The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-29
STUDY The LAND
Col. Parker Gives Instruc.
ton in Geography.
An Evening Talk on Work-Artist
or Artisan. Which-Last Week
Of Summer School.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

(Fr0m wednesdays DallyJ
There were no lectures in the Sum-
mer School course after 10:30 o'clock |
yesterday morning. The teachers were
all interested in the Boys in Blue and |
the lunch for them in the Executive
Building grounds. Miss Allen had her
interesting talk to mothers on child
life and conducted her ideal kinder
garten class. Mrs. Parker did not lee
ture. Col. Parker continued his lee
ture on geography. He made specific
application Of the general principles
which he has laid down before, the
learning of geography from the ex-
amples Of the various formations right
at hand He said the people OF these
Islands have exceptional advantages
for studying the evolution OF the con-
tinent. Nearly all scientists accept
the theory of evolution now. Time
was when the elder Agassiz refused to
believe with Darwin. The younger
Agassiz agrees. The process OF crea-
ton Is going on now in precisely the
same way as II was thousands OF years
ago. In the Hawaiian Islands 1t can
be seen. Beginning with the old island,
Kauai, the first OF the group to be
formed with Oahu, Maui, Molokai fol-
lowing until now active formation Is
visible with the volcano on Hawaii.
All this Is intensely interesting to
the child. He has before him here ac-
tual miniature continents. He has
mountains and plains. rivers and val
leys. He has an opportunity to watch
the process of denudation OF the soil
by the action of water. Col. Parker
advised the teachers to take the pu-
pills out into the country and show
them all these things, these processes.
He devoted the remainder of his lee
ture to explaining his points with the
use of diagrams and a series OF ques-
tons on the geography of Oahu.
1t was Sis o'clock last night before
Colonel Parker's car arrived at Pro-
gress hall, and few moments later
before his splendid lecture on Work
began. The audience was, as usual,
quite large. The lecturer said in part:
thousand strings. Work that produces
something for mankind is the one Gen.
. trail thing. Blessed is the man who
works. There are two great classes
OF workers in this world. The diner.
ence in the reflex action between them
however, Is work. There Is a class
which realizes thing fully and then
initiates and reprOduces 1t for others
The shoemaker, the tailor, are some
Copyist. Another class of workers
must originate. The artisan supplies
general demand, a necessity. The
originator, on the other hand, meets
special cases. This simply defines the
two classes Of workers.
These workers have characteristics
The artisan learns his trade, and set.
ties down to his life vocation. But
when the artist appears with some
thing better he has to start again
Look at the CONSERVATION among the
spinning wheel workers when the sew.
ing machines appeared. Copying pro.
duces conservatism; the artist cries Out
to everything higher and better to help
him. The artist must be original all
the time. When an artist drifts into
criticised. A. medical student may dc
this. Some OF these are called quack
doctors. Medicine Is an everlasting
study. 1t is a great profession. Arti-
san methods will not do. Every new
case brings new conditions. Study
should not stop In this life surely.
When properly followed medicine be-
comes beautiful art.
Legal students frequently become
copyists. They make case lawyers.
Going into court they may say: Your
honor here is my case in these law
books" Lawyers must know Roman
law, English law, their own law, and
all the law OF the world
Many preachers are artisans. They
go through the perfunctory perform
ances and think they are doing their
duty. They have Oratorical powers,
but as expounders are mere cOpyists.
A minister must know God and man,
He must know all that goes on around
him.
Art is entirely personal. The art
ist studies nature, sees some beauties
beyond the power of others, and then
reveals 1t with his brush or his chisel.
nat tCliS oohCtHihb, utuW
the mind away to nature and beauty,
That Is true art Art never can be
copied; and the glory Of 1t is in its
being personal.
Every material discovery means the
foundation OF some spiritual good.
Think Of Watt and his discovery OF
steam. Look at the railroad trains
crossing continents, carrying people
from oppression into Gods free air and
following them up with religion and
= education and enlightenment. Take
Stevenson's idea Of the railroad engine
and think OF 1t. Mr.. Gardiner, Of Chi
cago, said that Fulton's steamboat
would never work.
There can not be an artisan in the
profession of teaching. An artisan
teacher must be fixed; and that will
be fatal to his work. That old mechan
ical idea that you must have the order
OF suppression in the schools is wrong
No mind can pain the artist teacher
NO one ever arose to the pitch OF ar
who worked for money. 1t is hear
work, a soul work.
What stands in the way of the de
yelopment OF the artist teacher? TIL,