The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-23

call for an additional instructor is i'm
perative. With the coming In of stud |
ents able to use the English language, |
arises the necessity for more books in |
class room and library. Some regular |
instruction In music, by competent |
teacher, SO that the students may &C.
quire the ability to lead in singing, is |
desirable. A considerable sum is re-
quired for the furnishing of students
rooms and repair Of buildings. A still
larger amount Is needed for the COM
pensation of the students for the work |
performed on the school premises. and |
for the missionary service rendered in |
and about the city on Friday after
Moons and Sundays. 1t Is on this
stipend. small as 1t Is, that they depend
for their support. The total amount
which the school should have to cover
all expenses, including salaries OF
teachers, Is about eight thousand dol
lars year. At present little less
than one-half Of this sum Is used, and
Of this only about three hundred dol
lars comes from funds already in hand.
The rest Is drawn from the treasury
Of the Hawaiian Board.
Reasons will now begin to appear
why an endowment should be raised.
1t should be borne in mind that the
chief end Of the Hawaiian Boards exis-
tence Is its evangelstic work. All else
Is subsidiary to this. The Theological
School Is a means to this end. But as
the work of the Board Is organized,
nearly everything depends on its effec-
tiveness. When 1t Is weak, all is weak.
II 1t fails everything, pertaining at
least to the native work, must fail too.
1t is desirable that the school should
be carried on with the greatest possible
degree of efficiency. But, as we have
seen, 1t Is now for the most part de-
pendent for its support on the treasury
of the Hawaiian Board, and for the
greater part OF the time there is a de-
!. ficiency in that treasury. Now what
, can be done? No teacher can ask for
money to push the work of the school
when he knows that in order to ge;
1t some other object must be sacrificed.
; Much less can he plan for enlargement
when he knows that there Is no money
in the treasury at all to pay for 1t.
But the work Of the school should
go on without interruption and with
such strengthening and enlargement as
the case calls for, and apparently the
only way to make this possible Is to
secure in some way fund by which 1t
can be carried on with reference to
other expenditures. The advantages OF
this course would seem to be great.
I Not only would the school be free to
t go on in the line of its normal develop
ment, but the setting free of the funds
! which are now used in its support
| ,ctit nj and ct ufh h
en- the evangelistic work, and the total
I result would be an all round progress.
: From a broad view of the situation
Q strong economic reason would seem
to exist for this course. For merely
3 prudential reasons. II for no other
4 strong and active churches are neces-
:. sity. The Government schools furnish
e no religious instruction. In the phil
. anthropic and charitable Institutions
such as the Kindergartens and the in
r dustrial and other schools for boys and
Q girls, moral and religious influences are
brought to bear upon those gathered
into them, and the rudiments Of right
e character and living are instilled. Now
n where is the institution which Is &c
s supply the element in the childs train
e ing not furnished by the Government,
8 schools. and which will also be the
!, conserving force that gathers up ant
g continues in the right direction the
early impulses implanted in the chill
J. dren and young people from the Other
g institutions? When these young peo
IS pie pass out from under the fostering
influence of teachers end wholesome
q associations, many of these tenden
e cies toward right character and lift
n will be diverted into other directions
J. unless some power Is at hand to TAXI
: them up and continue them. 1t Is SAT-
J; to say that in land like this where
II the home influences which make fol
e righteousness are still feeble, there Il
i no power working toward this ent
: equal to that Of an active church unde
I. the lead of an efficient and sympathe
% tic pastor. AS means, therefore, o
y saving and continuing the growth IL
character already begun elsewhere
e every effort should be made to hav
d well-trained and wide awake pastor
l. In the churches. and hence the nee'
l. Of a well-equipped school In which t
le train them.
But 1t may be suggested, why hav
, an endowment? Why not, rather, de
- pend on the voluntary aid which cal
= be gathered year by year among tn
n friends of the cause? 1t may be ad
- mitted in this connection that volun
10 tary aid in religious work Is a facto
~ of the greatest importance. II wOul
be q vast misfortune II all such labo
10 was carried on by the avails Of invest
70 ed funds. Aside from the pecuniar
v value of the aid contributed, 1t is
"a means of moral growth In people I
"a have the responsibility Of supportin
"a such work in this way. But there
10 limit to the amount that can be don
by this method. There is no means G
~ enforcing the payment of such funds
A. Their amount depends upon the abilit
IN and sense Of duty and generosity Of tn
~ people, and 80 Is always an uncertai
=. quantity. It comes about therefor