The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-08-10
From Our Last tuesdays Edition.
School Examinations
HNrIrKu sCRooL.

SCAOOA~
EprroS GArxrrE:-Ths annual examination of
the public school OF Waikiki under the care Of
Mr. John NJ. Moore assisted by Miss Moore and
the two Miss Daniels. occurred on July 22ld. IN
the eo1snodlO0s sehOolrooCn, which wSs well hlled
with interested friends
Great thorouShnsss was shown in every depart
usnt, aud IL was evident that the ground trOdden
needed not 70 De gone over again. Al the same
tune good proportion Of the pupils were farther
advanced n the common branches than the ave
rage Of yo1shS IN New England 6fty years ago-
Il = not easy 70 decide IN which Of the branches,
geography, arithmetic, grammar, dictALlou, sing
lnS, TsSdlnG. spelling aud forming sentences. the
sccool excelled. Tue aspect and behavior OF the
pupils Was excellent, and their manner of dress
becoming. marked feature of the scaool WAS
the GSe nSde Of the blackboard, that Of old pro-
hibissd, or Sc least undervalued adjunct The
way that examples In arithmetic would snalyse
themselves N beautiful chirography on the black
board, and the dizziness with which il was done
might we'll excite the admiration OF all. 70 say
EhSt the school appeared we'll IN every respect
presses ooIy but half the truth. Tners was evil
Gsuee that yeSr of faithful and well applied
labor had produced a most satisfactory result. In
fact the exhibit was = surprise to one who had
seen the beginning OF schoolSork here, and had
long laborsd to bring the n2tive yo1th into the
broad fields Of knowledge.
/ consider th&s What IS further needed TO in-
the usefulness Of the school is tie and the
same kind Of teaching, with little addition OF
oblsct lessons Z. BALLET.
wArzEE SCHOOL
EDCros GALE-rEs-I attended the examination
Of the Naihss English Scaool yesterday. July 3D.
and il gives me great pleasure TO say that 1t
one Of the most satisfactory examinations have
ever attended IN this Kingdom do not say that
every thing WAS perfection, bat do say that every
thing showed the REsstess amount Of care and
teaching
The dissinctness with which the pupils read,
spoke, and recited was very pleasing to all who
heard the exercises The accuracy with which all
the work vas done BY the popils showed the good
faithful instruction that bad been given during
the whole term From the highest TO the lowest
class, each pupil Is required TO speak every word
distinctly. Ehs proDpGnsss Of the work IN Arith-
I neeic showed yhe immense amount Of drill the
pcpils have had II that study. fne show Was
I made IN Geography. The b1lk Of the work Ess
On producsious, commerce.. climate, etc Il seems
I that Mr.. jackson has written up for use II his
/ own school hundreds Of questions and answers on
exports and imports Of all the civilized parts Of
I the World The pupils are quite familiar With
/ divisions OF the earth
/ II does teacher good 20 visit school like Wal
hss. SeTeEal of the best teachers of Mani were
I present and heard almost every Que give vords
IF praise and eosgrAtulAtiou. pFonouncin2 the
school work superior. One could not tell from the
I department. of the children whether Mr.. Jackson
I Is a good dIseipIinariAn not, for thers Was not
/ the least Indication of disorder about the whole
/ premises Conseq uentiy be said not word about
order or disorder. Without isslng, II Is pleasing
10 ind four GatArul disci plIusriAns II school
The afternoon Was the Jubilee for the little ones
I The speaking. singing and dialogue. Every one
would have been happy, If there had been breato-
iu7 RON bot the house and YARD were both crowd
I ed by those VINO wished 10 see and hear. To real
lie how veil those little H&EaIians detained, oae
would have to hear and see them also am proud
I of the WAIhee EuGlis= School. u.