The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-28


Tho information required wac gen-
orally given with reasonable de-
gree of readiness and intelligence.
The young Greek students in the
other room were meanwhile giving
good account of themselves in the
first stages of acquiring the ancient
and euphonious language of poetry
and philosophy. The next subjects
were Political Ecouomy and Art
Principles. In the first named, the
factors of supply and demand as af-
fecting values were illustrated Ivy
blackboard diagrams, in which the
students showed a creditable ac-
quaintonce with the principles of
the science. The young ladies in
the art class elucidated the charac-
teristics of the Athenian, Florentine
and Venetian schools and other
ideas connected with this subject
with marked clearness and an evil
dent appreciation of the study.
Caesar, Commercial Arithmetic and
French were next exhibited in three
rooms. The main body of the visit
ors devoted their attention to the
arithmetic, on which both boys and
girls passed satisfactory tests in
the solution of questions involving
percentages. In Cesar and French,
the work was of kind that only
minority of ordinary mortals can
criticize. The students, however,
acted their part very well. Moral
Science and evidence of Christianity
in one room and Geometry in an.
other completed the order of the
day for the forenoon session. Both
classes displayed line proficiency on
these abstruse subjects. Visitors
were then invited 10 suspend mental
exercise for time, and adjourn TO
the parIors of the domestic hall 10
partake Of MIS-. Merri,ts hospitality.
A splendid lunch was served TO
which the large company did ample
justice, only wishing that annivcr-
saries could fall monthly instead Of
yearly at Oahu College.
After lunch, to business again.
English History, in which of course,
royal "Harry Bluff always receives
full share of attention, Yves, at
some of its important points, pretty
deliberately reviewed. The Alec
bralsts, in another room, at the same
time, are disposed in front of@the
blackboards, and present the results
of careful training, in signs and
symbols. Anabasis, which leaves the
spectators who knew very little of
the elementary Greek of the morn
ing, out in the cold altogether, is,
however carefully criticised by DR..
Hyde. The students answer their
questions with apparent readiness.
English literature is the theme in
another room, where, at this time,
the spectators most do congre.ate
and hear the young people discourse
of poets and literati of every
variety, all along the ages from the
honest, primalive days of Bede aud
Chaucer TO the degenerate modern
age of McCauly, LongfeIlow and
Mark Twain. The examinations
briefly sketched above were con-
Quoted Ivy Rev. w. G. Merritt, Pre-
sident of the Faculty and Professor
of Moral, Mental and Political
Science; Mr.. Walter f. Frear, A.
b., Professor of Greek, Mathema-
tics and Ancient History; Miss M.
Ella Spooner, Teacher of Latin,
English Literature and Modern His
tory; and Mr.. A. Marques, Tutor
Of French. Mr.. c. Furneaux is
down on the calendar as Instructor
in Drawing, and though not appear
ing in the account of the days
doings, yet, like the good man
whose works follow him, his
instructions are fully set forth in
the pencil and color drawings Of
the students displayed on the
walls of the main school room.
Drawing as recognized branch of
school work is of comparatively re-
cent adoption. The evidences of
skill and taste that appear on the
cards exhibited here elected the
admiration Of all who inspected
them.
Professor Merritt announced that
bequesL of $500 had been made in
the will of DR.. Damon, the annual
proceeds of the money to be APP
piled for the purpose of awarding
prizes ON English composition and
on term examination papers.
The Trustees have two first prizes
of $40 each and two second of IS
each to award on the present occa-
sion. The Examining Committee
awarded the first prize in Compost
ton 10 May Dillingham;, the second
to Lillian l.. Lyman. For the best
set of examination papers, the first
prize was won by Carrie j. Green,
the second by Hessie Dickson. In
addition to these awards, the com
mittee made honorable mention Of
the papers of Henry j. Lyman and
Ellen ii. Bicknell, LIST year; Anna
Nj. Kinney, 2nd year; Lillian l.. Ly-
man, Bird year; and May Atherton
and Helen Solrenson, 18th year.
The graduates are Miss Annie
Mossman and Miss Addie b. Peter
son, who have completed their five
| ypnrs cOursp