The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-12-20
Sons Of The Orient Apply Tim.
selves 10 Their Books.
NAVE GREAT APPLICATION
Research Club Evening on tduoa-
ton ~ Hawaii Agriculture
srs Proposed Tor Native.
lFron satar.a,-s Ad,srllserl

At the home OF Roy ", NJ and Mrs
Ninoaid last evening the Young Mems
R.ssaroh CLUB held the most interest
ing and best attended meeting Of the
were out for the occasion. Rev. Mr.
kincaid received. The residence OF the
pastor OF Central Union Il a hospitable
home. At the conclusion of the pro
gram Of the evening, the hosts caused
refreshments to be served and a de-
Iightful half hour social was had
Professor Edgar Wood, OF the High
School, gave the first paper Of the even
ing. IL was a well considered essay on
the education OF the Hawaiian. PrOfes-
-or Wood analysed the traits OF the
races congregated here. For the Ha-
Waiian he advocated an agricultural
education. He said that in their growth
as a nation, they had reached the farm
ing plane and that IL would be perfect
ly natural for them and best for them
20 turn to tilling the soil, as they were
doing when the Islands were discover
I'D and opened to the world for com
merce and internal development. Pro
lessor Wood had the highest hopes for
he successful outcome OF the recently
inaugurated work of teaching the Ha-
waiian youth scientific or modern
farming.
Professor Scott, principal of the High
school, gave a charming talk Of half
IN hour, bubbling over with fact and
logic and with a tint of anecdotes. He
was on the program to speak OF the
education Jf the Chinese and japanese
IN Hawaii. The professor told some
thing OF his work as an educator In tue
schools of Japan, under the auspices OF
The government there. The pupils came
10 their lessons wearing two swords, as
they belonged TO the crossword caste.
me native system cf education had
oeen for a schoIar to be taught first
how to make the characters and some
the characters had seventy distinct
marks. They went to second teacher
80 get the pronunciation of the marks
al 10 a third to learn the meaning OF
he word. In this process alone Jap
anese spent double the time that an
American would use in going through
a public school, preparatory school
and then taking university course.
The japanese and Chinese, Professor
Scott declared unreseryedly, and hay-
ing all natlonalties in mind, were the
greatest students on earth. They never
cheat at exams" and are always cour-
teous. The japanese were unstable
They changed teachers, changed
schools and changed studies. The Chi
nese had in marked degree, the quail
ity of application. In the faculty oil
observation, both races were lacking
The brightest scholars In all studies IN
the schools OF this country are the Chi
nese and japanese. The Chinese stick
30 a course The japanese will wan'
10 plunge from an ordinary knowledge
Of English TO deep research. In Japar
boy OF ten or twelve, would take W
works on international laws. for In
stance and commit to memory hun
dreds OF pages OF the book. The speak
or said that the Chinese and japanese
children being here must be educated
oy the state. All should be educated II
the English and the plan or eveI
thought of separate schools could no
lie entertained.
Professor Thompson, principal o
Kamehameha school for Hawaiian
boys, spoke OF the efficiency OF the new
course in agriculture at his institution
out did not believe there would be larg
results soon. The boys took kindly Z
the work upon learning that they coul
use their heads as well as their hand
IN 1t.
The general discussion brought OH
various expressions.