The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-06-25
OUR CALIFORNIA LETTER.



SAN JOSE, CAL, June Z, 1879.
Even the-generaly supposed simple-wrting of
newspaper letter becomes formidable effort at
this time and The air we breathe is CULVER
ing with heat and thick with dust. Every verbal
sentence is prefaced with the familiar interjectiODs
"0h or All - aud between each written one is ne
cessitated period long enough to wipe ones drip
ping face and TO summon the muscular energy re-
quisite for nditing the next. A Chinaman, swelter
ing over his ironing table yesterday, SAID his
tress. as he wiped from his forehead the dew of
honest TOLL Whatee you rightee call him Some
he say Il pulls la -tion.' oder man say I
sweat say, he all the as led hot lain" Like
"Oder man." too prefer the good old Saxon, sweat
and the active verb is what we passiyey do accord
ing to several capacities.
The past two weeks have been an intellectual car
niva throughout the State, particularly in our Gar
den City, where every tenth man woman you meet
is protested educator and school houses are far
more abundant than backberries. THE Athens of
the Pacific Coast" 1.-THE Educational Center of the
State" THE Cradle of Art and Science in Cafor-
MIA, terms uttered constantly and applied so
glibly to our beautiful city, feel in duty bosnd as
faithful chroni9er to whether by might or right
or the union of both she this triple crown.
Here is the Normal School. endowed by the State
with thousands per annum and possessing large
corps of experienced teachers, second in eff
cheney. Every year, graduating class of future
teachers numbering twenty five thirty, leaves its
halls prmed and eager for the suira ges of puzzled
school boards and eight hundred year.
Midway between San Jose and Santa Clara. access
rn MI lt,t
wiched between the willow fringed Alameda and the
ehameleon-hued hills of the eastern coast range,
stands the cleanlOoking compact and taut building
known as the University of the Pacific No classical
cobwebs hang from its white walls nor moses of
centuries embrOider its caves. No mould of effete
energies has gathered upon its desks nor that myth
cal micrOcOsm call "the past" flung over it a
glamour. Full of youthful health and vigor and
controlled by Faculty who are able to meet the re-
quirements of the age, it invites to its halls the
youth of either who desire liberal christian cul-
ture, sound mental discipline and advanced scen-
tifc study
The elegantly compiled descriptive catalogue of
Santa Clara College, established in 1851 and con.
Quoted by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus, is
pamphlet of thrty-two pages. and as a representa-
ave Vi 1nat INSTITUTION where annually one hundred
and fifty young men put in highest training, it
literally speaks for itself.
The college of NOtre Dame conducted by the Sis
tiers of Notre Dame and to the education and
spiritual elevation of young girls. covers, with its
f'shOots, ST. Joseph and the Day School, an area
OF twelve acres in the heart of our city, Of course
all here is walled in, grounds, teachers, pupils-for
the nonce-and things taught. The Commencement
exercises are heavy with the OdOr of sanctity" and
light when weighed in the balances of solid attain
ments, yet no schOolrOll numbers more names In
addition to these four justly conspicuous speciaties
are the Home Seminary, the Young Ladies Athena
um, the San Jose Institute. the Garden City Com
mercal College, the oterson Institute, the Chinese
Mission School, and twelve Common Schools, of the
respective grades known as High, Grammar and Pri-
mary Schools, with a population in them of five
thousand boys and girls. What may not unreason-
ably be expected of generation the victims of such
varied and extraordinary opportunities. We may
justly expect and fear that the following longing of
ayouthful New England Sarant will be realized in
them: