Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-10
The BOARD OF EDUCATION
Salary Schedule for Teachers Adopted
After a Years Studying Over II.
II viii Not Take Effect Until September Next
Professor Scott Explains The
New High School Course,

All the members of the Board
of Education wee present yester-
day aft y noon, except Commits
sioDers Bowen and Smith.
The committee on Teachers hac
no report to make, not having
held any meetings.
The Deputy Inspector had al.o
no report, nothing having been
referred to him at the laet meet
ing.
Professor M. M. Scott of the
High School was present by invi-
tation and explained the proposed
new course of study and said in
response to questions by the
Board:
"The course of study l have
mapped out is not made in imita
ton of that in other similar
schools but is such as will be
more suitable to the conditions
existing here. Very few of our
pupils ever expect to 90 any
higher than the High School
while in the States the High
School course for many is only
preparatory for the college or uni
versity. The proposed course
compares very favorably with
other High Schools, and any
pupil taking it will be en-
titled to entrance to the
California University, which
requires the strongest training in
English Literature of any OF the
American Institutions. You will
observe in the course propo, ed that
much attention is paid to this
study. l have not laid out par.
ticulsr books to be studied in this
course, for the reason that | think
the pupil should not be confined
to any particular authors or sets
of books. NV plan is to mark on
the blackboard a list of books l
wish read and l always choose
such as are to be found in the
school or public libraries, so that
the pupil is Lot put to unnecessary
expense. The High School scholars
are free members of the Honolulu
Library and it is gratifying to me
to be able to quote from the last
annual report Of the Librarian that
by far the largest number of books
read during the past year in that
library were by the l54 pupils
under my charge and few
strangers in the city. Parti-
cular attention, you will observe,
is devoted TO history, not
alone the history of the islands
and the United States, but in the
latter portion of the course to
that of England, Rome aud
Greece. Economics is also in
cluded in the couise, believing HI
l do that every hoy and girl
should be brought up in the
knowledge of why it ls necessary
to maintain government, pay
taxes, etc. Ethics are also touch
ed upon and there il thorough
course in geography. Either
French or German is now com
pnlsory. l am happy to sta e
that the lady who Is teaching
these classes is not Only we'll
grounded in her work, but she is
an experienced teacher with n re
markable faculty of interesting
her pupils in their work Not
being very much of a Germe n
scholar myself l recently invited
gentleman of Harvard University
to visit the class and give me his
views on the progress made. He
reported to me that The class had
learned in two months as much
German as it woull in two years
at Harvard. This may be ex
planned by the continuous work
insisted on. We do not have occa-
sional dips into these languages
but the class in German meets
three times in one week and twice
the next, alternating with French
classes. Before concluding l must
express the gratifca ion It affords
to note the progress made 10 Mr..
Harker's cla- ses. He is thor
ough and enthusiastic teacher, a
hard worker and thorough gen
tleman, fully justifyipg the favor
able recommendations on which
he WAS engaged"
Minister Cooper said he had
studied the proposed course aud