The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-21
Eminent Educator Speaks Of His
Visit 10 Hawaii.
WAS A CLOSE STUDENT
Schools and People The Native
Hawaiian Manual Training.
Annexation Future.
CChicago Times-HeraldJ

fit them to become good citizens OF the
United States is a thorough-going edu-
cation. / don't mean an education
after the old-fashioned New England
type. for that has signaly failed
among them. They need an education
fitted to their environment and adapt
ed to draw out their best native quail
ities. To my mind they need an edu-
cation which centers around manual
training and the mechanical arts For
tunately the government OF the
islands is making rapid strides in this
direction, and think the natives will
soon be awakened from their present
indifference and Incidence and turned
into active citizens, who not only VIII
he proud OF their allegiance to 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 favorably minded
will soon adapt themselves TO the
changed conditions. The prospects for
the Islands seem 10 be as fair In what
concerns the attitude and character
istics OF the inhabitants as In what
concerns commercial aud Industrial
progress"
ESTIMATE OF COLONEL, PARKER.
This il the estimate of Col. Francis
w. Parker, principal OF the Chicago
normal school, who returned to this
city last Wednesday, after "A summer
spent in the recently annexed Islands.
Col Parker had gone to Honolulu on
the Invitation OF the Hawaiian Govern
ment TO 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 kiDdergar-
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 already stood to his credit after
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, coll
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 tn,
Pacific Islands. In day or two doz
en- big boxes filled with curlos ant
specimens of the arts and products o
the Islands will reach Chicago, and IA
soon as they are unpacked and thu
articles labeled they will be presented
to the museum.
In the collection are samples OF al
the woods, seeds and shells OF the
Islands, a very fine collection of lava
specimens, a number OF "leis," this
necklaces which the natives habitual!, q,
wear, mats and fans, some OF the rare
and costly tapa clot.i, 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 lamp
and fbers OF all kinds, much used In
the native arts.
LAND SNAILS 4 FEATURE.
Then there will be n collection OF
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. Parker's esti
nation, a very fine collection Of thu
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 II
giving clearer ideas than could be OBJ
tained In any other way OF the import
ant industries and activities OF tn,
Islands.
Col. Parker is loath TO speak Of hi,
own lecture work In Honolulu. but II
is sSAnderstood from other sources thal
he was given a reception OF 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 summe
school but he also gave three publi'
evening lectures each week, whiel
drew out large audiences from al
classes OF Inhabitants lie was askei
40 confer With the educational bureau
of the government IN regard 10 the ~
tnro conduct of the state schools, an,
he has also prepared O series Of oh
saryatioAs for the use Of the Unite,
States commissioners, AZ the reaues
of Senator cullom, With him ther
came 10 America ona of The teacher
of tbs Islands, Armstrong smith, VIII
will reWsip ~ the normal school unit
Christians, when he viii return 4