Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-07-26

room the two grammar grades are Taught
Rose Dawson and Archie Sinclair leading Ia
the higher division and Otto Siu.uo and
Hattie Brown in the lower H. the closing
exercises of the school held in Nj Scott
room, Mr. Yamdlys instruction during the
past ten months was evidenced n the singing
Of the school particularly OF he little ones.
Throughout this school the result, OF inteili.
gent system are seen, in harmonious concord
OF method. and from the lowest grade to the
highest.
MAJ COMPETITION.
The following composition was read by one
Of the pupil, AZ Mrs. Wailaccs Academic
School tor girls, a week ago. Il wa, entitled
| Opinions Expressed by Teacher at a Young
Lady's Seminary. As sample Of the pupils
reasoning as to what a teacher ought to say it
/ is a success.
/ My dear aunt
! arrived here in 5afety and
was met by my genial friend and teacher Miss
/ Weston who was very glad 10 see me and told
me | was Just In time as they were expecting
to have one Of the Gathering" that evening,
which pleased me so much last year. The
girls we're all here, glad TO see me and eager to
| Know how had apent my vacation. You
can guess the answer | gave them.
March 4, 1854.
pick up my unfinished letter to tell about
our " Gathering. The subject was Girls
and Education. Our president, Miss IIender.
son. gave the opening address. ! will note q
few OF her remarks.
She said II thinl, there is nothing so i'm
portant as girls being educated enough, but
do not think they should be educated too much
in one direction, as great many girls are a
the present day. "She also remarked tina
she thought cookery an important branch o
a girls education. AS for herself, she did no
know how to cook bcclseak after she hat
graduated; and had always regretted that sh,
knew so little about this art; tFor art it ina,
well be called.)
+ Miss Lane then rose and said she en,irel,
agreed with Miss Iienderson's views, but tina
lady had said nothing about dress, which sh
thought equally important. "GirIsa, school sh
said" should be dressed plainly but neatly. Thi
is not the case with two thirds OF our school girls
do not believe in jeweIly for school thin'
pin 10 ias,en the collar and plain RIM
enough. bu, as for earrings, bracelets, chains
bangles, etc, they are nonsense, distracling til
pupils attention from the work. Anothe
thing she said was Z" think every girl shou
know how to spend money. | believe il
, teaching girl how to shop. There are com
, para,vely few ladies who thoroughly under
stand shopping. The tendency is with girl
il she sees anything pretty, to buy it, whethe
r, she needs ii or not" This think veiy true.
e She gave an example herself "My uncle" sh
said, gave me ten dollars while was =
boarding school and told me | could spend
as liked. was delighted and range {
e delightful possibilities rose before my eyes.
h was on Friday, and Saturday went to tow
. with one of my teachers. We wen, into a sho
store first The clerk told us they had just re
II ceived large invoice of French shoes. W
IS came, we saw, but they conquered for thei
s was one pair Of slippers which made my foe
A look so pretty tina, found the temptation il
essi,ible, and bought them though not in nee
Is of that style Of shoe
:. (Some one says over my shoulder that cir
n should feel want first ; and then think abol
=. supplying it, Miss Weston addressed us mex
- and | listened eagerly to what she had TO sa.
IS She touched on some OF the proceeding r
e marks, and then said, "therc is one subje
IF upon which no one touched, The Physic
=, Training OF Girls For what does it coul
y" whether a girl knows how to cook, is well AZ
lie yanced in her studies, knows how to sper
~ money, and dress, il she has moi health-tl
~ best boon God has given us, to improve, n
= abuse 1 think all muscular exercises exec
lent, such as rowing, horseback riding ar
rs walking, but they should be practiced with
lie reasonable system and regularity" | wi
NJ you could have seen her face she looked
handsome as she stood there with, emes
'e ness in every feature.
oil And now, my dear aunt |, must end II
to epistle, as it is growing late. or course,
40 have not given all the opinions expressed, b
have given you the points that struck me
" being often times overlooked in discuss
ne three importan, subjects.
al LAHAINALUNA.
BY The anniversary exercises and the amt
nd examination at Lahainaluna Seminary pass
lat off very satisfactorily, July 9th, 10th, II,
Is. The rrnisier showed 6S students In allendan