The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-09
ASUMMER SCHOOL
Term For 1898 Opens On Monday
Morning.
A COURSE OF LECTURES
General Sessions to Be Held in the
New Progress HaIl-SpeciaI-
lists :For Subjects.

| 1 ne summer Sc0OOI OF 1898 VIII De
gin next Monday morning at 9 O'Clock.
All the general sessions will be held
in Progress Hall Corner Fort and
| Beretania Streets. This hall, It is
thought, will furnish ample accommo-
| dation for all who viii wish to attend
| these sessions, and il is a pleasant,
well ventilated room. All who are in
| terested in the lines of work to be pur-
sued are cordially invited to attend.
The work of Col. Parker and Mrs. Park
er has been fully announced in these
columns, so it will be enough to say
now that it will be a practical presen-
tation of the problems Of every day
school room work in the elementary
schools. 1t is hoped that many not
now actually engaged in the work Of
teaching who take an interest in these
problems, will attend the lessons Of
these two we'll known teachers.
Those interested in the kindergarten
work in Honolulu will be pleased and
instructed by Miss Aliens work in that
line.
The present importance Of diversi-
fed agriculture in this country will see
promise in the following course in ag-
riculture, Summer school of 1898:
Core:-The planting and cultivation
Of trees on school premises.
1. Motive in tree-planting. The
value Of tree-pIanting to the school and
to the community. The scope of this
course, and the scope and method Of
school work in observation-disclosures
send.
2. Varieties of trees suited to the
various localities, with their character
istics-Townsend.
3. Physical conditions and proper
ties of soil. Kinds Of soil-TOwnsend.
4. Molar and molecular forces; CO.
hesion, adhesion, capillary attraction.
Relation of these to the cultivation OF
the soiI.-TOwnsend.
). Evaporation. Diffusion. Rela-
ton of these to cultivation Of the soil.
Townsend.
6. 1. Propagation from seed. (a)
Seed boxes. OBJ Soil. (c) Sowing and
care. II. Propagation by cuttings.
Propagation by layers. Propagation
by grating. Propagation by budding.
7. TRANSFORMING. (a) To boxes.
Oh To pots. Co To vases and tubs.
(dO To open ground.-Clark.
8. Physical Properties OF Soils
Crawley.
8. Chemical Properties of Soils
Crawley.
10. Hawaiian Soils~-Crawley.
II. Irrigation and the properties OF
irrigation waters.-Crawley.
y. General Principles of Fertillza-
tion.-Crawley.
10. Fertilization of Hawaiian Soils.
-Crawley.
IA. Experimental Work in Agricul-
ture.-Sedgewic
Ia Practical Questions on EXecu-
ton of these Plans.-TOwnsend.
Mr.. CrawIey's lectures Will be gwen
in the evenings so that they may be
attended by those not able to attend
the regular daily sessions. If those
desiring to take this work so wish, all
of it will be given in the evenings.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Scott will give an intro
ductory course in English Literature
and a study of The Merchant Of Ven
ice"
Mrs. Tucker will take steps to organ
ize the work of the teachers OF singing
by the Tonic Sol Fa method under the
American or English Tonic Sol Ia col
Iege. should teachers so desire. she
has also a set of songs suitable Tor
little children which she will give to
those desiring them.
Mr.. Townsend will give an outline
course in Theory and Practice OF
Teaching. setting forth some matters
to be studied up by those desiring to
he posted on this subject.