The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-09-22
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER -.

CRDA /. -.
TIE Communications Of N. 8" in our last.
ami present Issues, on the subi-c: Of the man
age@elt Of schools BY the Bard Of Education,
IN reply 70 an article in the government organ
Of August -. which was evidently written IN
der the supervision. and received the approval
Of the Bard, viii attract the attention Of our
reaier. The writer has &. taken the bull by
the horns - US = homely phrase. and pre-
sn5sd . statement accompanied with proof,
which NJ specill Tl=ading OF the Board o. its
V1agraphi-ts can weaken. y short sketch Of
the ri=- OF our school system, which i now
rapidly in IL decline, and promi~= soon 70 be
altogether broken up. may not b OF; q Place:
1; owes its origin solsiy 70 the efforts Of the
American Missionaries, who. - far back Is the
var $50, opened schools. which were Of course
sustained gra;uitogsly. In the earlier years Of
their l4bJrs, {-rom 1870 70 lSi0,A the English
language waz taught, more ~ les, and such
HzxaIians - chose 70 learn il, could Do -, but
the large majority OF the pupils were taught
the Hawaiian. There was 10 discrimination in
tLu-e .arly Jay-LgsA l4Eg4ag-- trsrs G- 81
sX- We have now before Us . little primer,
fJ- Hawaiians 70 learn Spgiish printed in 1882,
which Wa one Of the text books used, and
which would Be 4 ssryicable one. IF reVublish-
ed. Some years later. between $50 and lSi5,
from circumstances which originated in India,
and caused much difficulty in the eonduc; Of
tie American By4Ed's schools there. rule was
adopted y thai SJciety, that the vernacul-r
only should be taught IN IL schools. OF course
the rule aursied here . elsewhere. though Of lis
ur5vri-ty tLere has been much doubt. We state
tL=ss Ec;s d show wha: was the ~-actice for
mcrly. and to correct wrong impressions now
prevalent respecting the teaching o; English 70
Hawaii2u=-
In 1890. the number Of scholars reported in
the schools was So 600, with over goo teachers.
In The year 1876, The Hawaiian Government,
which had been organized for several years, IN
t=zt55k the support Of the public schools. The
frs: report. made in IS47, states that thers were
g,544 scholars, and 625 schools supported az
an expense Of over $4,000 1t was natural
and proper that the public schools should be
placed in charge Of thgse who had labored 50
long and - faithfully u orSanize them, and who
were deeply interested in their prosperity. Ac-
c~1rdiu.ly Mr.. Richards was selected o. the head
Of the educational Bureau, and after his death
N 1877. Mr.. Armstrong took charge and con-
tinuei I'll his death in 1880. Although there
were occasional Complaints regarding the man
a-emsn- e the schools. yet the facts that they
were largely attended. that tie education Of the
young vas quite universal and thorough % far
g. The elementary branches were concerned, we're
sufficient evidences Il tie benefits Il the system
- 4 whole. Il was nodded. in the main, after
lie h~t American Common school system. and
whatever may have been IL defects. II : he-
lieve5 70 have been the be;. and the most ap-
rliabIs u the Hawaiian people that can -
devised.
About the year ISIS Al advsn,urer from
Europe. -0-us homo. - ue IN English po.iii-
Cd phrase, appeared among u. and began 70
a:--ac; attention. By = free and reckless use
o. his hcls uen. directed agains; Americans
generally and American Missionaries in TaTJicu-
Iar, accompanied with the bi;Jere-i incentives
a-aius; everything that snaeksi q republican
i.n. and more specially aSains; the public
schools and school system. lie succeeded IN WIKI
IN himself into public notice. The grea: .ault
OF car school system. according t. hs thelT-,
w.. tia; il w. 10 democratic. 100 Ar.lrl-cE.
a-I the great sin Cf those who lad TIE charge
q j. was that they were PUzI1sNs.-a name
which. since tie day that Puriiaus were baais5ei
g exIas fr religions sake from mother ing
l-ni-s shore. has AMI ~i.I grow brighter and
brighter. - long - Plymouth rock. and the
republican PRINCIPLES Of the Puritan fathers -
main The foundation stones Of the fre-t and
ui-htIest Empire tha; the world has ever known.
AID - long - her H. and eScu;ch-on are wur-
tHy Of respect. He aimed - retUts what Gold
yin smith. n his recent lectures OF The study
@: History. ssser;s. taat with popular govern
u=nt the PlEiians established popular e~iaau9n,
and tha; they are tie graf authors Of the system
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