The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-12
THEY TALK SCHOOL
Regular Meeting Of Commissioners
Of Education.
AN APPLICATION EXTRAORDINARY
Amusing Letter from St.
Joseph, Mo.
Mr.. Bowen Tells of His Visit to Arm
strong Smiths School-Unpre-
tentious Medicine Chest.

At meeting of the Commissioners
of Education held yesterday afternoon
there were present the following: Mrs
B. F. Dillingham;, Mrs. E. w. Jordan
Deputy Inspector General Scott, Pro-
fessor Alexander and Mr.. W. A.
Bowen. On account of the absence of
President Cooper in the Supreme
Court, Professor Alexander took the
chair as president. Minutes of the
previous meeting read and accepted
The Teachers Committee recon-
mended the appointment of Mrs Amala
as assistant school teacher at Hoo
kena. Recommendation adopted
A letter of acceptance from Mr.. H.
z. Austin, the position to which he was
appointed at the last meeting of the
Board, was read
An eight page letter from young
lady in St. Joseph, Mo-, was read by
Prof Alexander. In this the appli-
cant for position as teacher in some
one of the schools of the Republic of
Hawaii, asked for all the, information
that the secretary and members of the
Board might be able to gather. She
had heard of the teachers out here
getting $3.50 a month and was most de-
sirous of having such money. She de-
scribed her physical condition and ap-
pearance, enumerated her capabilities
Iand early and later accomplishments
and told of how she had at one time
made up her mind to be nurse in a
hospital but found the scene behind
the curtain not quite as enticing as the
representations that had been made to
her, all this helping toward prejudic-
ing her in favor of the life of school
teacher
Mr.. Scott made short report on
improvements made in various schools
of the city and especially in the Prac-
tice school.
Professor Alexander reported that
the school lot at Waipio, Eva, had been
rediscovered. Mr.. c. A. Brown was
DESTROYS of obtaining lease of the
place. 1t was mode and carried that
the matter be referred to Minister
Cooper.
Mr.. Bowen told of his visit to Arm
strong Smiths school on Wednesday
| in company with some of his friends
| from the States. Mr.. Bowen said that
he could not speak too highly of the
| excellent work done along the line
of music The tonic sol ia system was
| perfectly familiar to the children and
their manner of singing was easy and
accurate. Mr. Bowen then told of a
certain little medicine chest which Mr.
Armstrong Smith kept in his room al
all times for the cure of various ills
that from time to time beset the child
rem and of the very good effect that
the various medicines therein contain
ed had had upon the children. In the
following language Mr. Bowen told Of
the mysterious chest:
THE chest l speak of is something
original with Mr. Smith and | am sure
when you hear of its qualities you viii
agree that II is something that should
have been introduced a long time ago
II is small box containing a lot o.
differently colored bottles, in which
in turn, small pieces of candy flat
been put. These bottles are labeled
Badness" "Laziness,' Bad Words,
and the other tricks and habits thai
are common to certain portion of the
school children all over the world
a teacher reports to the principal tina
a pupil has been guilty of any one O.
these misdemeanors, he is taken be
fore the principal, his case diagnosed
and the proper medicine prescribed
This having been done, the patient i!
given dose, his school duties are sus