The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-07-16
IN: TEACHERS CONVENTION.
ruHspAr FORENOON.

o'clock, the e-Presi,ient in the
chair. The assembly was divided
into two sections and the lectures
duplicated. AIR. j. A. Moore,
to whom aad been assigned the duty
OF discussing arithmetic in the Gfth
year grade, opened with PROMISE
to develop the subject TO higher
point than was reached yesterday.
The great principle enunciatsd as
necessary 10 incuicate in class teach
ing is that fraction is simply unex-
ecGted DIVISION, principle which
every thorough teacher of fractions
IA pretty sure TO ignore, The fund
alnentaI processes in common frac-
tons were touched upon Up to diyi-
sion, when time WAS called.
Miss Courseu brought in q class
OF seven, five boys and two girls, to
eiucidate the processes Of primary
INSTRUCTION.. The lesson comprised
exercises N drawing, writing, num-
erals, AID gcomctrical elements,
particular attention being given to
tie Development Of clearly enuncl.
ated English.
Miss j. Deyo spent half an hour
in discussing the CRUDE method In
Arithmetic. 70 the uninitiated, n
definition may be useful al this
point. Tbs CRUDE method is das-
crihed IS one by which addition,
subtraction, multiplication and diyi-
sion arc all taught ut the same tiuic,
stAe smaller Numbers being taugn5
IN succession, giving all the opera
lions within the range Of each, and
applying the knowledge gained be-
fore proceeding TO the next number.
The processes described had part.
cular reference to the teaching uf
matiye Hawaliars and other nation
aities to whom the English language
is unknown territory, The use of
'.ha fingers il object lessons on num-
erals continues since time i'nmefo-
orjal 10 be recognized As decidedly
advantageous, one reason for whicn
ais that the objects are always On
hand and not likely To be suppressed
led by the "latest Improvements.
Mr.. II. Gibson took Up the sub
,jcct of reaGing lessons. The first
Christmas Tree, Third Reader, was
used as the basis o. the exercise
Which MAS similar 10 that OF the
proceeding day. Several probe
matte veins of English idiom wore
struck ny different members of the
convention, but the appliances foc
=, mining them seemed 10 bc wanting.
IN connection with the writing OF
. abstracts Of lessons, lively breeze
sprung up on tile matter uf names,
surnarnes and ngc9 Of pupils, pavti-
cuIarly those of iiawa!isn snd por-
tuguese nationality. 1t vas sng-
gested that the Hawaiian style OK
individual nomenclature should be
Temode)lcd through the agency Of
1ho public scaools. Every pupil
should ne registered under the usual
''haoc" form Of two names, and
the ages Of pupil, should also be re-
corded. Mr.. Mitchell OF llama,
Maui, said lie had tried TO get over
tho difficulty by adding names Of
parents to names Of children aud
had found IT necessary to so outside
20 ascertain The parentage Of his
pupila, but he found so many di-
verse opinions on the subject Of en-
Quiry that he gave it up. MIR. John
Umea threw light on the matter by
explaining the Hawaiian custom Of
designating as father" not only
the real immediate ancestor bat also
the grandfather, uncle, cousins, and
friend. This, be said, would ac-
count for the mystiieation in which
foreign teachers are involved when
a schoolboy's father is reported
"dead" one day and "siGh" perhaps
thirty days later.
The remainder of the forenoon
session Was devoted To tonic-sol.fa
music, under the efficient conduct
of Rev. j. b. Alexander.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.