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

teacher after teacher has broken doen win
sadness and Encouragement under the strain
" the struggle against almost overwhelming
opposing influence from abroad, Undermining
and rendering almost migratory The efforts
made The cb,fhdH Home not merely In a
dcuominaiional sense, but In Us bfotdesl scope,
"a one u The great need, NJ ihi, nation to-day
The following resolutions were then passc's
ffeAt R,mir0f That this association
request Of the board N education that il will
publish IN their statistical report IT the oondi
tion NJ The Schools the number u the children
who af.. studying spelling. realizing, writing,
tnihmeN. geography and history respectively.
In relative degree NJ proficiency and ihe
number Of scholars arranged w IS b. eshilf
The number IT ycar they have hal the a'lyan
tagc " school training.
Srcosp Ha6ig0f That We also petition
the elements " lfcchand and mechanical draw.
ing wherever practicable IN the studies II the
government schools, and Furthermore recon-
mend the constellation. preparation anil
adoption Of a scheme NJ industrial education
applicable TO a. many schools as possible
under their control and direction while We ~
press ohf gtaihcalion with the beginning al.
ready made 10y the boan
TinRp Rooiicd That We also recon
mend to The board the establishment and
maintenance u nee evening school in Homo.
ulu as one means u withdrawing the youth
from the now Astounding temptations to slice
and crime. means of prevention aud possibly
~ reformation ~ well ~ the dcsifability u
catying on some bmnchcs II study fuf the
benefit Of those desiring something more than
the mdimeniay Of knowledge nov furnished
by the common schools.
FouRTH Rf0lsoi That We renew out
recommendation for the establishment Of
home school, in OF near Honolulu under the
control Of board " trustees 10 bc known az
a " Home Scbooloi Agricultural and Mechanic
Arts" where boys cair have the advantages of
family training aud the discipline of a wcll.or.
dercd home, while also being taught that which
will 1T them for honorable and profitable oecu.
patton Of their time and abilities In after years
An imprisoned ontor-Mf. T. 4. Sweeney,
Of liamakun, Hawaii, then arose and made a
vigorous, but rather oycr.escitcd appeal for
assistance To Portuguese pupils, and suggested
that, apparently, Honolulu was demanding too
much Mr.. Townscnd poured oil on the
troubled waters by esclaiming to Mr.. Sweeney
tia, the Honolulu school would be open to
deserving pupils Of all nationalilie5 from any Of
the islands.
The committee on Text Books then
reported. The resolutions were taken up sed
atm. The following two being agreed to
before the noon recess
REroRr OF COMMITTEE ON TEXT BOOKS.
The committee OF seven TO consider the text
books best adopted use in the schools Of the
Kingdom do respectively report as follows;
firyi.-That Tor excellence of subjec, mater.
beauty Of iliustr alton, clear and open type,
judicious lesson helps. employment Of script
exercises, AMI other eNcellences, wc do unani.
mousy recommend Swintons series OF read
ers and supplemental course.
.Steoud-That we emphatically endorse and
recommend for text bouk in Grammar, ''Swin-
tons Language Lessons"
TUESDAY AFTERNOON MEETING.
At halfpast one the institute reassembled
and passed the following additional resolutions
7hDi-That We recommend that action be
taken to secure the publication Of one book in
geography, incorporating the geography OF the
| Hawaiian Islands, now being prepared by
Mcssrs. Macintosh and Alexander.
FoM1h THAT majority OF the committee
recommend ID. W. fishs series OF arithmetics.
! rim That for use as a spcer. and as a
basis for elementary instruction in English We
recommend "Olesons English Lessons for
| Hawaans.
! The report vas signed by Rev. Alexander
Macintosh, Prof. j. a. Moore. Mr.. W. u.
Oleson, aud by Misses I. +. Corney, l.. b.
BrickwUod and II. 5. Norton; and was
carried
Mr.. Kenyon read paper on the Organiza.
ton OF Hawaiian Schools.
Mr.. Hyde moved that the secretary Of the
board Of education be requested 10 prepare hi
blanks so that the reports hitherto made
quarterly shall be made at the end Of each
term The resolution was carried.
The convention voted to pay the secretary 4
yearly salary of $50.
Mr.. Macintosh and Misses Lewis and
Mossman were appointed committee to select
books for the institute library, to report at the
next quarterly meeting.
The institute then closed very interesting
session by adjourning, subject to call by the
| secretary