The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-15

except for the farewell or MISS french |
to the drawing class. The class has
progressed wonderfully, but Miss
French has done all she promised 10
do and all she can do in justice TO her !
other work. 1t is not yet decided what
will take the place of this class on the
program.
DR.. Dresslars GLASSES keep growing.
Both were held in the reception room
yesterday so as to accommodate those
who wished to be present. In pedagogy
DR.. Dresslar said:
Wishing to see the comparative
tenacity of ideas in old and young, L
have tested college professors and chill
dren with these weights. The children
came much nearer the truth, because
the ideas already in the professors
minds led them astray. This illustrates
again that you must know what is in
your pupils minds. Get near TO them
with pure sympathy. You wouldn't try
20 make potatoes grow top down, bot
tom up, would you? Do not try TO make
the child mind grow unnaturally, Ell
ther'
DR.. Dresslar then drew a couple of
lines on the board and asked how far
apart. six inches" He then drew a
representation of a small steamer at
the upper side. couple of curves for
birds, made the under line wavy, and
it seemed miles away. ''Why? Because
[ have put in a new idea, and that
changes the whole picture in its mean
ing to u.s. Don't be old fogies. A Demo-
publican with Republican eyes. a
Methodist with Methodist eyes. AS we
grow old we have no place for new
truth That is what l mean by old
fogyism. Let us hold ourselves ready to
accept anything that is proven, and not
be too sure of anything that is not
proven. Don't be afraid to say / don't
know when that is the truth"
Miss Mudge's class in number teach
ing was transferred to the rear room
to make way for the increased mem
bership of the class in methodology.
DR.. Dresslar began by saying:
LET me repeat that the chief end Of
teaching history, to my mind, is the
formation of moral notions in the mind
of the child. Don't accept this because
say so, but think it out honestly for
yourself. / think so because it gives
the best opportunity for forming moral
notions-that is, in connection with
literature.
81 speak of this here because this is
the basal preparation of the teacher.
The preparation of the teacher. The
preparation of the pupil has already
been spoken of. But besides this gen
eral preparation there must be daily
preparation. Do you assign lessons?
Do you help your pupils? l don't mean
tell. But you must get the helpful
ideas on top. Suppose 1 am teaching a
class about a wolf, and they know
nothing about it previously. If l call
up their idea of a dog, will they not
more readily understand the wolf?
so much for preparation. Now for
presentation. Don't tell the child what
you think or what somebody else thinks
but give him chance to think for him
self. Here is an example: If you were
shipwrecked on an island in the middle
of the ocean, and found an old log
house in one corner of the island, and
boat with broken arrows in the bottom,
what would you know? So teke Up the
| life of Columbus. for instance GiTe
the pupil plenty of material and let him
| form his conception himself"
In answer to question:
''Of course you can't take everything
! if you do this way. but don't want you
to take everything. Pick out what is
best for your purpose and leave out
everything else"
Inspector General Townsend took the
place of Principal Scott in the History
| of Education. After a few words on
reformation as a revolt against au-
thority in religion, and the movement
started by Lord Bacon as revolt
/ against authority in science. he took
up the Life of Cummins and read part
Of lecture on the great Moravian
Bishop, which will be reviewed as a
whole later.
DR.. Lyons in the evening completed
his work in volcanoes by showing dia-
grams of Oahu at various stages-first
/ as number of separate islands. then
two masses, then one. and then as
raised up from the ocean and cut down
by erosion to its present form.
After speaking few moments on
this he said:
physical geography is based on
physics. For instance. gravity is very
important factor. We will begin the
study of physical geography studying
the atmosphere. Atmosphere in motion
is wind. What causes wind? In the
first place the expansion of air, which
being pressed on both sides by masses
of air which do not lessen by its pres
sure, pushes upward because the top
can flow off in different directions. This
increases the pressure over the side
places and so causes circulation. The
expansion is usually caused by heat.