The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1878-07-31
Report of the Committee ON Eduea.

IiOn-
The report OF the E0G0rsble Committee OF
he Legislative Assembly, On Educatiou. was
laid before the Assembly On the Ed inst. We
have glanced over this report, aud fsom what
we gather from it. are disposed to make few
reular1s, vita view solely, 10 call attention
to sUu1e points Of Importance TO the future
welJ-beins Of the people Of Hawaii, The Com
ujstee commenced, by saying that, AS pre-
seated "a the Committee. the ugain points and
tendency Of our educational system appear TO
De as follows;
First The gradual supplAntins Of schools
t4uzh1 Il the Ha~, ai5an language and replacing
them ~ish English teaching.
Second. The gnifcaEign and Capitalization
Of the school system BY the establishment and
maintenance Of Goverumeus Schools, in all
places where there are sufficient pupils.
'sThir6- Increased pecuuiary assistance to
the Girls Boarding Schools
In order that Ee SHALL not be misunderstood
IN what We say in this article, we viii take
this report up in the order IN which the Com
u,i5ree have arranged the subjects.
We are decidedly Of the opinion that the
sooner the Hlwaiian Is sapplanrsd by the
English Iangu1ge in the schools Of this King
dom, the better for the youth Of Hawaii, and
the future Of the race. In IA article published
soue mouths ago IN the GAZETTE, We gave a
few reasons why this should be so, and en-
dslv0red IN very cursory manner, for want
0f space, 70 give proofs IN support Of cur po-
sisi1n- We stated then, and we repeat now,
that the gravesE error commiEEsd by the peu-
PIE Of Hawaii, IN the Important natter Of the
education Of the rising generation Of natives
consisted II teaching TIE Hawaiian language
n the schools ar all Had 4 conErary, and 10
our mind, 4 wiser cuurss prsvaled-had the
children Of HaEaiians been taught to read,
write and speak the English language 10 the
exclusion Of their native r1ugus-ths result
would not have been as now, that those who
are men and women grown, and who are IN
able 70 speak. read or write the English Ian
gu1ge, are L1borfng under serious dizaivan-
tase II the battle Of life with their English
speaking foreign conpeEltors IN aII branches
Of business
IN this connection let Us ask, BY way Of IL
lastrating our position, Why Is It that among
al the numerous branches Of business On these
Islands, there cannot &c found single case Of
uatTe Hawaiian, keeping store, either in
the dry gUods, grocery, or any other Ene
Why Is It, that We cannot point ouE single
case where Hawaiian il engaged in manu-
facturing, except n 4 few IzoIated cases Of
mechanic, here and there, such IS rough
carpenter, Blacksmith, OF i blower and striker
for f5rsigu blacksmith Is Il because the
EAwaiiAn lacks the naEaraL ability to engage
II these pursuits By No mans The native
H1EaiIlu, 20 far IS our observation s1tsnds,
Possesses a fair medicun Of natural talent, and
ailptabiIily 70 any pursuit IN life; hut IN
happily for aim. lie has been kept back, be-
c4Ess he cannot read, write or speak the Eng
Ish IaHgu1ge7 bTEhieh he IS deprived the
use Of English books frUm which he could ac-
quirs the kn0xEsigs 10 # him for competition
with the foFeigusr, who maa0poIizes all
branches Of business 70 the exclusion OF the
HAs4iiAa- BGr sill aa1lasr and graEss Diff
Guilty caufruuts the Hawaiian, who has been
t4aghs Hlvaiian At school, instead Of English
and lhaE Is, he Is without Literature, whereby
he might improve his mind, IN al branches 0f
that his mind l. cirrEuscribed within the
EH-i-z Of 1 language that admits Of 10 outlet,
or expansion; and tins ths Hawaiian : doom
eti 70 pIod aI1ag II the narrow trsadmiu Of
hsrtiag cattle, catching fish, cutting IirEIe
grzzz, calEIvatIag few taru patches, and ma-
king POI. or working "a 4 cnumau day I4bcrsr
su a sagzr piznsaliao, for his saperi1r Earsiga
supI1Fsr- Sgch are the legitimate fruits Of
policy, N tie =dacatis1 of HaEaiians, hereto-
fare pursued, which has tznded u rel4rd far
ever the Hawaiian race n the battle for riches,
a competency, ar fine And yet We knf the
following srrang= language n the rspo-t Of the
CGT4irrze On Educ4rinn- On page of the
rspsrt the Csmmitrze say: The attention af
the ca1nrry and the cuuzider1risu af this As
zsnhly 1 called 20 thz raliey II the Boart,
first ahoFz rsfzrrzt Ia L1zS of grzd1zlly sup
planting tie H1EAii4u BY the Eagiish Ian
gz1gz n the sch1ots Il ne narien- This work
has been commenced. uzeh has beea Gs1e, /
aid L is proposed 70 faaIIT accomplish tie
vhnIz1 L = azdoGbtsdly ths wish af large I
majority of the PsoPls taE 4 ususs le fcrzseen
that therz5E lhz LzngaAzs VII eventually y ard I
tefsrs Ing cease . s1s1
ALREADY N tie Hawaiian papers Published
L this ciry, DO ne see The fruizs Ct rhiz policy