The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11
CO. EDUCATION FOR The
H4WAIIANS.
lFrom he Male wrea,hN

(Fro@ the Male WREATH
Oh customs. old traditions. old super.
stitiO1s, Snd ole ideas die hard.
To shOss who hare watched the bar lie
tOV eo-eiUe2iSon IN Burops and AmsricS
S0z the lSSt quarter Of century, is plain
that the w2r Is over and the victory won.
Today, the answer % any argument
o. plea IN iSv0c Of such an established
f3cs and assured SlcceSS would be: open
y0ur eyes, the fzc- Is here
Sill there fingers an occasional one
who. awakened oy some such OCCUR
renee IS the opening q the Medical
School q John Hopkins University 70
women, cry ont " the victory Is Won. =
The victory WIS Won nearly hSlf cen
tury ago where Emily Blackwell crossed
the threshold q the New YORK College
II reminds one o. the head lines that
appeared Ovs- the nOtlcs q JET Davis
death = ysar u TWO SEo- The var :
over. The press cried ont from New
EO-k 70 New Orleans The wSr w1s
ended when GesrvS1-r- wSs f11Eh; some
u u believe
The vic5c-v wOC N the esa.e-s O. civil
lzatioc, Il only remains 70 CARY i few
O1-po>-s and take possession o. the ont
lying islands, Tor Ike the English the
n01-co-eluczrio1iS does noc know when
he : beS-sn and his rericory mus be
EreS,ed truua him inch by inch
Everything thai i urged against CO.
education IN Hawaii to-day, and more,
VAS urged S.zInS. II over and over again
II tne United States IN the early years
Of the struggle, and when, after the de-
nonS-rzcsd success OF she experiment
among the C11c4SlSns there was 10
ground LETT fo- the opposition 70 stand
upon, they resrs4tei into the trenches Of
their Conservatism and sent back : cry
q alarm when II wSS proposed that the
Nero and Ia6i41-che behind races q
Americ&-shouIi follow the successful
army u eo-eGCc4tiOa % Tea victories
And - one who mas Intimately known
the inner history q one Of the largest Of
these experiments for over one hall O. It's
ple1CuIn2llv Successful existence, l as
sure vUI the victories were Won 50 easily;
they came ID pass 50 naturally inst ssw
realized there w2s 2ny strife
The growth u msllIneSS, n se-i-re-
SpeC1 and Seli-cOltrol, O. courtesy Snd
ne ptClueSS among the boys; Of dignity
and l1lyllka bearing GmO1z the girls;
LIS - I'll times been 50 marked - 70
eE4ce. for the most p4Ft, &DOug the
workers, al realization that there h2l
ever been doubts IS to the pr1cticzoilicy
q what has long since ceased . De 81
experiment
do Tot wish 70 De understood $ say
Ing that there hsye been 10 individual
failures and No lzpSeS- We are still hu-
uzn-wdI.e q black o. red o. brown
Though re may De. What ! do affirm Is
that the great mass mOy5s upward And
where c11 : darker background 6e found
flr any similar future experiment
than rh2t furnished 6y the history
OF the negro n slavery Where
any future more beSet with fiery
trizI and fsrcs temptation than that Of
the Indian campo II, with the cess
pool Of the slave pen behind and the
furnace q the camp before, such results
IS those Obtained 81 Hampton can be 90
tanned, Why despair o. any people2
L : 81 axiom that I'd nation OF race
ever rises shove the level q It's women.
We get what We demand II We CON-
uznd respect BE receive L. Inc Hz-
wzIlza girl needs 70 learn self-resp ect,
and 70 demand respectful and courteous
treatment 81 the hands OF her brothers
The thing that must strike every Oh
server l. that she does not expect II OF
ask Il OF receive Il. She has yet 70 learn
what belongs 70 her. She can nowhere
do this better than IN school, where boys
and girls niugle II class room, OF dining
roon, OF social hall, under proper and
competent surveillance In = country
where the properties o. family and social
life Ere lacking, where familiarity IS the
rule, the need Of co-educatioa In self
restraint and sslf-respect Is more Imperz-
tive than elsewhere Mutual respect Is
: certain outcome when men and women
stand equal N the class roou. The
Senator'S and Representative from the
central and western States Of America,
who, N Ann Arbor and other western
stood side by side with their
sisters II Lecture roou and laboratory,
cannot understand the paint q view o.
the opposition who deny them equal
place and pay. They had reason there
Men so educated leave to Mrs Harriet
Beecher Stoves old negro gardener the
argument against progress. Said the Old
negro 10 Mrs Stove: No, missus. 10
woman czyns vote; she amt gos 10
sense So 1 think the co-educzted Hs-
v allan viii not zrgue, Gs l have heard
yOuuz native argue, But ne mus beat
1u wives; naive women no smart
What Ee do then, II We 10 beat them p
he VII have learned IN the class rOom
that native woman IS well As : native
nan may be " smart"
Nov where the " flower OF the king
DON" / selected and selt 20 different
schools, keps separate and apart for
number q years. and At Just the tine
WHEN the society Of each i most zttrzc-
tive % the cther; II Is little wonder
that Ehea sss free they should throw
restraint 20 The winds
Daily eoupGuionship II classroom
and dining hall II the presence Of their
.szehers would by very familiarity
essen the danger IT their homes, where
sUch restraint shO1ld be Withdrawn
cit L better 70 make men and women
than 10 make money" Is the motto Of
5Ee O. the foremost q Americas edU-
.ztors- one Of the no5IeSt OK her sous-
Happy L he VINO has learned this
Happy are they EhO have here and now
he opportunity 70 " END hand II
he making q nation.
AARGARET EESEHL