The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-03-14
Hawaiian Gazette Supplements March Il 1883
Education in Hawaii.

Il Is admitted in all c0uatriss where system Of
ultiCual education, or common schools prevail
supported by common taxes. that the only excuse
for having such system is that for the common
veal It is better u educate than 60 suffer igupr-
Hlce. it is cheaper than prisons
As 10 industrial education, below what may be
called technical hauiicrait, i'm very few places
IN the world can such De- found In the most highly
enlightened c1uutsie, of Europ- and America es-
pseiaIly in these causars of population where the
more dIficult industrial ars are the most highly
developed and Labor 90 o. very high degree differ
initiated, We lind find shat are cllisd "Alecbgu-
fc's Arts COllyggs:~ yet these aEs nearly always
framed as au appauiaEg O.. ur in connection with
p technical school, or On Agricultural CoLege.
The qualifications of students for admission lI-
To one of tLasg lower industrial schools isuo. very
high. yet requiring. al lJlst. O. fair elementary
,ducati9a. such schools exist fu a fsg. 1f the most
important CITIES Of the eastern United States. A
similar system prevails iu the ia0r fshH. IN The
uriucipa. cities OF Holland. The Mechanics Nrt
school In connection with the Massachusetts In
-ritute Of Technology d. p-rllp5, % good sample
of its class. d" school Of Mechanical Arts. IN
which special prominence Is given TO manual Il-
srructi1u has been established f1- those aa0 wish
90 enter upon industrial pursuits rather rLau 90
become scientific euULIuCr-- This IFS taken from
the annual catalogue Al students who have com
uleted the Ordinary Lrauulr--slnpl course aru
admitted If fifteen years of age The course Of
instruction extends through two years time. and
m addition 20 o. continuation Of their theoretical
studies. the students are required 60 work ~ the
following lst. Carpentry aud 5llneENF nd ODD
Turning; 3rt. Pattern Making. 9Th. Foundry
Work second year: LIST. Iron EDr-Ings: Pad.
Wise Work; 3ri. Machine Tool Work.
Whenever these industrial schools aEe found.
they arp the results Of highly developed. general
intelligence rather than the cause of d; and M all
those states or countries M which the common
people have had no opportunities of good eltIl5-
tiry education. Iu shat measure VII Industrial
education D. found wanting.
We believe that, Iu the main. tl- system 10
education hitherto prevalent On these Islands has
been suited % the conditions and requirements of
the Havaiiaus Tn the h-sg place. The language ut .
"a harbar1us people had 90 Ug reduced 90 system .
aud books prepared. no matter how worthless lu .
matter, 20 enable them % lelru ia .gaG. This 90 .
itself, was no little job, lu the next place On. .
Islands are spIr-alE -.tllals aud 90 establish .
schools. that have any degree ut .tlelelCv- ll .
thiulv settled agricultural districts l- difficult
matter anywhere. Finally had the tsEt books
been Of the best and bad there been Ca DC utrltU
Of the people In sufficient number 90 warrant large
schools, two other difcIltE- would have urs-sgtai
tlemsClyes.
No teachers of sufficient intelligence and sdGca-
ri0u could have been found 90 Iuplrt Instruction .
IN the native lgnCuage-a want much lgIt 70 the /.
present time. Then there must b. an active de
sire on the pIrt of the urps for solid and useful
instruction.
Il might not o. II0sl. were .l rg rot sufficient
practical example,. that the first desire 1t a plD
pie, just emerging from very 10y social state,
would not be the requirements OF th1sl IN the .
most highly developed social state. Hence, to-
iav. 10 NAV De seen that those ts. HlWuIlll- 81 /.
exceptional intelligence have either become Law
yers, clergymeu. or politicians. Tho fact Is shat
the occupation or calling which has q ulGh--IUul-
ing name. or that permits maximum ot tax 90 % /
minimum of sense, Is one that catches the itnl-l-
nation Of l0W-dgvgl1pgt CIVILIZATION The world
over Il is not pretended that the schools of The
kingdom have been Iutulsl1ally good ur that
better ones could not ElVu been established from
Il. But, II IS conteutld that, considering the OBJ
-tacles. not HsHrh Hs''f. ones could have been
established. Nov, as t1 Tire p-lcurabllty NJ m-
thlztriHl schools.
NJ school Is neca=sa-. 30 teach bows ordinary
farm labor. II the b1y' father D. farmer, hours
after and before school. are sufficient. No draw
lng ON tEt blackboard UlI instruct youth tu
plant bananas or drive am OK team The best way
10 loarl o thing Is % do o.. No youth, If BE wish
IL I,rssryr ms strength and elasticity. should o.
regularly taxed with hard labor, until he De- 20
least sixteen years ult9 and lf Is best until! TIN.
lge, 10 give him good elementary ylscatl1n-
10 might r. possible % ur1lulZa am lull-irlll
-ch0o on a small scale, IN Honolulu, but Hl believe
u1where else IN the Kingdom. The only way %
-rsate q desire for excellence Iu any branch of IT,
iustry is % D. developed Ir the common schools
How d this 10 De- done. NaLltgsflg- MT IN the
native schools. E1g taught by ltaWallll tslel-
ars. There Is no school for the express preparation
u Hawaiian teachers and u Is not practicable %
establish one They have not the education DIM
mart and had they the education. they have had
no training. The only WY 70 raise the stalllrd
II the schools and o. lUnErl better Instruction.
lgUuld seem 20 De- 60 carry out what the old bDlrl
Of Education began. and make English Che me.ii-
am Of instruction Tins world entail larger gz-
ueuse at present, beGlu-e very ieE natives can De-
1uud sufficiently qualified % teach lu English.
Then. we believe that witL qualified teachers
md modified course of Instruction EItL especial
reference 70 elementary science. the schools vuuld
b. all that is uecs1,lEN al pI.-eAl- we % Ant