The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-12
Some Land Will Be Available the
Present Year.
AGRICULTURE TO Be TAUGHT
Has Been Tried In Schools IN
France Industrial Institute
PIans-List OF Members.

There is every prospect that agricul-
tural work will be begun in some OF
tho nuhric schools this fall under the
auspices of the General Armstrong IN
dustrial Institute which Colonel Far
ker assisted in organizing among the
attendants on the Summer School. II
is the intention of the Board OF Edu-
cation, IL is stated, to assist in TINS
work as much as possible. In the VIC
unity of some of the schools there are
amused plots of Government land. IL
IL probable that some of these VIII DE
available and that the school teachers
will be permitted in many Instances 10
use these plots of land. II is realized
BY the promoters of the Institute that
the work must be gradual. Early work
will be in sense experimental al
though several teachers are already
teaching agriculture in limited ana
small way to their pupils. The lnSti-
tue can also profit by the experience
in public school agricultural training
elsewhere. and there is some data OBJ
tainable in the shape of reports of vari-
Gus kinds.
France has tried the experiment sue
cessfully. According to Gardeners Ma
gazine there are $4,000 schools in
France with gardens attached to them,
and the theory OF horticulture Is
taught in the schools, the practice be-
ing obtained in the gardens. This
plan is followed to some extent in
England. though not extensively
France, however. Is so well pleased
with her schools already established
that the French Minister of Agricul-
ture has decided to increase the num-
Der of school gardens, and make 1t I'M
perative that masters OF elementary
schools in the rural districts must be
competent to give practical instruction
in the cultivation of the soil.
In making this provision Tor puDllc
instruction France accepts the condi-
tons which prevail in this country. VI
her IS, 3i3, 1872 population, 2i,5OO,OOO are
settled in the country and lS,5oo,ooO are
apriculturists. Her productive farm
lands are valued at SIS 300, 10000 and
their annual products are valued at
81. 500. 900, 900. So in giving her child
rem instruction in agriculture France
is educating them in what they need
the most.
There is q sum of 81 900 a year for
industrial work in the schools here.
A part of this sum has been used for
needlework, a part for knife work and
a part for other manual work. IL Is
hoped by the educational department
that as soon as practical results can
be shown by the teachers in the shape
of earnest and interested work by the
puplls, further sum will be available
and more land. This will entail con-
siderable study by the teachers as well
as the pupils.
Following is a list of the teachers
and others attendant on the summer
School who signed the roll of mem
bership and pledged themselves to pro-
mote industrial education in the public
schools:
+. w. Abbott. n. Cobb Adams, Miss
a. l.. Adams, Emma 4. Al, Eliza Y.
Aikuia |. Aheong, Mrs. J. Il. AleXand-
er, John b. Alexander, Lesley Alber-
tina, c. X. Alvarez, James Amori, I. X.
Il. Amalu, Chas. Andrews, Myra An
gus, G. =. Andrews, Anna Arnold, Hat
tie Ayars, c. w. Baldwin, Jennie Berg,
Sister Beatrice, Lester Bentria, w. II.
Beers, Sophia Baermann, J. n. Bell,
Frances Bindt, II. II. Brodie, Mrs. c.
X. Brown, Mrs. 4. Brown, b. Bright
we'll, Sidney c. Briddell, l.. Brentwood,
Mrs. J. Bray, Homit w. Brown, c. Il.
Bray, Augusta Bruce, J. X. Burkett,
Mrs. J. X. Burkett, Ada NJ. Bush, J. Z.
Bush, John Bush, Florence Bush, J. \.
Butterfeld, Eugene Capellas, Sadie VI.
Carter, Florence y. Carter, Lulu Cam
eron. NJ. Elose Castle, w. 7. Gallon,
Marion de Cormo. T.. J. Cartwright,
Anna Christian, Harriet +. Coan, Mrs.
c. T.. Copeland, Mrs. H. Il. Coleman,
\. J. Coursen, Hugh NJ. Coke, Patrick
Cockett, Annie Clapperton, Angie
Crook, Ellen Cook, Bernice Cook, w.
c. Crook, w. o. Crowell, S. X. Crook,
Fin Gu, ]. c. Davis, Mrs. !. l.. Davis,
May Il. Dexter, Josephine Deyo, Mrs.
\. ]. Derby, p. r, Dillon, II. Dcken-
son, a. Day, 5. II. Dowdle, Charlotte
/, lOlBt, MTs. Il D. bouSt, hiS' iHlilp
II. Dodge, j. II. Dodge, Mrs. DR.. En-
erson, EVAN w. Estep, c. l.. Estep, T.
X. Ewaliko, X. Ewaliko, NJ, b. Fan
ming, J. Ferry, Mary Ferreira, Romano
Ferreira, Edgar Ferreira, Miss Finkler
Mana r. Forbes, John b. Fireitas, N n
l.. d. Frasher, Grace Il. Garnett, Ada
Gerty, Clara Gerty, Jessie NJ. Gear,
hardt, J. 4. Gheahan, Ellen Gibson, l.
r. Gibson, Mrs. T. II. Gibson, Angels
Gibson, T. II. Gibson, Mable Gilbert
Carrie Gilman, May Giles, Margare
H. Goddard, +. ID. Creamy, Clara Cur
ney, Carrie Green, Elizabeth Grace
Llzzle Quincy, Thomas n. Haze, Louis
Hao' Louisa Hapai, \. u. Hadley, En-
Tide Harne, T. p. Harris, 5. ID. Heapy
Nlcholas Hooper, |. Horner, BlanCh
Rorner, Edward Hare, Caroline How
land, julia Hunt, Corneua HYDE. Wm
X. Isaac, Hannah Jarrett. Ho Fin lin
Belle Johnson, Maud Jordan, Victor
Jordan, Katy NJ. Kaai, Anna Kaaloa
Geo. Kaniau D. Kanobakl,oLa,.S