The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-08-03
School Examinations.
wAILUKU SCHOOL,

EDITOR GAzETrE;-The annual examino.;r :,
t4e e puoic school of Waiiuku under the car y,
hr. John NJ. Moore assisted by Miss Moore ana
the ,o hiiss Dtnieis, occurred July 22ad. i'm
Wltn Interested friends wa A''ou
uieat t1oronGhness was shown in every denprt
nent' aao II was evident that the nround fro Idan
,;a no5 70 os gone over again. AT the same
u,ne good proportion of the IN nils wara f,r,t
"oNanced IN tue common branches ,han H., -"
rage of youths in New England ffty wears aro
II Is not easy to decide in which of the branrheS
apny, arithtnetic, grammar, dictation sing
rug Le"dini, spe!llnS aud forming sentences the
scAool excelied. The aspect and bahtvior Of III
pupus was excellent aud their manner of drasS
oeco.hlnS' marked feature of the school was
tue use made of the blackboard that.of oJj 49,
utoi'et' OF at least nadervaued adjunct The
way that examples in arithmetic w1nId apoI,so
themselves IN beautiful chironranhv on Tho hI0I
ooard, and the deftnsSs with which it was done
might Well excite the admiration of ali ~ So
that tue school appeared wall in evarr ,, say say
presses oaly but half the truth Tbera was av;
ueuoe tuae year or faithful and well apnliad
taooF naa produced m 1st satisfactory resut. Tn
iict the eNhIoIt WIS SurpriSa IN ona ubo "a
seen tue beginning OF sch lolgork here anJ "a
long itoored 10 bring the native vnntb into ~
broad heids of knowledge 'O 'No
cohSider that what is further needed to in.
crease the usefulness of the school is time and ,b
oh;act Ia.sorr iuS' Win little addition of
''''on'' Z. BAILEY.
wAIHEE SCHOOL,
EoIToR GAZErrE:-I attended the examipot;o
ol tue Waihee English School yesterday. JnIy o3i
aua @ u gives me great pleasure to say thai II rvsS
one OF the most satisfactory examinations 7 b,va
ever attended IL t!lls Kingdom. do moi s,v th,t
'et1 tninS WAS perfection but do saw that avarr
teaching. VI o"fe anu
Iue dlstlnctness with which the nnn;Is rood
spOAS' aAu recited WAS Very PLEASING to all WIN
iie"tu tue exercises The accuracy with which ali
sue work was done by ths pupils showed the ooo5
.al'nLui instruction that had been given dnring
.Ie "noie Term: From the highest to the lowest
distinctly. The promptness of the work in r;,b
metlc showed the immense amount of drill ,ha
pupiis nave had IN that stuly. A fine show Was |
'udue 10 Biography. The bulk of the work was |
On Pfouuctiols IS, Commerce. Climate etc IL seems
lhat Mr. D ackson has written uo for nse in his |
own school hundreds of questions and answers on |
hplts ana imports of all the civilized parts of
Ihe world The pupils are quite familiar win
most OF the leading products of the resneotive |
ilylslons of the earth.
IL ooes teacher good to visit n school like Wal
iee Several of the best teachers of Mani vera
q I. $50. aho neard almost every one give words
u praise ana congratulation, pronouncuo the
,ouooi WORK superior One could not tell from the
n iep 'ft'hent or the children whether Mr. Jackson
. Rooo ulsclpllnarlan or NOT, for there was moi
ne ieast Indication of disorder about the whole
premises Consequently he said not a word abnnt
'ruer or disorder. Without testing il il ple.sino
o nhu TOUR natural disci pliuariaus in one sch,oi
ID me AFTERNOON was the Jubilee for the little ones.
me speaking, singing and dialogue. Every one
'oula nave been happy, if there been breathing
ootn' put the house aud ward we're both crowded
y those who wished To see and hear. To ra.I;ya
oW Well those little Hawaiians declaimed one |
'ouia nave to bear and see them also I An, |
rouo OF the Waihee English School, M