The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-22
pOnUKAINA GIRLS SCHOOL.

square foot of space on the veran-
dahs was occupied. The spectators,
many of whom were parents of the
pupils, gave close attention to the
exercises. With very few excep-
tions. the spectators were native Ha
waiians. 1t was evident throughout
the progress of the examination that
the native element is possessed of a
laudable ambition to keep pace with
the foreigner in the pursuit of liter
airy wealth. The parents and friends
of the Pohukaina girls are fortunate
in the teaching ability of the accom-
plished ladies in charge of the
school. Mr.. and Mrs. Lechler were
present among others, and seemed
to be deeply interested in what they
saw here of the success of educa-
tional work among the Hawaiians.
The singing and IN arches had good
organ Accomplishments from an in
strument in Miss Corney's room,
played by young lady friend, to-
gether with choice violin music fur
nished by bandmaster Berger. The
school is organized in three grades,
and is carried on in two separate
buildings. The first (primary)
grade is in charge of Mrs. M. A.
Wood in one building. The school
in this building, as was stated in the
BULLETIN about year ago, is almost
exactly twice too large for any one
teacher. 1t is utterly impossible
that school work, either in quantity
or quality, can be done satisfactorily
in this grade until another room and
an additional teacher are provided.
The teacher is probably the only
line Of work in which it is impossible
for one person to perform the work
of two. Two newspaper articles may
be compressed into one, and In the
case of fine ADVERTISER, for example,
such feat would be to the mani
fest advantage of the few people
studying political economy under
the editorial guidance of that paper.
But it is fact, as well established
as the law of gravitation, that, in
the school room, the call TO over
take the work of two, renders it i'm
possible for any teacher to perform
more than half the work of one.
Mrs. Woods exhibit of work among
the little folks in her charge, is very
creditable to her skill and persever-
ance in the face of extreme diff
culties.
Here is splendid opportunity for
the Hawaiian legislators to confer a
gift of inestimable value upon the
native population of this city. An
appropriation of say 1000 for the
biennial period will probably settle
the matter. The Improvement need
not entail a cent of additional taxa
ton. 1t will only be necessary to
divert couple of thousands from
the Board of Genealogy fund or
from some of those wild cat expedi-
lions to foreign countries for which
the Assembly is asked to lay out a
matter of $4,000. The second and
third grades are in charge of Miss
w. z. Luce whose department is
connected, as class room, with
that of the Principal, Miss S. f.
Corney whose special division COM
prises the fourth, fifth and sixth
grades.
The programme of the day was
very elaborate and comprised an ex-
haustive examination of the whole
six grades. Glasses were examined
in every branch of school work from
A B c to Astronomy. The quality
of the exercises was such as to fully
sustain the high reputation of the
school. The girls showed that readi-
ness and deliberation in their ans
wers which, to connoisseurs is ac-
cepted as fair test of careful and
thorough training. 1t is often
charged that the performances al
exhibitions of this kind are too good
to be bona tide; but on this occa-
sion, if any suspicious of the kind
existed, the immense three-page
printed programme was, without
any further evidence, sufficient tc
dissipate any such notion. The
calisthenic exercises, which are Q
special feature of this school, were
if not perfect, as near to it as neec
be. These exercises afforded ne
little amusement to the spectators
Some very fine specimens of draw
ing by the pupils, were exhibited
The penmanship is of very higl
order of excellence. The praclica
results Of the calisthenics are patent
TO observation in the fine physique'
and healthful appearance of all thu
pupils. All concerned in the sue
cess of the Pohukaina Girls Schoo
are to he specially congratulated OF
the exhibit of yesterday, and M
doubt many went away with vail
though pardonable regrets that thu
educational privileges of the parent
had been so meagre in comparison
with those enjoyed by the juvenile
portion of the present generation