The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-09
Successful Meeting and Interest
ING Papers.
OPINION ON HONOLULU SCHOOLS
Compared With Those of
Great Britain.
Testimonials as to Efficiency of
Local Teachers-Work That
is Being Done

The Kona Teachers Association met
on the 2Sth and 10Th of January in the
Holualoa school-house of North Kona
There were present Mrs. Scott, Miss
Scott, Mrs. Kapu, Mrs. Mahoa Messrs.
Lenhart, Mills, Law, T. Aiu, S. Aiu,
Makuakane, Kanikau, Pliers, Amalu
and Makainai. The chair was occupied
| by Mrs. Scott, principal of Holualoa
school and president of the association
| Miss Scott acted as secretary. MeSSrS
Mills, Law and Amalu were appointed
d committee with the president to pre-
pare a programme for the meeting to
be held in May at the Kona-Waena
school. A resolution moved by Mr..
Mills and seconded by Mr.. Lenhart was
carried, declaring that the association
should meet on one day insted of two
in future. Short observation lessons
were given on the orange, kou, coffee,
taro and OF plants by Messrs. Lenhart,
T. Aiu, S. Aiu and Amalu Mr.. Law
read paper on the schools of Homo
lulu. Miss Scott read on observation
lesson from the Quincy Methods
On Friday Mr.. Law criticised the
first four chapters of Pages Practice
1 -.
read letter addressed to a young lady
telling her how to improve her method
of teaching geography. Mr.. Mills read
a paper on Enthusiasm. At the close
OF the last session a resolution moved
by Mr.. Law and seconded by Mr. Len
hart was carried unanimously thank
ing the Board of Education for allow
ing the association to meet on teaching
days. Another resolution moved by
Mr.. Law and seconded by Mr. Mills
expressed a hearty and unanimous
vote of thanks to Mrs. Scott for her
general hospitality and kindness in
giving free lunches to the visiting
teachers. Mr.. Lenhart's eloquence as
a speaker and debater added much to
the interest of the association. The
following paper on the schools of Ho-
nolulu by Mr.. Law, principal of the
Pahoehoe\ school:
Madam president, ladies and gen
tlemen:-I have visited a great many
schools over all the northern part of
the United States, | may say, from Bos-
ton to San Francisco. | have seen most
Of the best Canadian schools. | spent
two years in the schools of France,
Germany and Great Britain During
the last October [ went through the
schools of San Francisco and just late
Iy L had the pleasure of visiting the
schools of Honolulu. Of all these
schools | have visited the most char
acteristic are those of Honolulu. In
this respect, the Honolulu schools are
more like the old country schools. es-
pecially like those of England.
L do not mean to say that the pupils
and teachers of Honolulu remind you
OF English schools either by their ap-
pearance, manners, or language, but
as far as one school differs from an
other, as far as each teacher differs
from his neighboring teacher, you
would think you were in Old England,
where each school had a distinct ORR
gin. You find in an English city one
school endowed by royalty, another
started by the quakers, a third part
of the church of England, a fourth
by the Methodists, but now
under Government control, a fifth
started some wealthy philanthropist
who wanted to perpetuate his good
name, sixth once private school
that has a history and so must con-
tinue, seventh equipped by the Gov
eminent because the town has grown,
or there a number of children who caI--
not pay the fees required in the o.her
schools, an eighth an old stone build
ing covered with ivy, so old that no
one knows who built it except when
you see the boys play football or fight,
ing, you are reminded that this school
may have had its origin by the same
distinguished person who built the old
stone bridge at Kirby LonsdaIe in the