The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-19

and not for result. One child may
make a noble effort, but by heredity
may be unable to produce good results.
For this reason his effort may be IN
finitely better than that OF child
who, by heredity perhaps, can produce
n good result easily. IL is better Tor
the child never to learn writing at all
| than to learn and cripple the body.
In the old-fashloned writing deform-
ity was produced Writing must be
rapid in order to follow image growth.
The product of rapidity and ease is a
smooth line. There is no educative
re sllt to a slow. writing. Col. Parker
said he had nothing to say against
| forms of writing, all he looked for Is
ease and grace and the good results
produced. He said that in all schools
there must be no specific rule or order
of instruction. The special needs of
the individual pupils will determine
the method to be pursued.
Mrs. Parker said in part: Each mode
of expression has its particular place
and function. No mode can take the
exact place OF another, all are neces-
sary. The prominence which Is given
to one or another mode Is simply the
prominence which we give to it be-
cause we are the most familiar with
It. Gesture and the natural voice play
most prominent part In development
The average child cannot speak for
two years, yet the parent Is Ieldom at
a loss to understand what the thoughts
and desires of the child have been all
the time. A free and full expression
OF the thought develops the thought.
Any restriction OF expression restricts
the thought itself. Mrs. Parker said
that il was her belief that the child
rem were forced to read too early.
Reading Is only valuable when the
thought can be taken at glance from
the printed page.
The body takes the emotion from
the thought. The body that can talk
Is the most wonderful machine. Lack
Of development of the body affects the
nerve centers of the body. People
lose much by not cu1tivating express
sion. 4 speaker does not need to tell
his audience his feeling. The body, the
face express the feeling. A child has
expression instinctively. Always have
something pretty and beautiful for the
child, something dramatic, II possible.
You will open the beauty to your
children by seeing the beauty your
self
From s to 10 o'clock last evening
reception to Col and Mrs. Parker
rand Miss Allen was held in the High
school building. Many OF the men,
hers of the Summer school have eX-
pressed desire to meet these proml-
nent educators from Chicago, but there
has been no opportunity before last
evening for general Introduction. MS
the time at the sessions in Progress
hall has been necessarily limited to
the lectures. Fully 800 people met last
evening. These included the teach
ers in attendance ut the Summer school
and many interested In school work.
Inspector General Townsend and
Mrs. Townsend introduced the teach
ers and their friends to the guests Of
the evening In the main school room.
The room was prettily decorated with
palms and ferns and American and
Hawaiian flags. During the evening
there We're songs by the Misses Kano-
no and an impromptu chorus OF Ha-
waiian teachers. Mr.. Yardney gave
a violin solo accompanied by Miss
| Clymer. and Miss Ada Gertz played
piano solos. Refreshments OF ice
cream, coffee and lemonade were
served