The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-03-07
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The Inspector General Of Schools
Reviewed.

MR- EprroR 1T is now nearly three years
anee the present Board Of Education was organ
Ind and entered upon the discharge Of Its public
functions. The Inspector General OF schools
shinks iE therefore proper time to review the
ground gOne over and - scan the results which
have been obtained - under it, administration.
In this, fully agree with he gentleman. In
every community there are always found many
whs watch for and rejoice in all valuable Iracti-
liable results effected by any department. of the
Government, for the public veal.
AS an individual Of the community, who, in
times past has felt some interest in the education
Of the people, and does his =. little best accord
indy. 10 render the distrie. common schools
effective 10 this end, have carefully read the
report which has been put forth by the
Bard OF Educntiou- Circumstances considered,
hsatiier n noteworthy document.
Iasrad of n live, suggestive, pushing prOduc-
zion mited TO the demands Of the present time, il
ns& more like stale, sleepy narrative Of the
PAD century. not that we have any special OBJ
yrtou to a moderate amount Of dreamy self
rratuation. in the effort to put the best side out
albeit the E1o may not happen To be to the
public, very remarkable individual, as n praeti-
cal worker in any department. Of this worlds bus
insss-bgs when occupying public post in
which brave and Efficient workers have toile before
him, and won, too, an honorable fame therein,
uks sssaIthiIy to rob them Of their fairiy earned
laurcIs and to grace HE own brow Herewith,
then, we think the gentleman Is putting il ON
rather thick 3; and calculating, withal, quite too
nrgrly on the average powers Of degiutition, 70
be found in the community True keroism. let
the grnslelnln bear in mind, in any sphere Of
hbor, disnins the meanness Of making for itself
a sham greatness. by stealthy leap upon the
shoulders Of really great men,
Bat here is the report, and We cannot help
asking as we finish it, perusal, II its author IS,
in very deed, the man whose iaeiIe pen, for all
those long years, never tired in It's weekly denun-
cations OF the eurn1aon school system which the
American Missionaries bad instrumcntally organ
ised for the Hawaiian people? Can this be he,
who persisted in holding up 10 unrneasured s'orn
the schools OF the land, and in pouring contempt
upon the glorious fruits which they had borne for
the nation? l. It possible that this il the indi-
vidaal who was 20 loud and brave in letting the
public know what marvellous things he could
effect for the people, had be the educational ap-
raratus in his hands? Alas, that this tarnely
apoIogetic document should have been the oil
that that most sclfconhdent or critics could pro-
dace, and that too, after nearly three years OF
Official toll
Bat wish tO notice rrhaf The report arers Of
the preseaI sad pass condition. Of our common
schooLs
This is on the whole, regarded NJ satisfactory,
when compared with their former state under
Mr.. Armstrong; administration "The advance
or the three years past has been eonaDlendabie;
aud contrary 10 asserfions pubheiy made IN some
quarters, their Proficiency ,eiH e0mpars Jsrorabty
r'fh thai Of any DrsrioEs year" (iiow much
the present Inspector General formerly knew per-
'onally Of schooIs-and Of their practical working
which he was wont 10 mention, only with in
discriminate condemnation, arc Left to con-
leetare) And Notwithstanding there are many
schools u a very Iow grade and badly attended,
with no interest felt by parents, with few books
ana no efhcient inspection, and with no teaching
Tor eight mouths Of the year, nevertheless 81 fAaf
'Ae proPorfion Of ssaeA IS greater than R (ormerfy
"ass the o3gseiOrs hare )ailed 10 pr0rs; rhIis my
een yearly rIsifs and examinations fully disPrors
Finnliy the report sums up in this remarkable
'"nguage: "Ns'espsper talk, Rerererd Commit
'ses' and CLERICAL opposifioa, nstpaARaudIn9.
Know thar aiose seAOeLs ars an a more dsrirInJ
''Ad'f'on than that in wiieA fund fhens 1865.
NOW, propose 10 state few plain Facts, 10
NOV what ground the Inspector General has for
'''S eonelusion 40 Strangely dsdseed from the
P'emse" which he himself gives us.
That my statements may he positive and