Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-03
rHF rEicHERs
rhss- Ce.-enfion Last Monday and
Tuesday,.

Monday morning. The following members |
were present during the convention Honolulu
--MeSsrs. ". " Scott, Rev. Alexander Mack.
,n,osh, Rev. c. NJ Hyde, Armstrong Smith,
DR.. c. +. Rodgers, Arthur tombstone. Misses
NJ Z. Winter, Jane Tanner. NJ. A. VI. Bah
cock, w. VI. Baldwin, N. K. Won Holt, Lula
L. Moore, Kate Mossman, 7. Rhodes, A. N.
Payson. Mesdames L. u. c. Wallace, NJ.
w. Hendry, Alexander Macintosh, F.. d.
Hebbard, s. NJ. Needham. A. N. Prescott,
Fannie Coney. Hilo-Miss NJ. +. Hillebrand
and Rev W. n. olcson. Lihue--Miss May
Greene and Mr. II. S. Townsend. Mrs. Z.
Hare, onomea: Mrs. L. NJ Manross, Kohalaj
Mrs. w. II. Hardy. Koloa; Miss Hattie Need
ham, Pasuhau, Hawaii; Mr.. John A. Moore.
Waikiki; Mr.. T. A. Gibson, waimea; Mr..
r. c. Atwaicr. Waimea; Mr. w. c. Crook,
Paia, Mr.. G. c. Kenyon. Koolou; and Hon.
]. s. Walker OF the Board OF Education.
The first important business was the election
Of officers for 1855, which resulted as follows
II. S. Townsend, president; Rev W. c. Mer.
ri,,. vice. president; Miss Lula l., More Ire.
eiec,ed), secretary.
Mr.. Townsend took the chair and thanked
the convention in neat speech for the honor
conferred upon him, after which Rev. c. NJ.
Hyde proceeded TO read letter from NJ. W.
X. Hitchcock, of Lahainaluna, which contained
suggestions for systematixing the work OF the
association during the coming year. The presi.
dent appointed Mr.. Oleson, Miss w. ii.
Hardy and Mr.. Hyde to propose resolutions
for discussion upon Mr. IIitchcocks sugges.
tons.
Mr.. John A. Moore, delivered an instruct
tive address upon The Teaching Of English 10
Hawaiians The points raised by Mr.. Moore
were practically discussed by Messrs. Mackin.
tosh, Scott, oleson and Crook. AT twelve
o'clock the convention took recess. When
the convention te-convencd at 7P. NJ. the
president called for the report Of the commit
tee on resolutions. The committee gave
partial report embracing two resolutions re-
garding Mr.. Hitchcock letter On motion
the repor, was laid on the table subjec, to the
call OF the meeting. Miss NJ. E. Hillebrand
read paper explaining the theory Of teaching
decimals as whole numbers. She claimed that
decimals had been successfully taught by this
method in Hilo, and illustrated on the black
board that the explanations Of the system were
short and simple.
Mrs. E. B. c. Wallace followed with care
fully prepared paper on Arithmetic showing
that il should be taught as science and claim.
ing that accuracy in definition was OF the great
est importance. Mrs. Walace's essay will
appear in full in next Saturdays Press as will
also the paper which followed, by Mr.. w. b.
Oleson, on Moral Culture in Our Schools. Mr..
Oleson's paper provoked long discussion which
lasted until the noon recess. DIR. Hyde spoke
Of the low moral standard OF some OF the ma
tive teachers He cited the case Of teacher
On Maui. who. among immortal actions, had
been guilty o: adultery, and declared it was
time that we demand reform in our school
system. Mr.. w c. Crook spoke Of the au-
thority the teacher should exercise over his
pupils from the time they leave home for school
until they return home in the evening. MIN
Scott held that morals should be taught in ouI
schools as . science; he wished to know II Mr..
Olsson could prepare practical system to
reach that end. and said. :" know OF no ele
menssry book tina, is worthy Of being pu, into
the school.room as a textbook.
Mr.. Alexander Macintosh advocated teach
ing morals in the public schools from the Bible
and could see no cause for keeping i, out o.
the schools. Mr.. Oleson said the New Yorl
authorities have decided to teach morals in
Systematic manner in the public schools. Rev
w. c. Merritt said that he believed any thinI
Len than the Bible for teaching morals wouk
hesapesfcial; that the morals Of Scotland wer,
lowered after the Book Of Proverbs as tex
book vas siricken out Of their coun,ry's school
sysssn, that all moral teaching must be base,
upon Gods word; that he was afraid Of any
uanual Of morals be had ever seen; that moral,
must be Taught by moral teacher who wa
beyoad rspsoAeh, and concluded by saying. 81
Tn an old fogsy all rieht--I'll stand there !
Mn c. ,. Hebbsrd was Of the opinion tina
re must be moral ourselves and st a Christ
ian liis--not merely teach it--beiore We car
ak the Hawaiians to practice morality. Mr.
oleson emphasized the point tina, we need /
tsAt-sS~A w 8s'e uensiAohs " hotSi 'Ss"i>s .
tos nothing else.
On the second day, the convention met a
soA-n. After the usual preliminaries DIR
0yas took the door and read an essay which
eensussd in unmeAsuIed terms. the school au
tAosities Of this kingdom. Some Desirable
lmpsovemenss in Our Educational System va
The title Of the essay. II had more the char
Aetes u declaration than that oil criticism
! Il reheeted not only upon the government bu
upon individuals connected wiih the govern
nens. and in,inA,sd that our schools wrr
''hos-bsda Of lepsosy and vice. fos which tn
people Of thess islanis we're responsible. ID,
Dlyds closed 9TH vet Of resolutions whic
IL convention did no, endorse and which wer
strongly opposed b, Mr., G. w. Kenyon, ~h
asked fos the revolutions and took them u
hem Zoe item. lie objected that teachers en-
paoyed BY the governmcns should presen, sue
sssolutioas and held that II the people ~er
sssponsibls ios the condition Of aGAin tina, tn
psopss source II redress MAS through the legi'
lAssse; that the convention. pr -, had n
saoss sighi TO dictate in the matter than eler
I'D to ~ tx his employers balance shee,
he hsld that our public school system in
elsasa VI teaching d mosais ny 10 the poin
= eas eivilisss'oa and objected TO aspess,on
~ thrown upon the pupils under his care
~ eoaaidsssd the resolutions a. undisni6s'
- saeo~P'insa''y to The ssa''snsa vh'