Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-05

form Of government support lustruc
ton n wholly n Gnglish, aud they have
about - per cent Of the school popuh'
ton. Taking the government, English
and independent schools together gives
above 90 per cont instruction 10 the
English language The legislature has
been biennial. Ina the lnNt report of the
board Of education to the legislature ia
1S12 the whole number of pupils M the
schools was 1912. or this number only
about 800 were IN the common schools
with the Hawaiian language The gov
rrhhent schools employ 100 teachers
Seventy are pure Hawaiian; others
are Hawaiian by birth, of American on
English parents; Some the grandchildren
of the first missionaries. We have MISC
teachers from San Francisco aud eastern
states. the Hawaiian educated at Cher
lin aud other institutions m this country.
or the different n0uonalhics ia the
schools there are 81 AmeScans, III
English. and over 1000 Portuguese, The
attendance of Portuguese h. not alone
duo 10 the large Portuguese population
on tho islands, Portuguese parents have
better appreciation of The advantages
OF education. and moro strict application
of the law compelling children 20 attend
school. The Chinese number only about
700 IN the schools. The main portion of
the school population, therefore, rs OF
Hawaiian blood aud the Portuguese.
"All of the government schools az
Honolulu are free except two, which have
certain branches Of n higher Erndo and
Tor which small tuition Zee h charged
Oahu college and Punahow preparatory
school are nc Honolulu The former IS
the highest institution Of learning on the
islands, though perhaps u should be
termed a college II has u charter md
the college course iN cur@Nlly laid out.
II Is both boarding and day school, aud
has good buildings with large grounds
about them. The kamehnmehn schools
nre the industrial schools on the ihlNndg,
aud among the most important institn.
tons. They were endowed by my Vito,
who ne her death eight years ago. be-
qucathed all her property 10 found those
schools. / ann one 90 the trlstccs The
boys school Is we'll undor way and ilOu.
isiing We expect 90 have the girls
school equally SO in a short time, PUPILS
in the kumehamcha schools receive !
good education In the common lsnglsi
Branches and are taught such industries
as win Ice Of practical use To them. Ihe
institution is strictly elementary, and W.
do not aim 10 turn out the finished scholar
or the frat-elass blacksmith, carpentry
scamstress or cook Especial care |,
given 90 the Young children, both m ant
out OF school, aud 70 the training 81
yonnF girls 20 keep them ont Of harm
way. There Ia museum connected viii
the kamehamehn schools. called th'
bishop Museum. Ia memory Of the foun
der
''i'he educational work on the islands
ns whole. nly 30 regarded ala IN
fair condition. There are, 81 course
prigate schools md schools ior speeia
education The FIRST Theological srlyo
for me speclal eduealion Of Hawaiian
ministers was opened in iSuS az Wailuku
Maui u WIS reorganlxcl n 1871 au'
"a now known as the North Pacific Mis-
siOnnry innutute. However, nngnt
schools a. not r0ue Ia with opr r.gula
school work it d Che public sclopl.
especially tic government nnglish school
upon which the future ~ the liawaiia
people rest. They educate twice "a