The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-10-21
IaIlsll Educator SRsis d His
Visit 10 Hawai-
WAS A CloSt SIuOtNI
schools AND People THE Native
Hawaiian Manual Trainins.
Annexation - uture.
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what ths native Hawaiians need 10
AZ them TO become gJod citizens Of The
United states D. th0rough-going odu-
cation. ] don't mean an cdueaiion
after the old-iashloned New England
upe. for that has siEnally Jailed
among them. They need an education
ntted 20 their environment and adapt
ed TO draw out their best native quail
tiles. To my mind they need an edu-
cation which c,nters around manual
training and the mechanical arts For
tunatsly the government OF the
islands IL making rapid strides In this
direction, aud think the natives Will
soon be awakened from their present
indifference and Incidence and turned
into active citizens. who not only will
be proud OF their allegiance 10 Amer
lea. but OF whom the Americans them
selves may well be proud In turn. As
for the other inhabitants OF the Ha-
waiian Islands. / think all of them,
even those not now fayorably minded
will soon adapt themselves TO the
changed conditions. The prospects for
the Islands seem TO be AS fair In what
concerns the attitude and character
istics OF the inhabitants az IN what
concerns commercial aud Industrial
progress
ESTIMATE OF COLONEL PARKER.
This is the estimate OF Col. Francis
w. Parker, principal Of the Chicago
normal school, who returned TO this
city last Wednesday, after summer
spent in the recently annexed Islands
Col. Parker had gone TO Honolulu on
the invitation Of the Hawaiian Govern
ment 10 deliver a course OF lectures to
the teachers in Government service at
their summer school held at the cap
ital. He was received by the leading
men of all parties on the Islands and
given every opportunity to gain infor-
nation about the condition OF affairs.
With Col. Parker were his wife and
Miss Allen, the teacher of kindergar-
ten methods at the normal school. Mrs.
Parker went largely in search OF
health, but the Colonel confesses that
the reasons which led him TO enter up
on the journey had more TO do with
the volcanic structure OF the Islands
than with the opportunity TO add
more hours OF locturing to the quota
which alIeady stood to his credit ate,
years work at the normal school. He
brought back with him magnificent
series OF photographs representing the
craters and mountains OF all the
Islands in the group.
MRS. PARKER TAKES PHOTO
GRAPHS.
Mrs. Parker, for her part, made a
collection OF photographs showing the
people, their customs. and the scenery
OF the Islands. All these pictures,
numbering over 200, will be arranged
and presented to the museum OF the
normal school, where they will help
TO swell the collection of $4,000 photo
graphs Of people and industries, col
lected largely through the personal
efforts OF Mrs. Parker.
Not only through these photographs
will the normal school profit by the
sOjourn OF Mr.. and Mrs. Parker In the
Pacific Islands. In a day or two a doz-
en- big boxes filled with curios and
specimens Of the arts and products OF
the Islands will reach Chicago, and as
soon as they are unpacked and the
articles labeled they will be presented
10 the museum.
In the collection are samples OF al
the woods, seeds and shells of the
Islands, very fine collection of lava
specimens, a number OF "leis," tbs
necklaces which the natives habitually
wear, mats and fans, some Of the rare
and costly tapa cloth, belts OF banana
fiber, wooden and gourd calabashes
baskets Of seed and woven baskets, poi
Founders, tapa beaters, stone knives
fishhooks, stone quoits, "A native lamr
and fibers OF all kinds, much used II
the native arts.
LAND SNAlLS A FEATURE.
Then there will be collection o
pressed ferns and another OF pressed
leaves, some coffee and bamboo sticks
pressed coffee branch, collections o
bird eggs and deer horns, and last
though not least In Mrs. Parkers est
nation, a very fine collection Of tn
land snails OF the Islands.
All these articles will be made us
OF In the work OF instruction done b!
the students OF the school, and the!
will prove to be OF material service IL
giving clearer ideas than could be OBJ
tanned In any other way OF the import
ant industries and activities OF thu
Islands.
Col. Parker Is loath to speak Of hi
own lecture work in Honolulu, but !
IL understood from other sources tina
he was given reception OF a char
acter fully to correspond with his fam
as an educator. He not only lecture
three times each day for three week
before the students at the summa
school, but he also gave three publ
evening lectures each week, whic
drew out large audiences from a
classes OF inhabitants. He was aske
TO confer with the educational burea
OF the government In regard to the ~
ture conduct OF the state schools, an
he has also prepared a series OF oil
servations for the use OF the Unite
States commissioners, at the reGues
of Senator Cullom. With him ther
came to America one OF the teacher
Of the Islands. Armstrong Smith, VIII
will remain at the normal school unit
Christmas. when he will return |,