The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-06-26
KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL.
lie Examination Effective work
ihown-ManuAI Training in Opera
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'ednesday morning a public eNamln-
OF the Kamehameha School foi
: was held in the Gymnasium, one
be hali-dozen or so large buildings o.
Imposing group now adjoining what
ut a wear ago was an uninviting and
Inhabited desert. All the reserve
he OF the main hall was thronged
b visitors from town, among Others
ns noticeable Princess LihuokSlani,
5. J. NJ. Damen, Mrs. J. .. Carter,
Y. Or. HYDE snd Mr.. c. NJ. Cooke OF
Trustees, Rev. :. E Bishop and
ie, Rev. Or. Beckwith, Rev. George
allace, Hons C. r Bishop, w. H.
&c, F. Gay, 6. \. Wilcox, J. U. Ka-
linui and A. P. Halaukoa- Aessrs.
;. LYMAN. Frank Pahis and other
,ntlemen, together with large number
relatives and friends Of the pupils.
When our representative entered Miss
Gamer. first assistant teacher, WAS con-
acting review OF the junior class
righI-looking row Of neAtly clad young
ovs-the exercises consisting Of read-
X, recitiug passages Of Scripture in
horus and other language lessons. In
he meantime written exercises Of both
divisions OF the school, COMPRISING dicta-
ton in selections, grammar and arith-
meuc were quietly passed from hand TO
hand among the audiences Everything
indicated that these youthful Hswaiians
are being grounded on basis Of thor
ough knowledge Of the English language,
thence morally and Intellectually built
up in principles drawn from the Chris
tan textbook and the elements Of L
sound. practical education.
Rev. W. B. 0leson, principal OF the
school. followed with ) review OF the
senior class. The drill IN grammatical
Synthesis, or sentenee-building, showed
that the rule governing the institution
was TO begin 81 the beginning Of every
thing. Leaving out Of discussion the
matter Of novel terms in modern text
books. so strange to learners OF s former
dSv, It Has evident 70 observers that the
pupils here were being thoroughly
trained 70 practical knowledge Of rudi
msnts, as distinguished from mere
pSrrot-like requirements OF definitions
and rules. Tney eyinced remarkable
command Of arithmetical processes 50
fSr as thew have advanced, solving in
tricate problems one after another with
scarcely 5 failure in Rotations IRON
memory. English Is not lost sight Of in
this branch. the solutions being written
on the blackboard At length after their
verbal production.
AT intervals and the close OF school
room work Miss DreSsler, the teacher in
music. led the school IN choral exercises.
And 1t Mss singing worth going some
distance 70 hear. being in perfect unison
and revealing distinctly many rich
voices IN al the parts. Adjournment
vas made from the Gymnasium TO the
DEPARTMENTS Of manual training.
The technical department i heuSedIn
5 snug Snd shzpely building At the town
end Of the row. Visitors Eere admitted
6rst to the sewing room, where large
quantity OF exploits by the younger boys
was shown Leaving 10 4 competent
Judge an opinion upon the exhibit, the
remark OF i .adv visitor after Inspecting
the button-ho.e work Is aproPos, namely;
Girls could scarcely do better than
that. From this room the carpenter
shop Is entered and quickly crowded so
deuseiy that the boys had room for little
more exhibition work than their very
interesting hammer drill However,
sradusted series Of previous Craftsman
ship from the opening Of the school till
now. In the shape q samples Of mitring
and doveraiIing showed that the
bows had made substantial progress,
under the instruction Of Mr.. Terry, the
mazer carpenter Of tie Institution. The
printing Otice doors being thrown open
the class IN that branch al proceeded 70
SCI M an address 70 the visitors, first
done having the honor Of putting the
form TO pres and striking of copies for
distribution among those present. The
voung tvn1s did not have Justice in
being TOO much crowded by the friends
Tor faefle work, vet evinced credltsOle
decree Of speed and accuracy consider
ing the few weeks since Instruction
BEGAN. Dir. Oieson himself directs this
class and, aIti0Ggh elzimiug to De
an amateur Il short experience, L
able to exhibit a variety OF very
tasteful samples executed by the
lads An excellent Peerless lobblng
press Is eInpl0yed. The Class l. exer-
cissd resularly in newspaper compost
ton. copied from the local papers and
In various descriptions or plain JOB
prfntinE-not for revenue bat purely for
instruction.
There l. II present lively scene 70
- Witnessed on the school grounds.
Mechanics are Pat-in the finishing
touches on 4 resid ance for the teachers
A Large force OF vorkmsu L employed In
erecting the frame Of the Preparatory
Sshool 10 b SdJei TO the monumental
establishment through the mHnIhceuee
Of Hoa. {. F. Bishop. Quarrymen IN
Isrye numbers are operating on the dark
basaltic rock deposits, getting out 8 81
perfor quality Of b1iiding stone both Tor
the Memorial Hall TO be erected on the
campus and for the projected BISHOP
Museum of HawSiian Antiquities
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