The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-15
411i Audiences at Sessions OF
Summer School.
COLONEL PARKER A KAMAAlNA
He Receives atuIatiOns-M rs
Parker on VocaiizarIon-B Bells
Vocal Table.

Miss Allen had an Interested audi
ance Wednesday morning Her thor
ouga knowledge OF her subject. her /
long. experience and success give an
additional weight TO her preceprs. !
Among her listeners were several !
children. whose interest was in the
kfndergarren which Miss Allen con
Quoted during the second three-quar-
ter hour. Miss Allen said that in gov
arning and teaching children. a deci-
sion should never he reversed 1t
could be modified ana put IN different
form when the wisdom of after redec- /
tion showed that the child would ne
injured by the first decision. But the
greater injury is IN the destroyed con
hdeuce which the child has in the par
ent or teacher when he discovers there /
IS not drmness. ezactitude. Some /
times lit requires all the ingenuity the I
teacher is able to command to prevent /
the child from discovering the modIh- +
cations.
Never nag. said Miss Allen. 1T is
the bane of many homes which would /
otherwise 1e happy 1t destroys the |
peace. OF the household. 1t makes the /
chiId's life a perfect misery. The par
emit should make a decision. The de-
cisions should be based not on what
the parent or the teacher wishes. iDut
on what is best for the child what is
H-isest. There should not be roo much
reasoning with the child Often much
time and great deal OF patience IS
wasted by attempting to reason out
with a child something on which it is
entirely unnecessary TO spend so much
thought A simple decision is suft-
cient as the child can reason in it's
own way and viii not be convinced
unless he sees things in mis- own way
Miss Allen said she did not believe in
punishment. BUC there were times
when punishment was absolutely uec-
assarv, when child can not be
reached in any other way and con-
vtnced of q superior authority The
/ cbiId must recognize. too, the rights on
other children. The kindergarten
should be an fdeaf community.
Without the realization OF a superior
authority tine child would not know
that there must be a limit TO IenIency.
If the child discovered. as is often
the case. that he can ger what he
wishes by crying FOR 1t. ne VIII con-
tiuue To- cry and will get TO point
where ne does not know where tree
I'm ends ana license begins. The in
tenseIy nervous child who disODeys
must be treated as If his dtsO0edience
is a mental illness.
DO not be weak with the child. said
Miss Allen The time comes when
some children must be punished Self
control cannot be secured IN day, u
is only by infinite patience and ls
sometimes the work OF a lifetime.
+ The lessons OF life come through e1-
+ perience. personal experience. never
. 1v DreceDU For this reason the posi-
-f8n OF q teacher is one Of the great
+ est rasDOnsIDiIiUv- III comes next TO
hat OF the mother
Profound sympathy was expressed
/ dv Miss Allen for the woman VINO was
f Il combination Of mother. teacher
/ a0usekeeper and general manager IL
+ is too great a task TO a mIJner. es-
f ueciaIIv where there are several child
( rem ia the family. each win MS own
Individuality THAT must be treated diI-
fareurIv No two children are exact
rv the same IN nature There IS a diff
ference and each must have his en-
vl~0umenr If all are treated the
( same. part or LIe earnest eiLOEL Is
lost for Ene hereditary traits Df child
rem VIII outweigh and 0verDaiance en-
vfronment. Miss Allen said that peo
& nIa are too solemn in life. There =
I not enough play and people must pla,
, more. Nothing IN life IS 50 lovely "a
little child. S0lemniJy. Eever1r-
spoil the life of the child and sUltie 10
e sweetness
o The kiudergarUEu was held on m
platform as usual Miss Allen an
10unced aL the close that al %
= o'clock on aacn wednesday In tn
D ETfgh school building she would NEE
r. the mothers
Col. Parker said in opening That u
had tried TO study the problem pra
=arred 90 him here he had diagnose
the ease. ana had found II much rn
s same here as elsewhere with some VA
5a-f1u might be tentative ouI
would zITe Is. The reason why We ma
& fail 10 arouse enthusiasm IN The C1li
e IS because we make language an IN
r. ia frsa1f and therefore wa fail to- u5ac
language as q means The child MUS