The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-02
The Future of our Hawaiian Youth

Seven Hawaiian boys have left these Is
lands at the cost of the country TO be edu-
Gated abroad, and this is a hopeful sign for
our natural advancement. The well being q
of a nation like Hawaii depends upon thfcel
influence for good and practical knowand If
impaired in science and art to he 81 -.
children, so that in the race ea
ment they may not be left zee, ana ledge
has been led 4 again r native
experiment from the ve ii improve
port received as to- shall eith6 behind. The
Inc young Haw2ipply any to continue this
now lfffon, unH~sry encouraging re-
will Prov fifty nor P pro- gRootb any WiIcoG and
invest any such itaiv. at public expense.
on such prfoney is spent on this account
Sc be liable to be truly well laid out ana the
7 sand-fo d by elevatfng the tone of the rising
generation to the European atandafu' anu
| thereby render young men OF the !anu coni-
petent to conduct various enterprises Will
ont being entirely dependent upon the
ohilities of foreigners. The colleges and
mechanical engineering ESTABLISHMENTS OF
Europe and the United States have 1or years
had the number of their students ana APP
nrentices augmented by the sons OF CHM,
Japan, Siam, East and West Indies, u
the States of South America, ana the cnil>
dren of these nations compete successfully
with the white students ana sKiileu opera
tors and are turned out ~ccomplishe law
yers, doctors, administrators, clvli ana me-
chanical engineers, and naval and military
oficers-and return to their own country
fitted to hold their w against all corners
thus showing their cOuntrymeni mat y
good education practically applied is one OF
the best means to advance material interest
and raise the standard of u people ia tne
good estimation of civilized communities.
The missionary development on these Is
lands has failed to appeal successfully 70
the industrious instincts OF the people. II
is not sufficient to free Il nation from the
bondage of superstition, and then because
they embrace Christianity leave them TO
their own imperfect devices To meet the
necessities of life. 1t has been a boast ina
there were 5000 Sabbath solool soholars,
lint how many apprentices were tnere ~
the time, skilled in any mechanical knoWl
edge? Where are the Hawaiian men tina
T have been apprentlced tailors, shoeuLahes
bakers, carpenters, bricklayers' plasterers
black.miths, mechanical engineers am
other industries? Where are the HAWAIIAN
p, women apprenticed dressmakers, talior
= esses, cooks, nurses ana houSehhalus
laundry women and other female iaooreTs
where help WOul conduce 10 our uonleStl'
. comfort, and the individual proht4 EchC
answer-but we do not despair even at I'M
| late hour to see an Industrial School staO
lished. so that the rising generation may ID
Is properly instructed in useful occupations
d and such institutions filled with young la
borers who have not been criminals: Ou
domestic life is a standing disgrace to TN
nation; a~ble-bodied men and women a.
y nothing but eat and sleep while the mucl
abused Chinaman Is filling his sack VIII
- dollars, the proceeds of his steady industr
~ -he tiils the land, raises and even prepare
e. the food for the natives. ,
Ie Is this a satisfactory result OF the teacI
If ing of Christianity Hardly so. The be-
mission that can reach this people now
~ the one that will p~romulgate the doctrin
le that every man, woman and child shoui
=. love their country, and strive by their ow
y. personal eXertion to be Independent
IL foreign aid. Thus the Government i
Sc sending native children abroad to be ed
ne Gated are performing a patriotic duty, al
. thereby they are using the wisesi means
O. make the people independent o., forelg
n help, II that SO they may deyel9pe II
re great national resources of these Island
These seven Hawaiian youths who nay
Just left will be placed as follows =
Three will be appointed as mechanic
engineers, with the firm of Mlrless, la
and Watson, of Glasgow, who make Il
r) manufacture of sugar mills and implemen
used on plantations a speciality. Two DO
Zone in England and one in the Unit
States) to study medical and surgic
.al science, and the remaining two boys to {
on military academy at Woolwich, TO =.
lee taught all the scientific knowledge VIM
an artillery officer must have ere ne Ct
ed obtain a commission. The training OF Z
ry boys at Woolwieh embraces civil and mi