The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-15
MANANA SCHOOLS
Pedagogues Gather at
Pearl City.
Hayes Lecture on EduCtiOn Dis
cussed-Interesting
Sessions.

eTS was u-iQ OF the last odtuiue1E u /
February. AT 1870 a. m. the meeting |
was called TO order by the previously !
selected chairman, J. W. Smith. The
minutes Of the last meeting were
read from the Pacific Commercial Adj
vertiser of February 8, and approved.
New members were enrolled. They
were Mrs. Taggard and Miss Cook Of
the Waianae school The chairman
voiced the sentiments of all present
by expressing regret at Messrs. Du-
mas and Harris absence.
Work started in the shape of a
song by Vivian Smiths class, which
was very well rendered. 1t was the
famous Swing in the Apple Tree"
It was suggestive of the lesson in
primary reading which Miss Ferreira
gave after the song. The subject of
This lesson was Not in the Apple
Tree" The class consisted Of %
boys and girls. Miss Ferreira took
phonics first as they occurred in the
lesson, showing the value of the diff
ferent diacritical marks; then follow
ed sentence building from words IN
the lessons vocabulary She pro-
! ceeded and had the lesson read first
| in chorus, then singly, asking ques-
| lions as to what was read. She also
| showed how anxious she was to have
| hard words we'll and distinctly pro-
\ nounced and thoroughly understood.
| The remark was made by the chair
man that if every teacher took every
lesson through as thoroughly and
| conscientiously as Miss Ferreira had
| done, they had undoubtedly complied
| with their duty. There was nothing
| to supplement. The above lesson was
| brought to a close with a song by
| the class just in hand, whereupon it
was dismissed with thanks for the
kind attendance, and what was bet
| ter. with a substantial lunch. Not
every teacher would succeed in get
| ting a class to come on Saturdays.
| 1t shows how kindly disposed the
| children are to their teachers.
Miss Ferreira was asked to fill the
class at the next meeting, which was
| to be held on the last Saturday of
March, at the same place.
c. Andrews volunteered to show
| how he teaches and causes to be
taught the word method" (picture
and world to class of the youngest
| ones.
After a little discussion on Not
in the Apple Tree" Mr.. Pages edu-
cational work was taken in hand and
the second chapter, treating on the
| Responsibility of the Teacher was
read and considered. He says, in
substance, that the parents are re-
sponsible as we'll as the teachers.
The child is first entrusted to the
| parents. They must see to its edu-
cation prior to it's entering the school
premises The father is the image OF
the Great Father, and partakes OF
his prerogatives. He stands above
his children; he is their lord and
ruler; he has the title and right TO
honor. obedience and subsection on
their part He, on his part, has the
sacred duty to educate them. Edu-
eating signifies a bringing out. It
is a harmonious development of the
faculties of man Ivy external training,
so as TO facilitate for him the at
tanning of his end both here and in
the hereafter. It's functions are phys
zeal. mental, moral and religious. The
physical appertains to the develop
ment and perfection of the body and
bodily faculties: the mental TO the
culture of the mind; the moral to the
forming and disciplining of the will
and affections: the religious though
essentially belonging TO the mental
and moral development of man, has
; a more special object in view.
I. Physical education consists IN
the proper feeding, clothing and nous
ing a child, combined with suitable
bodily exercise. so as to develop a
sound body in which sound MIND
may reside.
>. Mental education consists in the
training of the mental faculties, sc
as TO secure their free and active
use in social intercourse and in the
various avocations of life.
3. Moral education consists in the
practical training of the will TO the
, law of God and the dictates of reason
, to love and seek what is good and tC
hate and shun what is evil.
4. Religious education consists n
, the practical initiation and direction
of the child in the way TO his super
natural end.
These four functions should go hand
in hand They are distinct, though
not always different, much less sep
arate functions.
The mother is more responsible
than the father. What is home with
out the mother? The hope of the ris-
ing generation is in the good moth
ers. Home is the primeval school
The home is not only the most an
cient. but is also the most sacred
and most hallowed of all academies
and the mother is the oldest and
most cherished of all teachers. Nc
teacher can adequately supply the
place of the mother. No one has the
same hold that she maintains on the
intellect and affections OF her child
} She is not only an authority whose
/ right TO rule is never questioned, but
also an oracle that is implicitly be-
Iieved The words and example of a
parent. especially of mother, exert
q lifelong influence on the child.
The seed of righteousness sown in