The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-12
Col. Parker, Mrs. Parker and
Miss Allen at Summer School.
PRES. DOLE'S OPENING ADDRESS
Lectures in Progress HaIl-Daily Sessions
TO Be Held-Agrieultural
Education.

The first exercises of the Summer
School were held yesterday morning at
9 O'Clock in Progress hall. With a half
hour of Introduction and opening the
regular lectures were commenced and
the school session was fairly begun.
The selection OF Progress han for the
| public meetings of the school was a
| fortunate one. The acoustic properties
are excellent, and its situation at the
| corner of the building insures an
abundance of light and air. Before
the exercises began Col. Parker COM
mented favorably upon the hall and it's
admirable qualities thoroughly suited
to the climate. The assemblage was
not restricted to teachers and those
intimately connected with technical
school work. 1t was an enthusiastic
gathering Of men and women inter
ested in advanced education.
The addresses yesterday lacked text
book formality 1t is the intention OF
Col. and Mrs. Parker and Miss Allen
to make them all so. Their principle
in their already successful careers has
been to reach the soul, the spirit in
the child. Mrs. Parker stated that
their lectures were fully as applicable
to parents as to teachers. She asked
the Advertiser to extend a cordial in
yitatiOn to all mothers especially to be
present. She believes that education
should be conducted in the home as
well as in the school room.
The unpretentious opening yester-
day, with Introductory address by
President Dole, and a reply by Col.
Parker, was itself Of much value to
educational interests in the islands.
President Dole outlined briefly the
policy Of the Government in the matter
of education, especially in agricultural
training. lie presented to the audi
ence a clear and concise statement OF
the peculiar conditions which obtain
in Hawaii, and told Of his own hopes
and efforts to establish branches OF
instruction which would be OF the
most practical benefit to Hawaiian
pupils.
nspectOr-GeneraI Townsend pre-
sented President Dole to his hearers.
He referred to the President as the
man who for years past had stood as
the advocate Of agricultural interests,
the SempTOnius OF the Islands.
President Dole was received with
applause. Although he had heard that
he was to make the opening address
only that morning he was greatly
pleased to be present at the gathering
as he was deeply interested in the ed |
UcatiOnaI problem of the Islands, es- |
peciaIIy in the matter of agricultural |
and industrial education in the pubic
schools. He said that he had for years
been dissatisfied with the curriculum
of Hawaiian schools His criticism
was that it was not adapted to local
needs. The majority Of the pupils were
Hawaiians and Portuguese. 1t was his
belief that the public school should
furnish them with the tools which
would enable them to earn a livelihood
as successfully as possible.
The early missionaries, he said. es-
JaDIShed common schools, ana then
later on high schools or so-caIled IN
dustriaI schools At Lahalnaluna an
industrial school was established where
Hawaiian boys, the sons Of Hawanans
who had for years been given over to
heathendOm, were taught Greek, and
Latin and Hebrew. Higher mathe-
matics, TOO, were taught them and
they paid their way in the school by
cultivating on the school grounds tarO
which they sold to their teachers.
There We're graduated ministers, VINO
had no further use for their Hebrew;
poor surveyors, politicians, Otfice-seek-
ers and lawyers. Many OF them ended
up as yard men. Their education had
been Of little practical use to them.
President Dole said that the present I
course Of study was a good one, but /
not wholly adapted to the present /
needs. The pupils did not have the /
OF learning what would /
bring them bread and butter. Ihey /
could not earn money by their edu-
cation. He said it had given him