The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1880-09-29
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sa~c@tfoA-Ssf NftkaSS S-ftSVaEsg eeSn enabled 70
visit san Fraacssco, whise there devoted coli-
siderable poTtion Of my time VISITING the schools
ia sn1 ahs,t the r,tx r,rsns, my Stax 1 riSs,eN
M K, the ss,io- Hirh S,s,l Ialss tssS eeeasias
te ,nSr,et tN,, t-ivsts shols ana ron,,,.re th.;r
S,v,s 81 traehins, win that ~ ths p,hl,e ehels
ana esr unhss;tsri,,,,ly s.ive the nalr, 10 thr
I lsttsr ~
In hicAer schclarsAi, a, t,os eons,,,,r onr
p,,n,ls a a,,e yyhit hahind San Francis1,o flnr
aiceer. cs-n,e,ry ara Latin are ovv u,, \, ths;r
tnt,ai n, history We Ar. s,h ss,,,erior a class
thst i heara ana als., exar,,nsa wsrs IA, h.h;na
rs Much Attention i rai,i 10 rtiin a,,,, i, ths
High Schools 10 rhetoric. me latter Is taught in
~ 900 rh.s>s-< sew ,,r,. hu,rs r ,,,s,r. = TNTe.ty
/ svs rsa5 ia noSs,,, Vsr~ ,s,r,,,s sFS,ts ar. ~
tsr.d D,rinr mar. Of the ys-it,ti,,r, thst hsar,,
the whole class tried the .whisrsr% : il was ryalv
vrsri me elass r,-Sslss Sx.r,. s.,.,ia ,h sine.l
-,,fii,,s-s yssra r,,i =, s,,i IL, ths C,rls, Hish
S-hc1 the S,,hisrt ~ rS,,,,,s,t;,,, yx,s ,-x hiS
hsnlies the is,y ns,,.,.i o,,f the sni;set y,sttr
~ her t,,,rils ,imr,ly s-,vinS, th,r,, ii.s ap5
yes AZ the same time forcing them To think. with
s,,h tssrhar af,p,,-el,is results r,,,ht ~, ~ a.
,sS,,.s i, this ~ y, ,thsr ,asss 81 ,s-as, "a
1 vintage Which teachers III San Frnness,, hs~s
cvsr ne tsarrs ~ ,s,r oNv,, Islands IL ,hst th
az, .lla a, jav,ss =, ,,,,,h TIME ~ sah -, .;,,.
49,, 80 r.s-s ~ ~, 49, = IN, 49, -. ar. -
ssbiect receives al a time cxceps ssncinS-that i
3;,is,l mt, nar+srs Il,r,,,,, a,,, Ss-,ss,,., ,-
- ~, ts,,hsr has es- a. 40 t;,,., 49,, - ,,,s-,
t ~ vr;,h ,s tr,rh, ',. Ss,,s
lsli- after the siis.ir,l,r,s of ty, r thr,, I,rS
The Srh,s,Is shSrh rs,st insrrss.ss u,s hovsvsr
were shose Touching PRIMARY and Grammar rss,,
srS .,,,er,s, ,hess / ,onnj san,s th.t ss.S,j s
,,-fars as s,ch .,,.,,ls :, r,,,,;r.s.i ,.,r ~ 4,
80 thsss S,b.ss tbar i ,rss r,s.liv s,,,,,,s q,
s ~ -, :; g. !. w. w. ,sS.s ~ s a.ss.oss -
ss.l9ro sSseen, her,. n Is in tha prirSrv dsxart
msrts that We must begin. The best s,seiulsn Of
a Primary School WAS the Isncoln Primary. pndcr
Z Mis- NaksnZis and of a. (;rannsr S.bToIs
ths Iirr,lp ,,r,tisr NJ Wils,,, ,h..,. t,y,, -
evidently the crack schools of The CITY IIns,,r
Mis- MIkrnrie every sifoSs is made 10 make he
lssss,r,s .sIreesbl And an,sS,,,c, Arithn,s-ie n
ts1,e,ht ,s;sb sJsils a. sh-iIs is, ST,,bi,,s !,
~,rs,S,s x,,xs sni ,bz ,b;lir,,, ,s,,,,,,,,, a. -
suits ip unison Great Attention l. aid 10 wri,ir,s,
fr,, ~ xs-v f;rst 1h,s i .p ,r,,-,vpr,s,,r -
s,,,,s ye ~ ,s,, ,I- n, 1t t-S,, - ,,,,
Sha,Dl BDsrf ordered priutir,., in ;ts lower rss,
Ar r,te-ssip eY,r,.ss,s >, ths 1sry Ioxxss S.-ssis
was ar fr it,I, ~ i..ursS bv r,,s,rs ~ S,S f
wood ths Children learrins rrsetic,lly the nssan
inc Of such terms As horizDntaI -rssrrsnfiie
lar etc D-syit ON tie al. Ia n,rs.f r,r,,risi
/ sinl-ir,., racaivss eiiiiv sttspt,o,,
n, fbs ine,lr, C;-ar,r,lr S.,b,,i tba ,,,yrr y,
Arithmetic Is the most uoticetble fsatrra Tils
r,-ir,,irv,I bir,SsfF S,s-S a prr,b.r ~ ,nsstiors
weekly ur,r the -four simple rules ssc ousstions
] ara .f,tt} nv the TEACHERS ana l,aya a. H. f;-is,l
in A riysr, time M, args,,rs i ,,sr,;.tsi- tbs
7 object * to obtain sueed ana seeuracy. i WIS
surprised st the results: the bows y-srs in some
cases s, ic that they v,,y,Ii eutssrit, ths r,-ir,i
pal hinsslf In mental arithrnetic there was ais,
I,aryelI,,rs facility The yritiu,I il, thi, estaI
lishulert was capital Yery fne sre Obtained
-, the reufr,e- f S--,S s,, s,,a very n, ,},,,a
-,eJir,,T is-;,s,, =, sl,,-aI rh,ILs as.,-,,3 ,bs
bllcttyrar,is yf he various school-ruoxfs The
S.ftine- ,,ts ex,eIIs,t C;.,,r,uIv Seemed u, ~
I the weakest rlint Cslis.hsnit.s s-s A rlsr<s,f
feature in nlI the schools thass asp r,l1re tJi-a
cirriue the dtiIy school session, ana the short
recess i filed NJ, r1rrIv bv s-,rb ex-r;s Wbsr
performed out OF doors rurr IS used within the
s,.h1,,l-ryorri 4 piano, With ths gxrs-tio, ~ the
Bows High School thsrs * har,iIv s[hC-,l-.,r,
/ in SGn Francisco without a piano.
7 One subject 1 have as vet purposelv omitted
rrler,touirle- That l. grammar Grammar as a
subject f,yr school tpEchirs, i \ r,.trer that
have l0r, given considerable att-utiou to- h1y,
/ been dissatisfied with the results IN NV own
I schooI-thst L. the practical results PuuiLs who
can parse and alnIvze en-, repeat siiblv any =, of
ryrisS can enrfur-trs yrs rrfa.rly .,,---ir,rl n,
make the. most ah,,r-,ir, fa mis-. s II, thar .-
versstiou and writing, therefore looked f1-zi-rt
with much Interest 10 WATCHING the work of others
Grammar IL t.I,l-ht Tn siearh in San Francisco
The Children spend frur to ave vsrs of u,er, r1ts
work. and tEen wien they arrive az tLs Hirh
School so over il an aetin What s,1-,IrisI m.
r1rp tFtn arvtkfur sIs WIS tl-st i1r s,5fte of an
the Cfrfllire- duriur the i've wears there was the
same ssuutbIiu. and hssitttrT over artIysis and
rs,rsir.r IN the Hiah School ,s there Rad bser IN
I the Grammar SrbopIs The orIv teachers v-to
seemed q, have 4 rr-s.sI vsvy ,f Grammar vFrs
Mr. Wilson ,f ths fr,r,,Frr and Mr. Andersen ~
the Srrf-, Valley TFesa arrtEar.s, yara y-Tilf,r-
to sakcJrrrn0u sense rsuiss. he IaCiss ali siInei
at getting rpte answers After a survey OF
the work Of others ana c,lr-s sr,Sblts sxreriss Of
nv own. must SAY that consider the study Of
zrr1,r1ar ~ at present ta,7Ht 90 b,, 1ttsrf worth
less mere matter of Crv bones without suv seIs
u1lrs result: mental in-I1bus rrrlri,5 the i'm
I ;ts-Tr,a,sTva f4t-yiftTas of cbfIIhood
Tls order and stiufns Of most of the schools
wis very fine In stJfrs ho7ysver tIe-p 7s1s con-
siderable IsxItv sl,l@srios, U,nrb whether th-
utter repression of al animal s,irfts both IN
sch0Ol-r,1oul and uItvrrur,nd i 10td for b.,vs-
whether the intense atzss Of H.. school IRE Is
NOT s,,frisvI rsr1blt. for the r,lsi,ss our of
doors vsrv effort y ur,tI Nv, the teachers ~ m,
culclte pUlItsness and ,eutIsuss This = shown
bv the lie &c 81 .srras.Frs- -bsr aIrs.ss
i1z the boys t1s i,is1 hsi--.- tl7sr rIftIIs IN rb
TEACHER will r7-,frr.,s r,,,Iir,aT7ss n a.. nov