The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-11-04

THOUGHTS ON iDucAriohono'A
What We have faId before mas je applied 90
tho cdueailou q bob sexcs. hut a. NC have not
the least experience. 81 educating glib. what col
lows viii entirely relate to nc male eek. A boy
Of about eight ycais q age ought 90 be able 70
enter che primary school. Tha, 3, be should be
physically Developed 20 as not 10 fursf from tbc
more or les continued strain on bis brains. Net
IN The lowest cinss a ihe prinary fehool. suppos'
ing there are four classes. each class being divided
into two grades. The training Of thc child abould
BE- continued. only in \ moro extensive manner
W. would recommend a frequent reoess Tor chill
dren Of from seven 90 eleven years 81 age' BOZ
10 The schoolFoom The greates, silence should BE-
observed ana the child accustomed 10 orderly and
gentle behavior Here 4 a place a. breach a snb.
ice, on which once We pnhlicly expressed Our
views. Bui as uc have seen ~ many abuses, 80
much b~tuiality since The Zine Ne entered the pro-
fcssion % teacher we feel confident that ihose
alrcady acquainted ~i.h or opinion. WIN excuse
IA Il W. through This paper draw The attention OF
the public. Of all parents who love heir Children
Of every ci,izcu who cares for the future veal OF
his country on this very important matter OF ms
cIFftNE in The school
All the old philosopher. A. socrates. Plato ana
whatever the na,aes may be Of ihose founders Of
NfHWNNs lttINt INV w hhht 49, lk
wanted the minds Of their disciples TO be lsained'
that IA 10 become 90 detached from the earth aud
its surroundings that all their mental capacities
were absorbed 10 The subject they intended 20
study. This training Of the mind 10 become disciple
isreally discipline, butit was Tor men who were anx.
ions TO learn, who came 10 the academy FULLY de-
termined 20 acquire the learning which the mas
ter Taught. The pupils In our schools are chill
dren who 60 only because they are compelled by
their parents, as they have ne yet no disiinc, Idea
of their future veal or woe, aud schools ~ a gen
eral rule are not made pleasant 10 The child. Yet
we are living In an age Ia which In more than one
sense. we can say the child u father 81 the
man. inasmuch ~ ihe son must know more than
the father, Il he will be rs successful In sociely's
racc-course.
by discipline we teachers understand such
training (t should be Of the mind but unfortu-
natcly Il Is but seldom SOY that the children pre-.
serve an order 80 that instruction be not inieriered
with. To maintain this very necessary order
rules are laid down, which are enforced by pun
ishment.
II Is this very fear Of punishment that makcs.th
word " school, such a scarecrow 10 children.
And We declare that a great many times we have
seen punishment inflicted, where the teacher
wonld have shown more common sense and sound
Judgment, II he had, " not absolutely rewarded
yet spoken a few Kind words 10 the boy. but
what we hold 10 be n real abomination, we 10 moi
care how strong we make the expression, Is TO In
nict corporal punishment In the school. We do
not at all intend 10 interfere with the parents con.
troll over the child, but we feel confident that We
can prove that all kinds OF corporcal punishment
have snch bad influences that they should be pro-
hibited in public and private schools.
In some grammatical works the words " 10 ohas.
tizc :" and to chasien" are considered synony.
nous in our opinion this IL n grave though
lhoughtlees error. ITO chaStizc . means 10 make
chastc, TO make pure $50 does (" 10 chasten = but
tho 1rst named word should have grown obsolete.
Itis namely an expression Of the ola Testament,
used only before the Gospel Of Christ was better
understood. To chastizc brings TO ono's mind Che
idea that an offender became chassc or pnrihed 90
soon as the law was conclliated rs soon M tho
" eye for eye and " tooth for tooth F" was taken,
the accommodation was Withdrawn, and once
moro was he allowed 10 join In the service 81 his
God Of WRATH II was c~hastlzng when n monk
or other devoted person before the 10th century Of
our era whipped himself 70 that tho marks remain.
cd in his body, hoping by these torturcs 10 pro-
pitiatc that Supreme being, ne knew be had
offended.