Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-01-12

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There j. nothing more tute In 1ll the quota
ton moogrtr ,tnp bpok than those venerable
saws TRAIN up q child IN the way he should
% and when ho n old he will not depart from
it. and "thc boy IS father to the man. And
{ here arc npnc more true. We all know this
WY wcll and In theory. acknowledge Us
tmthi but, In practice, most parents make
family discipline quite as dead letter o, any
ut the many ohaolc,eont laws on our statute
books. We leave ton much iot tcachrr 10
compass, with too liulr thought VI thc actual
conditions NJ the immature mind. W. cn,uN
To their hshioning. We ,eud our children to
school, and look In on ihcm "onec in . while
generally when there are Exhibition cscr
eiscs.' and that Is usually the end Of h. Whctc
there - p,rcnt who pays any Intelligent
attention 10 the progtc,, Ola child, there arc
mapy who pay uu attention Occasionally
parent, make a great flourish by requiring 10
know the standing VI pupils IN clh,scs, and in
demanding high standard Of school dcpou
mcnL but IN most communities there arc
comparatively few among The parents Of school
children who have well grounded knowledge
u the value al the proficiency attained by
thrit children. And parents, thcms,lyc, we'll
educated, take thing, ior granted In ftgdfd
to the teachers anl the course OF study which
ate to help shape, ior good of III, the char
aetcrs aud intellect, ol their children
Many parents Of Honolulu would have found
1t profitable to spend . portion OF last Monday
and Tuesday In attendance upon the annual
teachers meeting, held this year in Y. NJ. C..
\. Hall. II is likely that many mistakenly
believed the meeting was "for teachers only
II !, 10 be hoped next year the teachers will
publish general invitation TO parents and
those Interested in education Much was said
on both days that parents ought To hear; and
which no report, however full, could fairly
present for much that was said, in Itself in
consequent, most APPLY illustrated some train
of thought evoked bycarelcss remark ~ chance
inquiry.
The annual reunion ol majority Of those
interested in the education of the youth of
these islands is gain to tine teacher col
lectively and, consequently to Hawaiian
education. There ought 10 be close sympathy
between the public and the private educators
Of the kingdom. Much of the success Of amy
teacher other than one in the initial primary
gradc-be it kindergarten OF any other begin.
ing grade depends great deal upon the
been done before as IS most clearly shown in
MIS-. George Wallace brief essay, printed in
the body of this report. And as pupils fre-
qucntly change from the private to the govern
ment schools, and giCr 1s7sa, the necessity OF
good understanding between teachers; and, if
possible, OF common course OF study for
equal grades; or, at least, uniformity in text
books, is Of the highest Importance a fact
which teachers already understand and which
parents aud the public generally ought also to
understand.
The teachers association of the Hawaiian
Islands IS composed at present OF the following
members
MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE.
Messrs. a. r. Atkinson, b. u. Baldwin, !.
| A. Cone, \. Clark, ). {. Damon, II. w
Dow, L. n. Dyer, Henry Dickinson, A. o.
Forbes. c. L, Groser, Walter Hill, c. NJ.
| Hyde, f.. IIurc, c. H. Hitchcock, G.. c.
| Kenyon, w. A. Kiha, Benjamin Kahoopa
w. l.. Jones, w. c. Merritt, L. Murphy,
| John a. Moore. Alexander Mackiniosh, l.
Nakila, J. Nurritt, w. b. Oeson, Amasa
| Pratt, Paf Richter, T.. Rhodes, W. a. swan,
+. c. Sanford, /. T.. Sweeney, Armstrong
Smith, NJ. NJ. Scott, T. Townsend, T.. u. c.
| Wallace, and Charles Wilcox Mes,lames
Coleman, Dudot, Hebbarl, Hanford, Merritt,
Needham, Soringlour and Wallace Misses
Nellie Andrews, Brickwood, Burbank, Minnie
Brown, Berry, Bishop, Mary u. Cook, Char.
lotte A. Carter, Coney, Helen Chamberlain,
Dickinson, Fernandez, Flopman, Mary +.
Green, Minnie Kinney Luce, Florence Luce,
Lewis, Kate Lewis, Kate Mossman, Moore,
Alice Moore, Needham, Helen Norton,
Fannie +, QUO, Payson, Robertson, a. Royce,
Alice NJ. Smthies, NJ. Shelley, Lizzie NJ
Simpson, A. NJ. Tancr, Julia Taner
The list above given has been kindly fur
nished by the secretary elect, who has not yet
had time TO revise the list. Messrs. Cone and
Pratt, at least, are no longer residents of the
islands, and Misses Robertson and Smithies
that were are now, respectively, Mesdames
Ashford and Palmer. There a:e, probably
other corrections which the secretary will an.
doubtedly make, 1t will be advantageous To
| prepare next years list with initials in each
case-and give school and district OF each
teacher represented.
The association met at 10 AM last Mon
day in V. NJ. c. A. Hall, Rev. Alexander
Macintosh, the retiring president OF the
association, occupying the chair.
Briefly Addressing the meeting, Mr. Mack
in,osh made the sensible suggestions that a
lady vice president be chosen and that the
secretary be paid a small salary, the speaker
very properly maintaining that the teacher
who does not earn his or her salary the world
ought to receive remuneration. The speaker
emphasized the necessity OF having vacancies
filled by trained teachers.
The officers for the current year were then
elected. as follows; Mr. NJ. NJ Scott, presi.
dent Miss Louisa Brickwood, vice president
Miss Helen Moore, secretary Miss Kate
Mossman, Miss Jane Sanford and Miss Carrie
Garter, the executive committee.
Mr.. John A. Moore, recently Of Kauai, read
a paper on Text Books.
Mr.. W. u. Oleson, OF iIilo, explained the
features OF spelling book complied by him
and designed to teach English To Hawaiian
children.
Mrs. George Wallace then read bneI
essay, entitled Remarks on the Lack oil
rhoroughness in Primary Teaching. Thi.
will be printed mex, week.