The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-12
KOHALA CHINESE SCHOOL.
Examination and ExhibitiOn-Gra tify-
ing Progress Made - Interesting
Ceremonies, Etc.

Examination and ExhibitiOn-Gratifyl
ing Progress Made - Interesting
Ceremonies, Etc.
Among the many accounts OF the diff
ferent school examinations, which at
this season of the year, fill the columns
of our papers, it is not uniting to make
mention of the closing exercises of the
interesting and flourishing little school
for Chinese children, situated at Maka-
pala, in the district of Kohala, Hawaii.
This school has been in operation for
about two years and has been prospered
even beyond what it's friends had anticl-
pated when it was opened. The exer-
cises were held, August LIST, in the Chi
nese Church at Kaiopihi, where num-
Der of friends of different nationalities
gathered to witness the progress made
by the pupils during the year. The
church was very prettily decorated with
wreaths and festoons of ferns and flow
ers and drapings of Hawaiian and Chi
nese flags. The children numbering
about thirty-fve were in their best attire,
the boys in white suits and the girls in
blue. AS they filed on to the stage in
regular order they presented a very
| interesting and attractive appearance.
The instruction given in the school is
| in both the English and Chinese Ian
guages, and has been most faithfully i'm
| parted as the results of the years work
| prove. The recitations in arithmetic,
| geography, the exercises in reading, in
| dictation and blackboard work of diff
ferent kinds, showed that there young
bright minds were being trained by
| good and approved methods. The after
| noon was devoted to listening to varied
| programme of Rotations and declama-
tions in both English and Chinese, and
the singing of number OF songs and
| HYMNS, which the children executed
with real taste and skill delighting all
who were privileged to listen to them.
| While every effort is being made to
give the pupils a good and thorough
training in English, they are also being
instructed in their own language, SO
that, as they grow up, they may be able
to impart to their countrymen the
knowledge which they have received.
Most careful attention has been paid to
the religious development of tn csc
young people, and their grasp of Gospel
truth, as manifested by the exercises oil
the day, could not fail to stimulate the
hope that they may yet be heralds OF
the good news of salvation, through
Christ, to very many who now sit In the
darkness of heathenism. The English
department of the school has been under
the charge of Miss Mary Ostrom, who
has devoted herself with much earnest.
ness and enthusiasm to mission work
among the Chinese in this district Mrs
Asieu and Mr.. Ten Yong have taught
most faithfully in the Chinese depart
ment. All these teachers deserve much
praise for their untiring and conscien-
tious work. Mr.. Asieu has also given
valuable assistance from time to time
: and manifested much interest in the
progress of the school. Rev. Mr.. Os'
from and Mr.. Kong, the Chinese
preacher, have been active in their efforts
for the benefit of the school, and they
with foreign and Chinese friends in the
district, who have aided in meeting the
expenses of the school, and the Ha-
waiian Board, under whose auspices it is
being carried forward, cannot but rejoice
at the work of the past year.
: Kohala, August 9Th. F. w. D.