The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-05-29
A TEACHERS MEETING.
Big Gathering Of Waikiki Peda-
gOgues at Waikiki.

in the Union School on Saturday
afternoon, 18th inst. Mr.. a. 81. Chad
Piianaia called the meeting to order
at l so and Prof. J. L. Dumas, in his
usual happy manner, gave a lesson in
putty modelling. Every teacher pres
ent was furnished with a board and
| putty and followed the professor in
making plains, slopes, pals, hills,
! mountains, mountain ranges, valleys,
mountain ranges showing mountain
| peaks, islands and bays with reefs
and peninsulas and channels. The
| definitions of these natural divisions
are to be made up in the class
and thoroughly learned as the work
| goes on.
Miss Zelie X. Rogers gave most
| interesting lesson in arithmetic, hav-
| ing part of her class present to do
| the work. She showed clearly that
children from seven to ten years of
age may be taught to handle small
numbers, either integrally or frac-
tionally with perfect certainty, using
of course small fractions as one-half,
one-third, One-fourth, two-thirds,
| three-fourths, etc.
Miss Hammond, from Maunaolu
Seminary, gave a regular kinder
| garten lesson and had every one Of
/ the teachers work as she directed. II
would he the height of folly TO at
/ tempt in an article such as this 10
! give any description or explanation
| of Miss Hammoud's lesSon--to appIe-
! clate such work, oue must have been
present and t.ken an active part II is
! difficult TO eXaggerate the value of such
| instruction and those who have never
! had the benefit of such lesson have
J lost more than they can realize.
Herbart W ~ taken up and handled
| softly, though carefully by the several
! teachers as Mr.. Piiauaia, would put
| his aptly arranged questions and call
/ on the several teachers. Every teacher
| showed that Herbart had been can
| vassed with the greatest degree of
/ care. Hon. w. r. Castle, President
Of the Board of Education, was with
] US during this discussion and he
| seemed To enjoy himself also.
The teachers present at the after
noon session were Professors Town
send and Abbott from Lahainaluna
Seminary, Mr.. Charles w. Baldwin
from Haiku, Miss Hammond from
Maunaolu Seminary, Miss Ethel Moss
man from HamakuapOko, Miss Rose
Ellen Crook and Miss De Carmo from
Paia, Mr.. a. ST. Chad PiianaIa and
MIR. Moses Kauhimahu, Mrs. +. NJ.
Simpson, Miss Angela Crook, Miss c.
L. Turner, Miss Blanche Homer, Prof.
J. L. Dumas, Miss L. NJ. Cunning
ham, Miss Zelie X. Rogers, Miss
Bessie Akana and John A. Moore.
AS the meeting of the Maui Teachers
Convention will likely be held in
Wailuku on Thursday and Friday,
the 18th and Goth of July, no day for
the next meeting of the ,Wsiluku
Circle has been fixed.
PROGRAMME OF THE EVENING
SESSION.
]. Singing. ...... ....-.... Glee Club. |
.. Recitation-The Clock Story.
......... ............... Miss Hammond.
8. Singing ...... -. ......... Finger Play.
4. Recitatiou-Nature's Iuterpre-
ter. Miss Mary Chillingworth. |
5. Kindergarten Song-The Little
Plant.
s. Rec;tation-The Tribute.
............-.........M Miss Bessie Akana. |
:. Address-The Growth of the
Kindergarten. ......... Miss Turner. |
S. Recitation-The Discovery
...................... ...... Walter Engle. |
9. Recitation-The Beehive
............ Miss Annie Rhodes. |
10. kindergarten Song-Making
Bread.
II. Brief Talks by the teachers on |
kindergarten Miss u. Rogers, |
Miss Angeline Crook, Mr.. Moses
Kauhimahu, Miss Bessie Akana,
Miss Cunningham Mr.. Townsend, |
Miss Horner, Miss De Carmo, |
Miss Nellie Crook, Mr.. Moore, Mr..
Dumas.
y. Resolution by Mr.. Abbott.
Is. Kindergarten Song-The Sparrows.
II. Recitation-The Little Boys
Walk. .....-.. -Alura Spencer. |
Is. Reading-Froebers Garden
.... ......... ... .......-.M Miss Turner. |
Is. Singing. ...... ..-.. t-lee Club.
Il. Tableau-Rebecca at the Well. |
IS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
10. Taoleau The Flower Of the |
Family.
The following is the resolution re-
ferred TO in the above programme.
IL was uHanlmOusly auOpleu.
Whereas, Popular government
must utterly fail without popular in
telligenee and character; and
Whereas, Schools are the great
source Of intelligence and noble pur
pose; and
Whereas, The school receives its
character from the teacher, being pro-
gressive when the teacher is progress
sive, of high purpose when the teach
er is of high purpose, tending toward
great Intelligence when the teacher is
highly educated and well trained, and
toward iliiteracy when the teacher is
unframed and ignorant; and
Whereas, All teachers therefore need
ID, thorough education; e., training
in educational methods, and 81, thor
ough grounding in the principles Of
thorough education that
they may not be ''blind leaders of the
bind" training in methods that each
teacher may benefit by the expert
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