The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-29
HAWAIIAN TEACHERS.
second Annual Meeting or the Teach
ers' Association.

On Monday morning at 10 O'Clock the
second annual meeting OF the Teachers
Association of Hawaii was opened in the
large hall of the Y. NJ. c.. A The Presi-
dent, Mr.. H. S. Townsend, OF Lihue,
Kauai, called the meeting to order, after
which prayer was offered by the Rev.
w. B. Oleson Of Hilo. The attendance
was not large The following teachers
were present Mesdames Needham,
Hebbard, Hendry, Wallace, Winter and
Wood; Misses Brickwood, Corney,
Ladd, Hillebrand, Taner, Moore, Bah
cock and Nadham; Revs. G. E. Groser,
w B. Oleson, c. NJ. Hyde, w. G. Mer-
rift and A. o. Forbes; Messrs. NJ. NJ.
Scott, G. A. Jackson, II. Berger, Town
send, Hitchcock, Van Slyke, Atkinson,
A. Smith, Moore, AtwAter and Charles
Furneaux.
The President opened the meeting by
delivering an interesting address. After
Miss Lulu L. Moore, the Secretary, had
read the minutes of the last meeting, the
election of officers for the ensuing term
was proceeded with The following were
finally elected: President, Mr.. H. R.
Hitchcock, of Lahainalulu Seminary !;
Vice President, Mrs. f. B. c. Wallace,
Principal of the Academic School, Homo
lulu; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr.. l..
L. Van Slyke, of Oahu College.
On motion of Dr. Hyde, the first sub
| ject for discussion was ''The relative
strength as regards numbers of the Ha-
Waiian and English schools in the King
DOM" The subject was introduced by
Mr.. Hitchcock, and a long discussion
followed, which was participated in by
Messrs. Townsend, Moore, Atwater,
Forbes, Oleson, Berger, Scott, Merritt
and Mrs. Hebbard. The following reso-
luton was adopted and ordered to be
forwarded to the Board of Education.
Resolved, That, in the opinion OF
this Association, the existing condition
of affairs in this Kingdom is not such az
to warrant the discontinuance as yet o.
purely Hawaiian schools.
Resolved, That, in behalf of the Ha
waiians themselves, in danger OF being
thrust aside from the entrance in the
strife for moral, commendable gains
there should be special attention paid to
the preparation of teachers for the pure
1y Hawaiian schools, and the training o.
Hawaiian children in moral character
and intelligent citizenship through the
medium OF their own language"
Mr.. M. M. Scott read an able paper or
the preparation of elementary teachers
A discussion took place, after which the
meeting adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The aft moon session was held in the
Punahou Preparatory School, where
there was not so much noise as in the
Y. NJ. G.. A. Hall In addition to those
present at the morning session were Mrs
Hanford and Rev. Alex. Macintosh
His Honor the Chief Justice, Mr.. Justice
McCully and Mrs. McCully, Professor
Alexander, Rev. E. G. and Mrs. Oggel,
and Rev. j. A. Cruzan were also present
Bandmaster Berger read paper on
Music in the Public Schools, and after
discussion resolution was prepared
asking the Board of Education to adopt
Hawaiian song book to be used in the
schools.
A paper was to have been read on the
Marking System, but in its place DIR.
Hyde read an extract on the subject
from paper published at Yale College
Mrs. j. NJ. Whitney, ON behalf of the
w. G. T. u, read paper asking the
assistance of the Association in petition
ing the Board of Education for the
adoption of text books in the school for
the scientific teaching of temperance.
She also laid on the Presidents table
three different kinds of books for this
purpose. A long discussion followed,
which took up considerable time, ending
in resolution being adopted in favor OF
asking the Board to adopt two of the
books presented.
A resolution was also passed that a
Normal Institute be held in Honolulu
next year, to be attended by all the
teachers.
The meeting adjourned few minutes
after four O'Clock until half-past nine
o'clock this morning.
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| Police Court.
BEFORE POLICE JUSTICE BICKERToN.