The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-05-12

TIE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Biennial Report Of the President Of
the Beard Of Education To the
Legislature of 1866.

81 4.--.aH4 - - 4 -4HE .-- ks E- EE-~E.L ;
-e--r; e The business sri ,rars.c,5-us q: he & ar3
q EIlc4-ln. since ire 4-t Vr.-.-.ti-- @. ,le I z
4~s-4tlE= ASCENT >, Until TIE end tt-= clrLL.4. term
Im-ell,s after rlz passage q: ,-et-E under " en-
-l= B-arl : nov = .E'rZ, TIE B-avl appointed 90
the ace @. Inspector General c: Schools, H-u. A.
Fernandez
Common Schools.
The c--t=- C.: C--u5u National Schools, - the
late r tbs report, J. 2-C; AM TIE average ullj Ter
G: children attending : 1857; Ct which ala are
cys. AM 80 axe eir.s- .: these scar--= there
ere - eIei.=Ee.y s-s' schools, ~ta 81 average
2.;sl--Lcs q az Children.
Previous = tie month Ct March, -, year, :1e-e
were Int - g-.=' schools u the country. q which
: wErsin Honolulu, = II Wanna, Oahu, 3 il L.ha..
L., AID each Il "4lkApu AID Hama. N-ui, AMI
Il hc.5a, Kauai During the llsi yeat, ths no in
WANNA have stopped f5r want Ct funds. while i
more girls schools have been :ruel, a. follows Il
ol Hawaii. I ca Maui, , on Oahu, : &C N1.-kli,
All On Kauai he greatest iu~rel5ue-- 20 -l5s
most necessary division G: the sexes il schools, bis
been the wl-t 4 suitable, well CONDUCTED female
teachers " institute or seminary FOR training
women a- TIA, che EXISTING, TIE ~uaj-G.,y g: those
L1E appointed may l.: possibly c-c-= ~ 70 that
-'-ll-rL q lIce .eLce which the Bard could desire:
but, considering themselves t.r,uuate IL having sue.
ceelei in separating the sexes in 20 many schools,
lur.lg - short = tine, hey "! adopt such measures
hereafter - viii secure the services q a. large =
number Of well-,ra!ued female teachers as can p,=sj-
bly, be employed.
Inc Board lOgk upon the successful AMI speedy
division q the CymLoa Schools into boys AMI glri-'
schools, a. Z great importance 10 the future well
beng Of tl.= people, ali they have therefore, given
O. much attention i possible 70 that object.
Another great want q the c-1mlu schools, ! the
lack Of gygi suitable sca50..houses. The district
=-LJc--:uLi= IN all bu: three or four districts, were
unable 10 meet this want. The Board, therefore, de-
s.r.ng 70 awaken the sympathy, and enlist the CO.
operation @: the parents, resolved, that in every
locality where q new school house, or thorough le-
pairs :r an old one were ue-,lei, # tue district
should Contribute Uu=-aali Cf the cost thereof, the
Board would contribute the other half. Cut Of such
mCEI-- a. were At ~ DISMISSAL In E-EIrs. Tf.NzE
already this resolution has been vel. received and
promptly responded to. Under this resolution, new
houses are Eow building, or funds being collected by
the parents Tor Uu.I4ILg, IN twenty places, fifteen Of
which are On the island Of Hawaii alone, three On
Kauai, and one each On Maui ami Niihau.
There Is another circumstance in connection with
public schools 10 which the Board wish TO call your
attention and that Of those whom i, may concern.
In many places the schools, for want 4 special
buildings, are kept ia the meeting houses or chape,s
Of the Protestant or Catholic population residing on
the land To the building Of some Of these, the
district school-fuuds have contributed, bat not to all;
some Of these stand On Government school lots. The
result Is that in almost all these places, the public
schools are merely tenants 1T will Of this or that
religious denomination, and in more than one instance,
have received notice 70 quit. Another result Of this
absence Of proprietary right On the part Of Govern
meat, l. thar these houses being looked upon u really
and especially religious eI.1ces, AMI not as national
school houses, are avoided by the parents and chill
dren Of denominations different from that ole which
owns the building It i necessary to provide IS far
a. possible iT al the people the aI'aEtlge @: a
common school education. But to accomplish this
purpose, and to work uniformly AMI efficiently
throughout the country. it i absolutely necessary
that the common schools should come TO be regarded
a. strictly neutral ground in religious matters.
The Board have thought proper 70 raise the wages
Of teachers Of common schools, 10 order 10 make il
worth their while to keep their schools reH during
the tIme that they are open, thinking eight OF nine
months schooling a year, CeY attended to, more
beneficial 10 the children than a whole years school
ing badly attended to, and frequently interrupted
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own respect, as we'll as III that Of their n~eighbcr-, to
make them feel that honor - well = profit may he at
tanned By = Iuuctual aud faithful discharge Of their
duties. Whenever Il locality and opportunities we're
favorable, a system Of labor among the scholars has
been promoted, a. contributing not only to physical
health, but also TO the procuring Of school books, States,
etc Tor tie scholars. and making them interested ia the
and a1JInmeut Of their own schools and
school land.
higher and Sciccr Schools. ir wITc!, Huwaii-
2 ni is the language of Instruction.
Lahainaluna Senlinary.-This institution original
" founded by the \. B. c. +. NJ, and afterwards
transferred by them to the Goyerumeut,-has under
gone an entire change Of teachers and a great an unit
Of repairs and improvements within the last year.
Mr.. } +. Pogue, the principal, and Mr.. ; l.
Alexander, the assistant, having resigned during the
biennial term now expiring, the Board appointed B
;. l. Bishop, first as assistant. and afterwards
as principal. and Rev. c. b. Andrews. a. assistant.
The dwelling houses Of the teachers. being very
much cut Of repairs, haze been put IN Il good and
comfortable condition; and one Of the dormitories Of
lie students having been OyeTthrOwn by the severe
in December last, a ne" aud more substantial
building j. now being constructed 10 its place, which
will together with other necessary repairs est about
4, 900.
The number Of students attending this institution
It the time Of this Report j. seventy three. Coming,
l. they 30, from the middle classes Of the Hawaiian
,eople, the Board is DESTROYS that not only their
literary requirements, bat also their domestic and
ocill training. during their soiCurn at the Seminary,
.houii be such a, by accus'oming them 10 habits Of
,efLcmeut and uslges OF civilized lite, will enable
on issuing from the institution, TO meet on
quail terms with those Of foreign birth AMI foreign
ducatiOn who may come in competition with them
Il the various pursuits Of after life.
While Mr. 5. 1. Alexander was engaged as assis-
AT LahainaIuua, the cultivation OF sugar cane
y the students was successfully commenced, and
asst year, about eleven acres OF cane were cut, Icaliz-
ng \, 200.
The whole expenditure Of the Board on Lah.in.lu-
"a for the two years ending March 81, 1866, has been
,lU,O77 81, Of which amount. 81 ,O2l 81 have been
expended in repairs aud improvements on teachers
welliugs. $4,000 are being expended a. above
,atei. aud the remaining 5000 43 have been ex.
III pay Of teachers and support VI the lnstI-
Itiou during the period above mentioned. The
eminary Is in a furnishing condition.
iIilo Boarding School for Hawaiian Boys-This
situated ut Hilo, Hawaii, Is assisted an
ullly by the Board of Education, with the payment
the salaries of the principal and assistant. This
a Hawaiian High School, principally Tor the bene-
and accommodation Of youths from the various
Of Hawaii proper. 1t is under the charge
Rev. d. B. Lyman. The number Of students at
.nding Is seventy-six.
This school continues TO be most eficacious for
The energy Of its teacher has not been ablted
: age, whilst his experience and happy influence
yer his scholars, are appreciated by the Board in
lie highest degree as being Of NATIONAL advantage.
he venerable principal i assisted by his daughter,
no mas engaged in the service with most uutiring
al devoted zeal. :
Wai,ri Select School FIR III WaiiaD Rows This in