The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-11
Opens Early With the Morn
ing Devotions.
ASKED TO ENROLL THEMSELVES
Prof. Townsend's Interesting Talk.
Armstrong Smiths Exhibit of
Pupils Knife OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in
Vogue In Different Localities.

When the pupils at the summer
school gathered in the High School
building yesterday morning Inspector
Townsend called them into the recep-
ton room and made announcements
for the days session.
Some of Armstrong Smiths pupils
work in carving was exhibited and call
ed forth much praise from the teachers
and others at the school. Mr.. Smith
has classes in knife work twice each
week, and the exhibit yesterday was
the work of pupils in the first and sec
ond year classes.
Hereafter the teachers will meet for
chapel at $3.50 a. m. Announcements
will there be made and the day begun
with the Lords prayer. No one is re-
there will know what changes have
been. or are to be made.
At the service yesterday morning Mr..
Townsend requested those attending
one or more classes to enroll them
selves in a blank book left in the office
L y
kindly to this request as-up to eight
o'clock only a few had enrolled.
In pedagogy Monday afternoon Mr..
Townsend spoke of the method of
teaching literature to primary classes.
The teacher tells the story in an inter
eSting manner making it as near the
child'S experience as possible. The
child then tells it in his own words.
This is most valuable means of learn
ing the language. He then told of the
method in the Thompson" school of
Oakland. The teacher there tells the
story of 1.-THE Three Bears" to the
children till they learn it by heart.
Then she writes it on the blackboard.
At the end of the second or third week
of school they are able to read it them
selves. The story is then given them
on slips-printed with script and ordi-
nary type. This method seems to
work we'll with English-speaking chill
dren.
The testimony seems to be that stor-
les are not understood at first by Ha-
waiian children, and have to be repeat
ed. Many teachers have had good sue
cess by having the children tell the
story and writing it out in their words.
In methodology the subject for the
days lesson was: Are the five steps
preparation, presentation, assimila-
ton or comparison, generalization, and
application generally applicable?" Mr..
Townsend said: My little boy on his
visit to Honolulu some time since called
the street cars engines" Why? Be
cause he had seen the little engine at
Lahaina and this had some elements of
similarity, the track, etc. Now, after
living at Olaa where the stage passes
twice day, he calls the street cars
stages. Why? He interprets by what
is in his mind. Do we find that that
is generally true? Then the need of
preparation before presentation. In
answer to questionable previous lesson
may and should be preparation. 1t
may not be sufficient.
Again, is a presentation of an in
dividual example necessary? Here
comes in the difference between teach
ing and telling. You may tell pupil
that floating a body will displace it's
weight in water and he will know moth
ing about it. But take a block, weigh
it, place it in full bowl and weigh the
overlooking water and then the pupil
will have dawning idea of the matter
Principal Scott of the High School in
continuing the course in History Of
Education gave a very interesting ac-
count of the ancient Greeks.
DR.. Lyons continued his lectures on
geology at Z o'clock illustrating with
rocks he had picked up in half an hours
recess from work.