The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-22
Host Of Bright Young Children.

parents and visiting friends. The
board Of education was represented
b. the inspector-generaI Of schools,
Mr. \. T. Atkinson, and Prof. w.
ID. Alexander. The school is divi-
ded into the high school and pri-
mary departments.
In the first room Of the primary
grade Miss Corsen was found
putting her pupils through various
exercises on the boards. The chill
dren, all Of them very small boys
and girls, wrote short sentences
suited to their ages on the black
boards. The little ones did their
work well and rapidly. Miss Cor
sen Is an experienced teacher of
the young and her numerous friends
focked around her to compliment
her on her good work. The grippe
has 20 affected her pupils that a
large percentage were kept away on
account Of it. Mr. Lightfoot, act
ing principal, stated that the at
tendance Of the whole school has
been very much reduced by the
prevailing malady.
Miss VI. Walker is the teacher Of
the next higher grade. The pupils
IN her classes are also small. They
are taught Swinton's first reader
and write dictation exercises on
the board. Visitors were much
pleased With the brightness dis
played by the young children in
this department.
Miss Moore teaches the next
higher classes in the primary de-
partment. Second readers are in
use In her classes. Arithmetic is
also taught. The examination
papers were shown to visitors.
In the higher department are
found the following instructors {:
Mr.. Lightfoot, acting principal in
place Of Prof. VI. VI. Scott, who has
gone to the Worlds Fair, Misses
Tuck, Carter and Laura Duncan.
Miss Duncan is principal of Pohu-
kama girls school, and she has
taken temporary charge of Miss
Bachelors classes during the lat
ter's absence at Chicago.
Miss Tuck has charge of large.
class. Her pupils read in Swinton 2
third reader. The examils.fion
papers Of the pupils .Eg~e on the
whole very GOOD -z~A&-
MISS 4. Carter has also a large
number Of pupils. Her pupils are
taught arithmetic as far as frac-
tions. Several of the scholars did
examples on the blackboard. The
work was done with accuracy and
rapidity. The written examinations
on paper were also very good, some
taking particular pains with their
DenmanshiD.
Miss Bachelors room was found
in temporary charge Of Miss Dun
can. The lady in charge said that
although she has been there but a
few days, yet she was pleased with
the result of the examinations. The
pupils use the fourth reader, and
are taught arithmetic az far as
proportions. They have completed
Hawaiian geography and are using
Alexander's Hawaiian history.
Owing to the absence of the
principal, the two highest rooms in
which are the first and second
classes have been amalgamated
into one. Mr. Lightfoot placed on
exhibition the written examina-
ton papers of his classes, and
also those belonging to Mr.. SCOTS
classes. The papers consist Of the
following subjects: Roman and
Grecian history. Roman history
embraces the career of Julius
Cesar and other Roman notables
of Caesars time. The subject of
Grecian history includes a brief
outline of the "Siege of Troy"
There were also papers on English
literature and composition. The
subjects of the latter were relating
to the recent tragedies at the Ka-
lalau valley, and the efforts in re-
moving the lepers. They were
well written.
All the work in English was
by Mr.. SCOTS classes, while those
in higher mathematics were by Mr..
Lightfoot's classes. The mathe-
MATES taught embrace elementary
and advanced algebra, plane and
solid geometry, trignometry and
bookkeeping. Most of the papers
were carefully written. The spell
ing punctuation, paragraphing,
etc., were in the majority of cases
correct.
The rhetorical exercises were
omitted this year on account of the
grippe, and also because of the
unsuitableness of the rooms for
any such exhibition. However
parents and visitors alike were