The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-06-18


they show an extraordinary aptness
in the acquisition of that language.
While the Board of Education I'M
doubtedly deserve credit for the
commodious and airy buildings in
which the eleven departments of
this establishment are conducted, il
is almost too bad to pass an adverse
criticism on their liberality; but the
fact is that the furniture of the
principals room is not in keeping
with the status of the school. The
furniture is second-class, and very
much deprecated at that, and not
only is it second-class and depre-
ciated, but it has very dim and
distant recollection of the painters
brush, so dim, indeed, that il is now
scarcely capable of smiling, through
its antiquated uglness, if he should
come again. A set of first-class
desks in this room is certainly q
most desirable improvement.
MISS L. L. MooRE's ROOM.
The department next in order is
in charge of Miss Moore. Twenty
one pupils are found present. Some
specimens of English reading are
given in the usual order of the
lesson. The boys read with fine
clearness of utterancc. The Eng
lish ear cannot fail to be struck with
the clean-cut syllabication which
many people born with English
organs of speech might initiate with
decided advantage. The elocution-
airy quality of the reading is deter
mined by the teacher assuming the
situation of an auditor. In this
way defects in pronunciation, accent
or infection have but a slender
chance of passing uncorrected.
English composition and practice
in common correspondence are part
of the daily work. The specimens
produced from the exercise going on
at the time attest that the instruc-
tions given in this branch must have
been minute. The boys, before
being promoted into the principals
class, are expected to be acquainted
with arithmetic through fractions
and compound numbers, and to be
proficient in the corresponding SUBJ
jects of the course of study.
MISS X. LEwIs's ROOM.
The next member OF the staff
visited is Miss Lewis. 1t is the time
allotted to writing, followed by a
brief exercise in spelling and detini-
ton. The writing book is Payson's
Ne. 3. Specimens of penmanship
are exhibited which arc really per-
feet in their execution. Time fol-
closing having arrived, supple
mentary call was made next day
when the lads were found hoeing
away with exemplary patience and
perseverance among those dry rows
l of figures encountered in solution:
of problems under the head o.
Least Common Multiple. All states
are carefully examined by the teach
err, and give evidence of attention
and application on the part of til,
workers. The number present il
: twenty-one.
MISS j. TANER's ROOM.
a The next room visited is that o
: Miss Taner, who has an ATTENDANCE
5 of twenty-six. Original composition
f are in course of being written on
= on blackboards and states. Tn
v compositions consist of plain nara
0 tions of such incidents as have com
: under the pupils own observation
: on the street or elsewhere. Thes
G performances display considerabl
S ingenuity and afford each membe
# of the class the best possible drill i
1t the use of words, and the structur
d and arrangement of sentences. Thi
J. plan is UNNECESSARILY better tina
y prescribing set subjects to pupils fC
: compositions, reckless of whether o
o not they know anything about tn
), subjects on which they are to di:
e course. Some excellent pieces {
s practical elocution are rendered i
is reading the lesson of the day in til
,, Second Supplementary Reader. Ma
y ter Walter Napoleon utters his ser
IS fences in something of the tone an
Il style of a parliamentarian.
= MISS n. ANDREWS ROOM.
J. Passing along to the next apar
,. ment, Miss Andrews is foun
= just finishing the examination of 9
# exercise in dictation. A recitatio
in geography follows. The membe
" of the class are evidently up to tin
10 on the lesson. AS test of the
N acquisitions in this branch, they a
ID assigned the map of one of the co
- tinents, and show themselves pr
10 pared to spot the principal poin
10 without any hesitation. The ne
an performance observed here is art
Il. metic, consisting mainly of solutio
in in long division on the blackboard
10 This work is effected with creditat