The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-27
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TRAINING
Its Place in Curriculum
Of Oahu College.
REV. JOHN HAYS ADDRESS
Speaks to Young Mems Christian
Association of the College,
Large Crowd Present.

r's
Spacious Pauahi hall at Oahu College
was hlled with friends. of the. college
ana workers in the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association last evening When the
college branch OF the Y. NJ. c. A. held
its.annual meeting.
Ihe exercises began with piano solo
by Gertrude X. Brown and Charles s.
Judd followed with reading from the
scriptures. Walter c. weldon gave the
opening prayer ana the hymn Nearer
My God to Thee" was sung by the CON
gregatiou. -f
\ Then came the principal event of the
evening. an address by Rev. John G..
nay pastor OF the Christian church on
the subject: ~ Place for Manual
Training In the Educational system
Designed for Oahu College" Ii was
as follows:
When In 1888 Harvard College was start
feu upon It's career through the Ilberalitv
Tauu zeal OF the minister of the gospeI
whos~Epame II bears-when I'm the wear
l'uos-s even-nlnlsters formed themselves
into a soiety. which founded Yale col
,ese, each bringing several books from
nus library and saying. as he SdeposftfrT
them, II. give these books forrfofnding a
college in ConnecticGt-and when anoth-
er deNout minister. about fifty Years lat
or, commenced PRINCETON College iuH.a
JOG eahln. these men OF Faith could scarce
" h@ve imagined the vast influence which
rus been eNerted by these institutions up
on America and the world. The men of
God who laid thet foundations OF, oahu
tssss.ss,rs-sss 1-ss &%zs srs - 20.
tlan education could hardly have hoped
tnai ~ this time this institution should
nave ~ ached the strength Il already nos
sesses ana the wide prospect of usefulness
/ now spreading out before IL. The mis-
sionary fathers and mothers did not ex-
pect that their children would see ,he
| stream or Oriental migration bringing
I chinese and Japanese students to its
/ doors eager for Christian education. Ed
/ ucadon has been termed the art OF all
! arts. and In Its broadest. truest sense II
| ~. ~ has not reached perfection. IL il
stlll growing. Its friends and promoters
are learners, and with delight they hail
progress.
! This young institution should De free
q sdopt the nest ideals To be found on
earth. And most fortunate Is il that
those who have the shaping of it's future
feel their responsibility TO Introduce here
the best things. whether old or new, that
the educational world has discovered.
| Having learned from the honored presi-
dent of Oahu College somewhat concern
| ing the developments desired. and having
expressed TO him my convictions on some
features OF modern education, I feel at
! liberty to speak on the theme selected.
/ The aim of education I'm it's largest
| meaning II to develop i'm the individual
all the excellencies which inhere i'm hu-
| man nature. Such an education brings
men and women TO royalty OF nature and
/ fts them for crowns and scepters and
/ thrones In this world and In the world to
/ IL T. N..It
ucators that comparatively recent expert
ments have demonstrated the great value
OF certain educational measures not yet
| universally received. To one OF these
your attention II invited this evening. II
Is named Manual training.
/ what. then, is Manual Training as the
/ term ls used by educators? They do not
mean the mastering of trades, but the
discipline OF the hands into obedience to
/ the will. Wonderful Is the human hand
as an instrument. 10 Is the companion
/ of the brain. Ihe two I'm cooperation
/ give 90 man power 20 do things. or exec
utive ability. But while the general pur-
pose OF manual training Is to develop
/ ability TO do things. the exercise can just
as well be In the rudiments of trades as
/ anything else And. therefore. manual
/ training actually starts students In the
/ arts. Why should time be spent In va
/ rious performances which have no in
| dustriat value. when Just as helpful per-
/ formances can be employed which may be
/ ~ lifelong use2 Each art Is composed
| Of "a certain number OF processes. just as
I every written language can be reduced
/ 20 50 many letters-the alphabet. g.,
/ carpentry may be analysed into its ele-
/ ments. so may iron-working and the
/ complex maChinists art consists OF a
/ certain number OF processes.
/ In manual training schools shops are
| equipped for wood working. forging and
machinist's work. aud frequently the
| MANAGEMENT Of stationary engines and
electrical apparatus. While for girls sew
/ fng. dressmaking. cooking, drawing,
wood-carving are taught and often car
pentry r. open 20 them. In the great
/ Girls High school Of Philadelphia II Is
considered an honor for a young lady to
/ graduate In q dress which she nas cut and
fitted and made with her own hands.
| The benefits OF manual training as an
/ element In education are many and OF
utmost Importance. And. first u assists
/ IN trainng the intellect. The teachers in
/ schools where manual training is option
/ al agree that the scholarship OF those
| taking manual training Is improved by
| the combination. This Is what might be
expected when we consider that the
change 10 hand-work rests the brain so
that Il returns with fresh vlgor TO its
tasks. Again. u often cxcites interest In
mathematics. natural philosophy and 9TH
| or studies which before bad been uisik-
ed. Manual training has i'm this way
awakened many a slumbering intellect
and wrought remarkable and benefcent
transformations Of students. To a girl
chemistry may be unattractive until she
is interested IN cooking. And chemistry
! 70 a boy becomes fascinating after ne has