The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-21

In1S evening Mr.. Hall OF the Museum
will tell the teachers what to look for
at the Museum, and tomorrow at 10
o'clock he will show such teachers as
wish to see it through the Museum.
The morning hour, to 9:45, will be
devoted to the consideration of school
government, under the direction of Mr..
Townsend. DR.. Lyons will meet his
class in physical geography for the
last time this evening.
The summer school was all broken up
yesterday. DR.. Dresslar has gone. But
the work that he has done, the impulse
he has given to more earnest work, to
child study, toward high ideals, will re-
main.
The lecture yesterday morning was,
as announced, on the educational value
of ideals. Our bodies adjust themselves
to the ideas in our minds. We all know
how it feels to be frightened before an
audience, and we know, too, that our
limbs tremble and our mouth gets dry.
If our ideas are hazy our action will be
hazy. Why do man and wife come to
look alike? Because their ideas and
ideals have been the same for years.
If we can only get our boys and girls
to think of noble things, to have high
ideals, they will grow to the realization
of their essentials. You may plan to be
lawyer, teacher; you plan this for
the good you may do in that way, not
for the thing itself If you can do as
much good in another way, it is just
as we'll not to be a lawyer or a teacher
Bad thoughts write themselves on every
limb, every feature of the man. Ideals
regenerate. If the Christ ideal is in the
thought, ChristIike deeds will naturally
follow
a series of pictures in the Fliegende !
Blatter show a sculptor at his work |
First he stands at the door. beaming, |
as dray brings in a large block of |
marble. Next he is chipping away the |
marble and the chips lie all around him |
Third, the chips are knee-deep. the |
block is quite small, but still he chips |
away. Fourth, he sits on a stool with
a microscope, still chipping at the al
most invisible stone. What was the |
matter? He didn't know what he was
trying to do. He had no clear ideal |
The sculptor can throw the chips away
and get another block. But don't want
anybody to throw my child away
The lecturer then gave an epitome of |
Great Stone Face, Hken-
ing the stone face in the story to the |
ideal toward which Ernest grew.
ITO test the drawing power of |
thought, place pane of glass level |
upon table. Put three round, smooth |
balls upon the glass, and another pane |
of glass upon the balls. You readily see
that it will move easily. Now fasten |
a point to the upper plate so that it |
will scratch upon blackened paper Put |
your attention upon the corner of the |
room. The mark on the paper will show |
that you moved toward that corner |
Watch a vibrating pendulum; the pa |
per will show that you vibrate too |
experiment showing the direct |
ing power of thought is easily per-
formed as follows: Fix your eyes on |
a bright light in a dark room Shut |
your eyes. Turn your head. When |
you open your eyes there will be |
found not looking in the direction in |
which your head is turned, but toward |
the light.
"A lady went to see Bishop Vincent |
and asked him why it was that all three |
of her boys had gone to sea in spite of |
everything she could do to prevent it. |
He went with her to her home AS
soon as he stepped into the parlor he
said: There is the cause!' What was