The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-02
LAHA!NALUNA SEMINARY.
An .Appreciative Report of the Term
fnal Exercises.

&hu .AppfccI2tiNeh eD0rt OF the Term
fnaI Exercises.
The SOD annual closing exercises
took place at Lahainaluna, July 25th.
1t may not be generally known that
Lahainaluna Seminary was the pio-
neer OF several that were put into
operation by the early missionaries.
This institution is 81 years old, and
during that long period of time (more
than hall II century, it has given tho
Kingdom many hundreds of young
men, who have gone through very
severe examinations. Youths who
have begun from the bottom, as it
were, and through several years of
close study have climbed to the top
most runS on the educational ladder.
Most of these men, graduates OF La
hainaluna College, are those who
have made their mark prominently,
socially and politically, and have
closely identified themselves with
their country's progress and welfare.
1t would occupy far too much of
your valuable space to endeavor to
show you the great progress made at
this institution under the Principal,
Mr.. John A. Moore, and his able as
sistants, Mr.. d. ID. Baldwin formerly
nspector-General of Schools of the
kingdom), and Mr.. p. s. Woolsey.
The system OF instruction lin all the
departments from the simplest sum
right through into the higher mathe-
MATES, taking algebra, geometry,
trigonometry and surveying, is of the
most advanced kind, and it was more
than interesting to notice the quick
ness displayed in solving problems.
Any example seemed easy to the
| pupils. History was omitted for
want of time. Ancient history was
largely entered into, and Mr.. Wool
sey plainly showed that he was q
master OF the subject, and had very
carefully trained his pupils in that
branch, Geography had its place,
proving, on review, that Mr.. Wool
sey had his boys in thorough train
ing. In physics (Mr. ID. ID. Baldwin,
the young men were well up to the,
mark, the diagrams were exceedingly
| good, the whole work done both in
English and Hawaiian. In geo.
metry (Mr. John A. Moore's) every
thing was most lucidly described by
| the more forward scholars, as we'll as
| Juniors, the board work and writing
| being most excellent. l must say
| that | have never seen such beautiful
writing, and | have attended many
examinations in this country. Gram.
mar, in Mr.. Baldwin's class, was
really fine, and in physiology the
pupils seemed TO have full grasp
OF the study, while in anatomy the
lads could tell you all about the
human frame to bone, to muscle,
to heartbeat. The higher arith-
metic, Mr.. Moore's-well, it would
fairly paralyze one to keep up with
the board work; it was simply light
ming.
English grammar, too, i cannot
remember the time when have seen
such perfect work done-the lenses
i past, present and future, also inter
rogativc sentences, explanatory and
forth, not II single error, and this ]
|
Hawaiians, knowing how exceeding,
ly difficult it is to grasp the oddities
and seeming Inconsistencies of the
English language. So much very
excellent work was accomplished in
the various classes that il could not
be fully given in Il newspaper article
] was shown some very fine sam
-, ,f.Nt 4 Il. 81,
presided over by Mr.. j. Frost). Their,
was II redwood board about 10 inche
wide, containing eight separat,
pieces, and all We're so beautiful,
jointed together that it was impossi
BILE TO see where the joints came in
In doyetailing, too, some reall,
beautiful work had been done. w
were shown boys first attempt ant
his last effort and the comparison
was very amusing. This practiea
department should receive every On
coaragement. | observed that whil
every facility is offered in the wa,
OF shop, several carpenters benches
tools, etc, they have hardly any ma
torial TO work up. They should b
Supplied with some scantling AM
boards. This is most import
ant department and, in the hands Q
the present incumbent, can be mad
to accomplish very much, but u ma
can't work without material.
: visited the dormitories and foun
: everything SO bright and clean; tn
boys have certainly II large share. 9