The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-08-11
Limit in Attendance Has Been
Reached.
PUPILS ARE DOING TOO MUCH.
snder and Teachers Differ-Begin
PedaEugy with Fairy Tales Telling
and Teaching are very Different.

The teachers in the summer school
and those others who are not yet teach
ers but hope soon to be are settling
down to earnest study. The numbers
differ but little from yesterday.
In the opinion of many of the teach
ers the pupils of the summer school
are trying TO take too much. Whether
one takes one recitation or eight de-
ponds entirely upon himself. Quite a
number are taking the full eight.
The reason for this is of course en-
tirely to the credit of such pupils. They
wish to learn all they can and to ad-
vance all they can. But if this is done
at the expense of energy their schools
Will suffer. 1t was the expectation of
Mr.. Townsend that the average number
OF recitations per pupil per day would
be three or four. AT the same time,
there is no occasion for the complaint
seen in the Bulletin. If any man or
woman has too much work ii is because
he or she has taken it voluntarily.
In most departments the work of yes
terday was merely a continuation of
that of the day before. This is especial
~ true of the work in the common
branches, arithmetic, geography, gram
mar, etc. The class in tonic sol ia
managed TO get up something of dis
cussion on whether the syllable Ia, the
fiat of the seventh note of the scale,
should be given the long or the broad
sound of a. Mr.. Alexander prefers the
latter. Many of the teachers seem in
clined toward the former.
Those who are taking English COM
position in the simple but well graded
books by De Garno seem well pleased
with their work. and their numbers are
increasing. a fuller description of this
work may be given later on. Quite a
number of the younger attendants seem
to think that arithmetic is the staff of
life, or else to be determined that the
examination will not find them wanting
in this regard at least. for they are
taking two classes in it One or two are
even attending three classes in arith-
metic.
It has been found that there is no
place on the program for second
drawing class, and inasmuch as the
best room TO be had for the study will
accommodate less than half those who
wish to take it, it Will probably be
necessary to make two sections, one 70
take it the first part of the term and the
other the last. This will make the work
very short, but the main thing, after
all. is TO get the interest aroused and
the work started for the year in the
right way.
In the class in general pedagogy the
primary teachers were called upon tc
give their experiences as TO what stories
are most interesting to young pupils
Quite a decided difference of opinion
was manifested, but the majority seen
TO think that fairy stories are the bes
10 begin with.
In methodology the consideration o.
the formal slips was continued. Mr.
Townsend emphasized again the differ
ence between telling and teaching, ana
continued his illustration of the da!
before in regard TO the shape of tn,
earth In answer to a question, he salt
he shouldg i've statement of aim befor'
the lesson. but not too close one. Fo
instance, on this subject he would no
say we will Try to discover whether tn,
earth is round or not. not what thu
shape of the earth is. but what we cal
find out about the shape of the eartl
by looking. He had said the day befor,
that 10 teach a pupil the shape of tn,
earth he would show him first of al
a globe, not telling him. however. tina
it was a representation of the earth
nor saying anything about the cart
in connection with it. But holding
pencil behind il, he would ask the pupi
to walk back and forth and see hoy
much of the pencil he could see. TIL
latter would soon discover that whel
near he could see all or nearly all O
the pencil. but as he went away b
could see less and less: or vice versa
when far away he could see little, an
as he approached more and more BY
little experimenting the pupil will dis
cover that this would not always
true if the body in front of the penc
had any other shape than that of III
sphere. This step corresponds 10 III
preparation" of the Herbartians- No
take the pupil TO an eminence, let hi
see a ship. boat or island in the dis
lance. and then walk down toward
Here is the presentation This prC
cedure should be repeated and varie'
and other similar matters brought u
making the third step, the 'compar
son" From these repeated observ;
tons the pupil is now ready TO gene
aliZe." He begins 10 realize for himse
that the earth is round. Before he pr
sumed it was. because some one Ia
told him; i. e. he accepted il on faitl
Finally comes the application. II Il
earth is round. what viii be the shal
of the horizon2 etc This is the ffl
step.
In the history of education class NJ
Scott was assisted by Miss Lampma
and Messrs- Dumas, Abbott and Davi
The subject was education among Il
Hindus and Egyptians, more especial
as affected by the political and religion
systems of those two countries. Itw
found that in neither was universal
even widely spread education possib
on account of religious superstition
The lecture for Monday will be who
iy by Prof. Scott, and viii be on Gres
education. in three parts: First. So
rates and the Socratie method: secon
Plato third Aristotle