The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-19

scribcd across the piece. Chisel,
saw, plane and try square are then
used. Joints, dovetaling, box bind
dovctaiIing, mortise, bevcl tcnon,
timber spices, etc, are made fami-
liar to each learner. Some combin-
ations of joints and bcvcls were
shown the reporter done in koa
which displayed very close and cx-
act workmanship. The boys are
then familarized with the hanging
of doors and insertion of mortisc
locks. When the learner has salts.
factorily passed over the ground
Just outlined, he will be allowed to
try his hand at the construction of
bridge models from drawings. One
model was exhibited whose frail
material was trussed sufficiently TO
hold Mr., T.. G. Jones.
is taught in two classes of i! hours
each, the more advanced being I'M
der the instruction of Mr.. II. :.
Townsend, and the beginners being
coached by Mr.. Il. Richards. Set
ting, distributing, proof correction,
making up forms and press work
each receive attention. The IIandi-
craft is set up and printed by the
boys, but no work for pay is done.
A sewing department is conducted
by Miss Hight which was not visited
by the scribe.
AIMS.
1t is not designed in the instruc-
ton given in the various trades to
furnish lot of master wOrkmcn TO
the community. The institution Is
educational and every effort is
directed to educational ends. En-
pcrience has shown that the train.
ing of the class room may be profit
ably supplemented by q manual
training which calls into concrete
play axioms and knowledge other
wise abstract. A realistic interest
supplants dry indifference. Feet,
inches, squares, angles, circles,
spheres, cubes, ETC., acquire an OBJ
jective significance. Application of
mathematical knowledge to mechan-
ical pursuits may be regarded as the
last term in the progression i'm
mortaized by Mr.. Squcers who
sad, "When boy can spell weed
he goes and weeds.' That so much
of manual industry as tends to fix
and impart interest to thcoretical
knowledge should he called into
reQuisiton is only the part of wis
dom. Proficiency is only attainable
by rigid adherence to each class of
work. Concentration on one kind
of labor necessary to secure perfect
thoroughncss might defeat the very
object of manual instruction by re-
ducing it from training TO drudgery.
A boy leaving this school will not be
entitled to rank as carpenter but
his training will qualify him TO be-
come a good one. He will bring TO
his work a capital of intelligence.
CLASS WORK.
Having mastered three or four
trades the journalistic Mercury has
tened with joyful steps to the
knowledge dispensarv." Miss
Hight and Mr.. Lyman have posses
sion of the classes in the morning
while the other teachers are engaged
in industrial instruction. In the
afternoon the other teachers muster
in the school room and Miss Hight
and Mr.. Lyman devote themselves
to classes in sewing and wood turn
ing. AS the newspaper youth enter
ed Miss Nights room concert ex-
ercisc was going on. 1t consisted
in all analysis of examples of next
days work. This exercise was not
dictated. The pupils were led by
easy steps to each conclusion. There
was no prompting on the part of the
instructor, but whenever the pupils
went wrong a called halt and n gen
tie hint set them on the right track.
Analytical work written and oral
and equation exercises were only
received when absolutely beyond
criticism. The manner of Miss
Hight in school room is even more
to be admired than her methods and
skill in imparting knowledge. There
Is sort of "spirited repOsc" and 9
tranquil earnestness in her manner
that beguiles the unwary pupil into
hearty cooperation. There is no
friction mo irritation and no waste in
this room. The course of instruc-
ton flows in smooth current devoid
of rapids and eddies. A boy was
selected for clerk and took his place
at the teachers desk. Various pu-
pills made purchases of him. The
blooming" of the merits of differ.
ent articles by the willy salesman
was of the Fort street, fortly.
Three boys then told an impromptu
story, in the plot which three minds
had n part. The word pronounced
by the first hoy was followed by one
from the second. The third boy
pronounced word which would
make seven with those already utter
cd and so the preceding utlcrances
suggested the following ones dcvcl'
Oping the idea of sequence. A boy
was sent to the board and wrote