nv cannot tell the names of those who have
done this disgraceful thing, but we know there is q
great deal Of talk about it."
As an addition, we think there should be more,
until even their names should be known, and shame
compel them TO do whata ~niggardly regard for gold,
or n shameless regard for their bond. prevents
them from doing. Another extract and we close
Will a true chief, or d man who is really a
noblemau, give his word or his bond for anything,
and not fulfill it ;"
Z ACCIDENT TO THE EILAUEA-The early risers Of
On Saturday, morning were much aston
shed to see the arms of the telegraph set for the
steamer KIiuuea. All sorts of speculations were made
IS to the cause of her return, which however were
et at rest about ] past 10, when she was towed into
ler berth by the Pele. Something has happened to
ler boiler, and no one hurt, is all we have been able
o gather from head quarters. How long she may
,e kept off the route or what extent of damage she
las susta;ned, will be known upon the arrival Of