The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-03


500 SIS oo
To each of the above numbers n percentage
should be added sufficient 10 make the total SOU,
rs that is the number registered. OF the indi-
vidual schools, it would seem as if Nos. l and 2
ought to be joined into one, as they are but n very
short distance apart. No. q is just beyond what
is known as Smiths bridge. No. 9 is n wooden
building about twenty rods makai of the church
Of the same name. No. III is on the Roman
Catholic premises, and is always spoken of among
the natives as the Catholic School. So is also
No. 10, which is on the makai side of the en-
trance to the Sisters School land is probably
the largest common school on the islands. No.
II is in the old : Mission School-house." No.
Is is held in a miserable, dingy basement room,
under the east corner of Kawaiahao Church.
The examination of last week, taken in con-
nection with these facts, suggested several
thoughts. One is, that the location of the schools
should be so changed that no distinction of Prot
estant and Catholic should be known. 1t was
painfully evident that at the examination the
rivalry was not SO much between schools mos.
10, IL, II, IL, were examined t~Ogether) as be-
tween churches. The school No. 10 is maneu-
vered in the style borrowed Immediately from the
Nuns school adjoining, (Which may, to be sure,
be a good one in ITSELF the reading book used
there, and in No. IL, made up in large part of
stories from the Apocrypha, is stated expressly
on the title page to be printed 8" no ma KuLa
Katohka for Catholic Schools,-and the { and
u are used instead of the L and 10 which are sane
toned by the national Laws, newspapers, &c.
The music, good to be sure, savors of the Cathe-
dral. The Protestant schools have been changed
more thoroughly to the non-religious type; let
the others be so too. If either church choose to
establish parochial schools, well and good but
let them have no Government help; and the
sooner all the Government schools arc conccn-
trated in two or three distinct and commodious
buildings, and known rs the public schools, the
better for the independence, freedom and progress
Of all concerned.
1t is worthy of note that the good order pre-
served this year was far ahead OF that of past
years. the character of the building,-tbe Stone
Church,-and its locality probably having n good
deal to do with this matter. Mr.. IL. Poll, now
assistant school Inspector for the district, con-
Quoted the examinations. with the help of n Com
mittee. There was q good deal of time lost,
however, by two or three questioning at once
and causing confusion.
The next class of schools are the s-emi-common
schools, where English is taught. Of these the
Royal and Militant schools charge 81 per year
for each scholar; the Fort Street School IS per
term. The Royal or Kehehuna Boys School
numbers las scholars, 70 in the primary and 20
in the upper department. Under the energetic
teaching OF the principal, Mr.. j. X. Kinney, this
school shows evidences Of good discipline, and
the musical performances at the late examination
were highly praised by all who heard them.
This progress in music is due to the energy and
talent of Miss Mary Cooke, who is at the head
Of the primary department, and is assisted by
Miss Maria Beckley- Miss Patty and Miss
Louise BrickwoOd assist Mr.. Kinney in his
department.. This school seems destined 10 be
the nucleus offs much larger one.
The girls school corresponding to this is the
Militant School, in the ancient but comfortable
stone building once known as the Charity School;
in a locality somewhat forlorn but central. Some
IF our elder and more respectable h~alf-caste
citizens received their first rudiments of English
knowledge in that building. Miss s.. F. Corney
ias charge of the upper department and story,
With 80 pupils, who, it can truly be said, always
'ppear well in public. Mrs. c.. Kinney conducts
matters in the primary department, where there
re 43 pupils, and wins the affection of these to a
charitable degree.
On the corner of Fort and School streets, west
idc, and therefore not far north from the Royal
'chool, are now laid the foundations for the Fort
street School, n school to which we can hardly
,Ive a name as yet. 1t is neither common nor
elect, and is distinctively English only us it is
or English-speaking children, in contra-distinc-
ion from those whose native tongue is Hawaiian.
{ has been taught by Mr.. NJ. b. Beckwoth and Miss
as a Government School for Is weeks
n the basement of the Fort Street Church. Mr..
department has numbered 2S bows
md 20 girls, 40 in all being present on examina-
ion day, and this being also the average for the
ERIN. Miss Atherton's department numbered 20
and 25 girls up to May Is since which
the whole average has been but 81.
Independent day-schools come next in order.
The Kaumakapili School is, we believe. the
irgest on the islands numbering 10 boys and "a
in all, with an average for the whole
ear of 10. This is its second year. William
Iiha and Enoch kalauao, the latter educated Mt
'unahou, are the joint teachers, making liberal j
sc of the services of the older scholars in teach s
ng the younger ones. This school is, as may be I
cramped for room it good-humoredly, 7
owever, uses the verandahs of the church as Z
Try recitation rooms-doubtless to the benefit of S
ne pupils brains. David Malo, also educated ut s
'unahou. is the teacher Of the Kawaiahao day G
shool, which numbers 81 boys and 81 girls, and c
held in the east entry of the church. The v
barge in both these schools is l2s cents a week, @
mounting, orthe year. to about the same with that a
/ the Royal School, with about the same chance q
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