The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-07
ADDRESS TO THE TEACHERS BY
MINISTER COOPER.
4 Three Weeks Session Commenced
Under Good Auspices-Prof. Elmer
Brown Commends Island Work.

the High school building this morninT,
every available seat in the recitation
room was occupied. There were in the
neighborhood of 20 Oteachers in at
tendance, besides a large number of
visitors.
President and Mrs. Dole, Minister
of Public instruction Cooper, Mrs.
Jordan. Mrs. b. f. Dillingham;, anI
Professor w. d. Alexander, members
of the Board of Education, and PrDf.
Elmer E. Brown of the California Uni
versity, occupied seats on the rostruln.
Nearly all of the teachers in the
Government schools in the city were
present. Among those noticed were;
Miss Duncan, Miss Snow, Miss Zoe
Atkinson. Miss Rhoda Green, Miss
Myra Angus, the Misses Rowland, Miss
Uampman, Miss Pauline Neumann,
Deputy Inspector Scott, Messrs. Light
foot. Edwards, Dumas, Wood, Farmer,
II. NJ. Wells. and others.
The attendance of the teachers from
the other islands is larger than last
year. Some of the principals present
were: Miss Crool<e, of Pahala; John
Bush, Kilauea: r. II. Gibson. Wlimea;
H. u. Austin, Kapaa, Miss Deyo, Hilo;
, Davis, Hanalei, John A. Moore, Wal
lul<u; Benjamin Kahoopae, Hama;
Olin Crowell, Hilea; Charles Baldwin,
Makawao; Taggart, Waianae; j. n.
Bell, Kohala; Rosecrans, Lahainaluna;
Lenhart, North Kona, and Louis ~
deros of Waipio.
Minister Cooper brought the school
to order and addressed the teachers
briefly. The Minister stated that it
was source of much satisfaction to
him to see the enthusiasm taken in
| the Summer school by the teachers,
which was evidenced by their large at
| attendance this morning. The offices
of the Summer School, he explained,
were two-fold. First, that it increas-
ed the knowledge of the teacher, and
also carried out in a scientific way, as
well as may be given in the brief
| length of time, a better knowledge Cf
teaching.
Il am deeply interested in your
work" continued the Minister, per
sonally because | have a large family
which will come to some of you for
instruction, and again, on the far
broader grounds that education is one
of the most important things that
there is to attend to.
"With an intelligent and educated
people there is little fear of any great
misfortune to the country. In fa- {,
wealth and happiness depend on edu-
cation.
"The Department has determined
upon certain policies which it is
thought will be an advantage to you
and the pupils. First of all, is the
! classification of the teachers. We want
you all to feel that you are teaching
solely upon your own merits. No fav-
ors or partiality will be shown to any
i The classification depends upon the
certificate held by the teacher, length
of service, and school taught. Tie
salaries are uniform. You are placed
on an equal footing.
."Another policy of the Board is the
ers to the lowest grades. So import.
ant is this matter that I anticipate
that the best paid assistant teachers
will be in the lower grades. We wish
the pupils to be given the utmost ad
vantage during the first years of theil
schooling.
"By all means do not turn the home
into school room. When the pupi
leaves the school in the afternoon, dc
not send him home with a lot of worl
which he does not understand. 1t con
fuses the pupil and annoys tho
parents. l do not object to a reason
able amount of work being given the
be sure that he knows how to do it,"
Prof. Brown of California was intro
duced to the audience after Minister
Cooper had paid him a nice compli
ment. Mr.. Brown remarked that th'
educational work in Hawaii wal
founded on the same principles ant
was being conducted upon the same
lines as was the work in California
He spoke of the favorable impression
of the islands and its methods of ed:
cation gathered by DR., Dressler las
year.
After DR.. Browns remarks. Tnspec
tor General Townsend proceeded t.
organize the school for study.
Weekly Ster, 81 per year.