The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-12-10

Each child or pupil has from two to six native attendants,
namely aaiors, washers, s,Som', : 81 = o y ,Ia ~ jre - 81,
John Ii and his wife, both most respectable natives, who co-op-
crate with Mr.. and Mrs Cooke in excluding these attendants
from any intercourse or intimacy with the young chiefs that
could communicate to them their own vices, prejudices and
Mr.. Cooke assures me that in every department OF education,
they show a readiness and dociliy quite equal to any other
children, 81 the "a ! naSsT h % and od1 Mr. .He Cooke's ,n Sttim5' tbese
nan chises ill 60 forth into the world and assume their res
pective stations, having a fund OF general knowledge vastly
superior t what is sometimes found in the rulers Of extensive
provinces, and even some republics il Spanish America. 1t is
equally obvious that the administration OF these future rulers
must be immeasuraly more enlightened than any that has
ever before existed in thee islands and when they come into
This most useful institution, fraught with so many blessings
present and prospective, temporal and spiritual, is supported at
all that is allowed TO Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke, for their own salaries,
for finding the table. domestics and all incidental expenses.
To me it is incomPrrhcnsible how they can do so much, with 50
little.
pills 1t is supplied in abundance and good taste.
Separate rooms are provided for every two Of the pupils and
the apartments are clean, well furnished and well ventilated.
There are in all Il rooms Of various dimensions, opening into a
feet square. The whole building cost originally little more than
$1,000. though IL Is soidly constructed with sun-dried bricks
(adobes) with a well matched roof. But the furniture must
have cost a great deal, az no comfort, in that respect. that can
The Rev. Mr.. DibDe says that the king. when surveying the
happy group. and noticing their improvement, remarked ~
eish my 10 had Iftn1hke yours ! deeply regret ne fool,
ish manner an l0hfch ! spent the years Of my youth - and
/ would venture to add, that the king has more reason to be
proud Of this chiefs school than Of any thing within his doni-
mons.
Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke who were competent
to give instruction in Latin If requisite, there were
Two TEACHERS, VINO, as lr ns leaTulDR Is cOnctTueu, L
doubt not were as well educated and as capable to act
a. teachers as the writer Of the article in question or
the Rev. Bishop himself. l refer to the Rev. Chas.
S. Lyman, who was tutor in mathematics for q year
or more, and from whom His late Majesty obtained
the knowledge which made him a proficient in mathe-
mates and surveying; and who is now Professor of
Industrial Mechanics and Physics in Yale College.
New Haven, q man celebrated for his distinguished
attainments in astronomy and mathematics. The
other was Thomas Douglas. Esq a graduate of Yale
College, and well known rs a finished scholar, now
residing in San Jose. California, who remained a
teacher in the institution for some three or four
years.
1t would be well before the Bishop and his asso-
ciates or sym pathizers make their next comments on
American Missionaries, 20 read up the histOrY of this
people for the past forty five years, including MIR.
Wyllie's instructive notes. and not TO assume that,
because they have been favored by Royal patronage
and a perusal of Manley Hopkins Work they know
all relating to this people and their early education.