Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-07-25

Ciosi.1 Hrercsses Fort STREET school
Royal school roisnt college PohD-
kofna school Louis college
Ofhcf. N~hooIa


C3osiro Brerci.es FORT stree, school
Royal school roisnt college Poh1-
hai"a sehooi ST. Lo"is college.
ofhcr schools
The following brief bu, comprehensive Re
view Of recent school work in Honolulu and
elsewhere on The islands ought to be read
with interest. The work Of the public is in
evidence that the blight Of Gibsonism has not
seriously fallen upon the educational bulwark
Of popular rights. The engrossment Of
the arch embodiment Of low cunning in
othc, public affairs has compelled him
to leave educational matters for the most
pan alone, and the result Of his non-in
reference is most gratifying. The teachers Of
the English schools Tor fawaiians have on
their hauds work by no means easy. They
have to struggle against perennial disadvan.
age perhaps geaca ia The primary rooms
but continuous throughout the school course.
| Closing exercises at these schools are attended
| by many humorous and many trying circum-
stances Boys and girls who 60 10 school bare.
footed during most Of the year, attend shod
and booted on the day Of closing. The result
is cstter, cla,tcr, clatier to which is added the
hum hum, hum Of admiring visitors, the
chatter chatter, chatter Of excited pupils, and
| the iso,hef, boll2E bother Of busy reporters.
Ia Is RayT school, two.story building, the
c'nn.deadened hoorings Of the upper rooms
resounded with-the tread Of Juvenile feet. But,
notwithstanding minor drawbacks, the Eng.
lsh.school work Of these islands seems to be
progressive and deserves the cordial eo.opera-
ton and octivc sympathy OF all who hope
good things for Hawaii.
FORT STREET.
The written examinations Of the Fort Street
School commenced week ago las, Monday
and were continued daily Throughout, the differ
ent departments until las, Tuesday evening.
Oral examinations in the rhetorical branches,
reading spelling, etc, occupied the remainder
Of the present week until Friday morning, when
the closing literary exercises, consisting OF
recfetions, dialogues, compositions music,
etc, took place, lasting from 9 o'clock until
noon Prot NJ. VI. Scott, principal Of the school,
is ably assisted by the following corps Of
teachers Mrs NJ E. Eiendry, Miss Minnie
Kinney, Miss Mary Winter, Mrs. Needham,
Miss Kate Mossman tprimary), Prof Henry
Berger music, and Mrs. Joseph d. Strong draw.
jngl. The total number ofpupils enrolled du:ing
the year has been 1876. Tho average attend
anee for the same period has been I7o. The
| I. i al,
weeks have included history, physics, physi.
cal geography. composition, arithmetic, dicta-
ton, algebra and drawing. These examna-
tons represent in character the daily work Of
the school and cover the ground gone over
during the year. One OF the leading features
Of the teaching at FortStr School is
noticeable in the examination papers, viz {:
the accuracy and neatness with which
the pupils express acquired knowledge. IN writ
ten composition. Out of the many examiua-
ton papers shown by Professor Scott were
none which would not pass an editors hards
with little If any correction. The papers are
all well written, correctly spelled, and properly
paragraphed, and their good English is suffi
exhibits such credtable proficiency in the
pupils The school is so graded and arranged
that systematic accuracy is carried from the
lower to the higher departments, until the
mechanical character Of the work becomes an
easy and almost natural attribute in aiding the
requirement Of knowledge. Some OF the cos,
attractive work Of the pupils will be found in
the exhibition Of sketches by the drawing class.
These sketches are generally confined to figure
drawing. Among the many more or less
meritorious sketches in this department were
Several by Ormand Wall, aged seven years;
an original sketch Of two heads and one 81
John the BAPTIST by George Hubby; sketch
OF bull by Willie Bruins; head Of Diana by
Agnes Walker; and Dante by George Jackson.
The literary exercises commenced yesterday
The large school.room was packed with the
friends and patrons of the school. The room
was decorated with ferns and palms arranged
artislicaly on the walls and over the window,
and doors The black boards were hung with
the drawings Of the pupils. Over the platform
; was pottrai, Of King Kalakaua. drawn b,
one Of the pupils, which was placed within
} wreath Of ferns. The exercises consisted o
recitaticns, compositions, dialogues and yoca
music under the direction of Professor Berger
Shorty after eleven o'clock King Kalakaua
accompanied by Major Purvis, entered tn,
room, when the entire school arose and SAM
the national anthem. A, the close of the liter
AIRY exercises Principal Scot, called upor
Minister Gibson who made some remarks. Tn,
prizes awarded the pupils were then distributed
by King Kalakaua, Is they were called off b,
Princial Scott and Inspector Baldwin. Princi
pal Scott then highly complimented the assist
ant teachers on their faithful work and upor
the decorations for the occasion largely du,
TO the good taste and hard work of Miss Kin
ney-- and the school was dismissed after sing
ING Hawaii Ponoi.
THE ROYAL SCHOOL.
The representative Of this paper was unfor
/ tunate in not visiting this school before las
, Thursday, as it was quite impossible to dc
justice to the work shown in the various rooms
The school has IL rooms, divided into pr
mary and grammar school department, tn,
former having q, the latter rooms Rev
Alexander Macintosh is princpa, OF tn,
: school, Miss Lula l.. Moore vice principal o.
the grammar school department and Mis-
Louisa Brickwood principal Of the primary
Beginning in the natural order with the It'll,