The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-07-25
MAUI NEWS.
4 Two Days Convention az
Wailuku.

teachers association had 8 beginning
in the Wsiluku school hall. which
was still gsyly decorated with its re
ception day bunting. After calling
the assembIsge to order, President
H. S. Townsend delivered an insu-
gural address enthusiastic in the
cause of teaching and strongly re
commencing local circles with
courses Of reading for teachers as 8
means of perpetuating the interest
and increasing the benefit to be de-
rived from the present association.
Miss NJ. r. Nape of the Mskswso
school then gave short but inter
esting exposition of her methods in
teaching language to beginners.
This address was followed by j.
A. Moore on Methods of Tesching
English to Hswaiians." Mr.. Moore's
words were carefully listened to and
excited a good deal of debate,as to the
benefit to be derived by the pupils in
the use of diagrams in the analysis of
sentences.
He illustrated the method by send.
| ing q class of his pupils to the black
board. and if their neat and accurate
work did not convince the opponents
of the system, at least it won their
admiration. After lunch, at l P. NJ.
Miss E. Mundon of the Makawao
school in q clear and concise way ex-
planned the first step in the tonic sol
/ ia method, and at the request of Mr..
W. c. Crook made the convention
sing doh, me, sol' using the signs
made by the hand Mr.. Crook after
| wards introduced q simple song by
the same method.
In the absence Of W. L. Saffery Of
Lahsina the talk on reading was
omitted. Then followed a report by
J. L. Dumas in regard to an educa-
tioual journal for the islands. He
was encouraged by the receipt Of
letters from teachers on the other
/ islands strongly advocating the plan.
/ The following motion was carried
that the president Of the association
I appoint one teacher for each district
I throughout the islands to take the
matter in hand, and arouse as much
enthusiasm as possible within their
respective localities. After some
/ talk about diagrams, the meeting ad-
journed.
The attendance during the day ex-
ceeded fifty, most of the Hama
teachers being prevented from at
tending. as the school agent felt that
he could not consistently permit
them to close school two days earlier
than the appointed time without any
official notice to that effect Prof.
and Mrs. Ct. W. Bsbb, of Kameha-
meha, were among the visitors pres
ent.
At 10 A. N. on Friday the meeting
was again called to order, and MIR. II.
Dickinson, of Lahsina, one of the
most successful teachers of the tonic
sol ia, gave his views concerning the
teaching of music in government
schools. He stated that Sc per cent.
of the teachers in England and
Wales used the tonic method, and
out of 500 New Jersey teachers con-
suited, 499 of them endorsed the sys-
TEN.
He illustrated his ideas very clear
IL by dividing the convention into
four parts which sang the soprano,
alto. tenor and bass of a song written
on the blackboard. This event was
greeted with much pleasure and in
terest.
At IO:4O Miss NJ. de CarmO of the
Paia school, in q pleasing way, show
ed to those present the three simple
principles Of penmanship now in use
in Hawaiian schools. She also ex-
hibited triangular bit OF cardboard
which would aid the pupils much in
giving the correct slant to the letters
The subject of common fractions
was illustrated on the blackboard by
Benz. Kahoopai, Of Hama, by dia-
grams, applied examples, explana
tons and statements. His neat work
on the beard was worthy of common
dation and imitation.
ALIEN. Miss R. Z. Crook, of the
Psia school, spoke upon "Sehool
Discipline" advocating strongly self
control on the part Of the teacher,
and explained the marking system
now used successfully in her class
room. Her Hemarks we're we'll re-
ceiTed.
Mr.. J. L. Dumas, ID his address on
Elements of Physical Science" adj
vocated simple lessons on the human
body for beginners, to be followed
by teaching ideas of form, size, color,
composition, etc. Plants and animals
should be introduced in q systematic
wsy-especially those most often en-
couDtered. He most enthusiastically
advocated object lessons, but upon
those objects which the pupil him
self could bring into the classroom,
could handle, pull to pieces and
describe.
4 vote Of thanks was passed to
those who had taken part in the