The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-12
HEADS OF HILo SCHOOLS MEET
Topics of Summer School
Taken Up.
Ideas Advanced for Conducting
Classes on Scientific
Methods.

The fifteenth meeting of the Hilo
Teachers Union was held on October
1st. After the Lords prayer, at 8
o'clock, and the roll-call, Miss Deyo
read aloud the constitution for the
benefit of new members who have not
copies. The minutes of May 21st were
then read and adopted.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: Mr.. w. Ray, president; Miss
Deyo, vice-president; Mr.. McCluskey,
secretary treasurer. Misses Severance,
Lyman and Louisa Hapai presented
the program for the day.
Miss Guild gave a talk on Kinder
garten Songs" She read few extracts
from Mrs. Virgins work on the SUBJ
ject. The author says that music is
the starting and central point Of edu-
cation, and must be good melody, not
needing accompaniment, and must be
set to good poetry, the words to be we'll
learned and clearly understood. The
queer effects of misunderstanding
words were illustrated by the
story of the child who repeatedly ask
ed his mother "why God will never
git you." The mother finally discover
ed the words the child should have
sung were: God will ne'er forget
YOU" Good music produces happy
faces, and inspires good feeling and
graceful movements.
A class of small children sang sew
eral kindergarten songs. among them
the Lei song and the Palm Tree of
Mrs. Frear Miss Deyo remarked that
| the children learn a good deal of Eng
lish in song words.
In "Gleanings from Prof. Browns
Lectures" Miss Deyo gave an excel
| lent abstract of several addresses she
heard at the Summer School. Work
for things that are abiding, not for
feeting fancies. Work towards an
end Method economies time. En-
courage the sort of emulation which
means that a child is striving to do
better for himself, because he sees an
other doing we'll, not striving merely
to outstrip that other. In the relation
of pupil with teacher, think not only
of gaining affection; in this connec-
tion respect and confidence may be
placed higher than love.
Let the children take home school
room WOrk anu DISK uOIuc QuColiOAo.
Invite parents often to the school to
secure their cooperation. Concentrate
thought; we cannot thoroughly do two
things at once; we cannot think well
while doing thoroughly something else.
If you study while you plow, do you
ever strike a root?" Moral training:
Find the child in the mud grows the
beautiful lily; from sordid surround
ings often springs a beautiful soul.
Then followed a discussion on meth
DDS of teaching geography as given in
the new course of study. Mr.. Town
send, by request, took up this topic,
and invited questions on any other
subject in the course. He said that
there were IL paragraphs regarding
each years stduy of geography, and
that each number corresponded in the
| four sets of II. He remarked that mod
ern teaching makes much Of the social
element which. with the young child,
| is to be realized only in the home. he
also spoke of the power Of each to sup
ply the need of the other. AS the mind
expands and opportunities of observa-
ton multiply, the child will come TO