The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-06-24
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Ine EXAMINATIONS IN progress NJ
kamehainela school were continued
yesterday, the exercises connected
ihGrewLh beginning at . "a. m ~ the
Gymnasium. the third division, MIR.
l.. Thompson, teacher, b'iug the
portion of he school uud,r exanliDa-
ton from . TO 10 u. m.
Although the hour was an early
one for visitors, yet q number OF
those interested in the progress of
school and scholars were present,
notable amongst them being Col.
and Mrs. W. f. Allen, Mrs. &. A.
Brown, Mrs. c. n. Spencer, Rev.
DIR. Bcckwl'h, MIS-. ). A. fhurston,
Mrs. 5. {. Allen, Prof. W. L. Brig
ham and a large contingent Of par
ents and relatives OF the scholars.
Rev. G.. NJ. Hyde aided IN estab.
fishing beyond cavil the genuine and
honest character of the trials which
the "young ideas were put TO in
the attempt to show the proficiency
attained by the 3rI Division scholars
during the year past.
Arithmetic aud Language were the
studies in " hich the class were eX-
amined and the legiblity with which
the youths wrote out The examples
given them and the intelligent man
ner in which sums were worked to
correct solutions proved that the
boys understood the intricacits of
figures. Novel and practical Illus
trations were given, by the class in
structors, of the ability of water to
find its level and the initial steps led
up to, and resulted eventually in,
the demonstration of how artesian
wells were formed, the boys OF the
class explaining the processes, step
by step.
A number of "Kamehameha Note
| Books" containing written resume
of the daily work of the division i'll
arithmetic, composition and dicta-
ton exercises shovel that the ex-
aminations we're not padded" but
had been chosen haplazard from the
lines of stu lies daily pursued by the
boys. In this division, as in all, the
methods of teaching were practically
demonstrated and showed that the
instruction given had been well with
in the scope of the comprehension of
the class, as was plainly evidenced
in the Intelligence displayed in the
answers.
The examination of the Second
Division, Mr.. r. B. Anderson teseh-
er, followed that of the Third Divi-
sion; algebra, book keeping aud
language being the studies present
ed. The class was a little nervous
in the oral work in algebra, but the
blackboard work was rapidly aud
correctly performed. In his Illus
trative display of the ability of the
class in bookkeeping, the teacher
sent individual members to the black
board and each boy kept distinc-
tive feature Of complete set of
books, from the commencement to
| buC ClJoC vi u DuoblCoo. hE CAUliu-
ton showed apt ability aud clearness
of comprehension on the part Of the
scholars. Mr.. Anderson brought the
limit of time of his class to a close
by the recital of Munchausen story,
which many Of the class reproduced,
from memory, on the board the
various renditions showed bright
ness of conception which was sur
prising; one production headed,
IA Great Story" by Henry Hawai-
mali, being very noticeable.
Mr.. Richards, teacher of the First
Division, now brought forward his
class and they were put through a
course of questions relative TO their
knowledge Of political constitutions,
physiology and geometry. The
members of The class acquitted them
selves very creditably. The ques-
tioning was done by the teacher in
an easy, colloquial manner, and the
answers tended to show, plainly,
that the reasoning powers of the
students were bein. continually
brought into play, and that their dis
played kuowl. dye WAS the result OF
thinking out" the replies made, a
custom generally more 'honored in
the breach than in the observance, .
but which custom is well worthy of
imitation for its good results.
The examinations showed in de-
tail, without coloring, the style adopt
ed in Kamehameha Schools of teach
ing the Hawaiian idea how to sprout
and reflected very credilabIy upon
the judgment of the principal, Rev.
w. b. Oleson, in adopting such
system as the standard for lheschool.
After the close of the examinations
(Mr. Richards class being the last)
the audi, nee visited the showroom
in which was displayed the handi-
work of the boys. Messrs. Thomp-
son and Anderson of the faculty
were courteous to the BULLETIN re-
preventative and very kindly detailed
the characteristics of the work dis
played and which had reached fin
ished appearances, by the boys in
the blacksmith, machine and draft
ing departments under the instruc-
tion of Mr.. Davis, in carpentry uu-
der Mr.. u. Thompson, aud in plain
and fancy needle work under Miss |.
Hight. Mr.. Anderson pointed with
pride TO the improved appearance of
the campus, by labor OF The hoys.
Before The close Of the exercises