The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-23

Asll- .n the language th-y used Pia-ei. TOO.
and surprised - the amount of information evl-
IDENTIFY acquired. And only a few day aftcE'Fari
tie came Individual . haye been - eiit-i ~ tie
superior intelligence AMI culture imIar,eI hy @
kH5wleize u English IN other schools ana the
ability o converse with ilreigner-- as o. think
tlat the latter was the only true way
Tie rea-,n why tie -cLo1I ~ Wa4lua j - MT
teach tie English language : beau-e il l. directly
dependent Gr support ga TIE American Band.
ami On a purely missionary bazi-. ard heau-e
the established policy u that Bard j. . pro-
vile Er q I@.I.e in their gVD au-ua-s-
lie .~-e--isn -u--s--- i---If Whether Gre e.u-
m,1 -r-y- are ~; aga di-aivau,a-s from the
fat tfac H. r-a,l-i % = made ia -fo-- schools lr
,e1-ains EnsIi-h. T. nj; TIE Government school
5y 80 mucl the Ia-ar both IN popularity and ell
e.sucss L La- been cur standing complaint thlc
central schools were built Up % tie neglect of tHe
common schools. Tie Government understands
the rira-e - common schools a- schools for tlc
d. c.mm,a" PEOPLE ard n; for ;he higher
cla-= We understand common schools e.
mean schools aTcn o. go ard for all.
IL l. f5r this reason ;Iat with =ame L-i.atian.
and 10 tire r.sk Of being misuuder-.9gi. We ad'o-
cate TIE idea. that as fast Is such teachers oag T.
efamsd-aId this depends very much on tie
management ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS having
a t1lea5Ic knowlel-e u English should teach the
common schools. AMI Re Permitted {" devote a
part % each day t. the English language. re>erv-
in the main part Of the time fr the Hawaiian
AMI tie i.uTar;inZ Il actual kupwlel-e in tie
mother tongue. The articuIati0u of English
sounds can Lost bc acquired az the axe of from
80 - -rH o. F-- ono n= lilo -H.rrTF
Dc given y al in thi- r--ari. The principal diff
f-ul,y with regard 20 the attempt 10 teach Eng
I-h il- t,ln uc-Irecin- 81 the real knowledge
tha; can he acquired in Hawaiian for the mere
suatte-in. q a foreign tongue. This j. not a
Dcee--ary difficulty BY any means. Those taught
IN ;heir own language are best fitted for n further
knowledge 81 English Tie minds Of scholars
can grasp by5h and be- benefited. enlarged and
.n~,i-lzt-i thereby. The future prosperity OF
tLe community. the spread Of liberal principles,
tile removal Vi unhealthy barriers in society, all
dep.ui on q common language rendering the
Hawaiian in some degree able u compete with
the white man. some great writer has said that
by how many language a person has acquired, by
-, many times II he a man.
One argument on 5hiz point i tie school-book
argument. The expense Of Hawaiian school
books will not hereafter Dc met a. it was once.
Formerly tie American missionaries, working
under salary from abroad prepared these books,
now either too antiquated OF out Of print entirely.
We were perfectly aztoni-hed the other day in
booking over a list Of such books now unheard Of.
No wonder some desli-e the p"ny efforts Of tie
present cducators.-Thcse books were soid below
c,sJ. This cannot be done hereafter. But there
must be schpOl-bouks, and the English language
must, for aught We sec, in great measure supply
them. There would be an excellent market new
c%rtnclc-s FOR any Hawaiian bo+s that might now
be prepared.
We throw out thee hints more with reference
u tie luture than the present. 1t Is but justice
u our opponents to say that one cause, though
not the main one, Of decay in common schools has
been jg-t what we have pointed out.