The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-16
Later Day Critic q Sumner
Schoo. teachers,
CONES DawY On PROF. DRESSLAR
ns<s-,t LIKE Yankee Hair seE;Tiag ID Grammar.
Sgksssgs IMPROVEMENTS tOc Nature S'naS'
os,sets 70 RA0ais System = Believes n
Biaskeazr3s Reizs uSe5 u Language SEa-y'

NR. EDTTOR. II must preface NY
remarks by Observing that attended
rhs summer school and was well pleas
a. on me whole. with what ! saw @nS
rss~E The Board u Education h2o
sysssnrlv SHARED no expense IL Elrth-
s~7-- ne cause q education. ana 70
mis- end The Board was well oAcAea
mn nv a zsslouS body Of lntslllSenI
-ssersrs whose hearts were II tnelr
w0-S. ana who cid not spare them
selves .,.
n some respects freely admit, with
mn -oins into details. IhaJ the newer
methods are au advance upon the Gu,
mt the new methods sNlGsh-H A--'e
their limits and faults
Take uhC-icS. Tor instance Ne : :
---- ~ teaching the vowel 2Cc con>o-
-s7- sounds Is certainly an aCFSiles
r--0~ No system a. all. b0- although
ne ffScriricaI marks are VIII SAe as
sis,srcs Of the teacher. Of some ser
y5-- IN s--ivirS ST the uC0CuIels-Ior
~ zsr- vowel sound. wiki is G-Ge--
s-~zS n sound. the pEOlIc system. II
r-~ orinfor. falls utterly 70 pieces
WIEN II attempts 10 give Us the c0nSo-
r--rru-h sounds that 3 class i taught
to repsay in chorus are q my gLl-lsl y.
q --1- r-sUz-aCiOr for the study OF ne
language Shakespeare above al oUE
-~zs- poets has shown the nervous
visor srd bs&u-y o. The language ana
although nO- one Of the SreGseS- yezoSll
zxrore1rS OF his Own wurzS- ne no
s--rrv insisted. when lessee OF DTUry
Lane Thsatsr. that he oral EXPRESSION
should be equally beautiful With the
written expression L'Il ls lOt Ten .Ae
r-srs-S r0 pronounce their pGECS UP
u--Ely On the -OEEue- How = CGl> sd
r5-s acted NJ 70 by the teachers me
sound Is the Co>r uuc0uJG o. al
The cc-So-zCrS- and instead Of soften
Ing H. they further emphasize L OF :
prolonged and hiGsOuS s----r-r- giving
il the West OF England pronunciation
Ccalt the shade OF Shakespeare. revisit
TIE earth and enter 3 class room, l
could veil understand its sxclaiulng
IN references 20 the language To what
tES5 uS5S has L come
Tie very simple SySgsD o. teaching
-E= vowel sounds adopted IN Chambers
E-yuoI0zicaI English Dictionary
number Of Es9rS ago ! an inclined 70
-r5rE would Be sufficient for Gll pur-
Poses with The sid OF oral Instruction,
such as i given IN phouics-
On three or four occasions attend
81 The Nature Study class The sys-su
u -zzcE5-E II this L evidently capable
u indefinite Improvement, and Is 3
-c-z way behind rhs old method In
--s arE method 2 claSS would BE- taken
t--C The meadows. lanes and Eeaths OF
-k= -c-CTv- and would Dc Invited 10
u---Z specimens q various kinds and
-Es teacher would then explain 10
Ez- order -EsE belonged and Srve
every Information about then IN the
ze- method Il : s-Udy Of nature
T-E nature conspicuous ~ is az
Sz-cz Nor i Il 3 study Of bo-21E- for
there ElS no attempt AZ classification
Morning after morning whole SzrlsS
q Questions were asked cy The Cs6-E5--
and hzr1zzz-G answers were given IN
he abss-cs OF the objects themselves
T-s-s wzS zo- the SI5z1Ies- sxCGss Tor
his try-a-.5-S- method luGSDuch a
~ sch00I < located II beautiful
grounds where : great variety OF
rlErcs and trees zrs growing
Nor did ! ind that the Csckod OF
-sseEiEz geography EGS any particular
zzTzEce upon The old system he
teacher impaired his information by
-h.s uss Of The globe On one occasion
- illustrated The movement Of Ch5
nom E-ourd The earth This he did
b telling The pupils 20 imagine thar
r. globe rs1rsS5zts45 The earth whilst
h walked around tE= globe with z has
Es 20 represent Che mon ThLS III
zo- represent -Es mons U0veE=1C in
-Ee sLfzErssE degree Tor I'D II n any
ny Indicate the tact that he NON
-u-rS q rs axis n The sane tine
-hz- II c1-zLsr6s It's o-bz-- I EeC-01ed
-EfS 90 rEs teacher Eh51 The ctzss vas
r-=- h Rad z-rCCrcsG thai h would
tai The class Su-s more about the
non tE= next morning out Eh=1 The
-czrfnz arrived fond thai Ek5 u001
rad S-5szEF dropped C1- Of the Eruz-
-nr an vas Tot again heard q Il
rs p=rEzus = vel CE= CszeEsr I'D
-1- Errz-Ur 10 give z1 Illustration Of
- szr-t-S EcreE=EEs i1zSUuch =
-heT are a. complex = -h0ss q ths
Eocz- Surely al =LsUsCtzrT E0EE-
edge q zSEr1cO=F e essential II Cezc1-
Eg Es0Ez1Ey-
The teacher d the EleEslrzrE Eng
Isl cIzSs I'D his duty right vel and
Ess zo- suru-Lses1 % hear that Il lad
me Ezrgesz mixed StE11I In rls LSIzEeS-
zuE rs Ozs q Eks ECsT successful
-zzehsES- HIS EsIho6 q t=aekI1z gan
-zr- and The Zezho6 EE1s-zlEy Il Z
.szz55e.f z5TszEs uE01 TIE I'D STszsl-
5-S-uck Is z free Ee : EzLs O ths
EzeEhs1zri Instead q relying 50 Uzeh
u1Ca booE learning His UEChoC ZOO.
G -zzchEEg writing E& sLesls1L- tn
this Tzs his 0EE idea ard DOr 15-zizs6
iran szy Formulated EslhCd
Il III PrIHrE Rsa6Ing class The
ta6r rsaeter+S kszrr Vas eTiGsZEIF n
hr E0rE Her zdTies ID TIE pupils
vas q TIE abstract TzEGs- hEr Esr IN
s-rusriGzS- II <-rlck 1t Eers III -Ee
r--c,gr7e q Formulated Es-hcsl T1eE
we-e sfEuIy ths resIIT a hs- CEn Oh
ssrTzri1L
TIE rszster Tar this eIzsS- n an
,--Es- o,-,-sSf1r had Ece arrived 80 Ihe
T7=-z.---- r-,7=-rrs5sr rf-= dry LErC-zE-