The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-02
THE NEWS
Of MAUI
Large sGatherin 8
Of Valley Isle
Teachers.
JAPANESE WAS
FATALLY HURT
Maui's Income Taxes Mostly Paid
in Northumberland Notes
of Current Interest.

MAUI. Nov 30-The regular annual
convention of the Maui Teachers As
ISOLATION took place at Maunaolu Semi
nary. Paia, during yesterday. the 29th.
Forty five teachers We're present rep
resenting every section of the island
with the exception of Hama district.
The following program was rendered:
Music-Chorus .... Seminary Girls
Piano Solo,. Miss Richardson, Wailuku
Roll Call ..........R Response by Quotation
Remarks by the President ..............
.............. Mr.. Reavis, Lahainaluna
Reading of an original poem, Thanks
giving" -. Mr. Looney, Lahainaluna
Story Telling Miss Fleming, Makawao
Industrial Training in Common Schools
...... Mr. Copeland of Kealahou, Eula
Intermission.
Music Chorus of Maunaolu Gir1s
Correlation of Studies ...................
................. Mr.. Hardy of Makawao
How to Teach Astronomy in our
Schools, Mr. BALDWIN of Hamaquapo1O
Music in Public Schools ................
.... Mr. Keliinoi of Waikiki
Teaching the Use of Reference Books
....... Mr.. Looney of Lahainaluna
How to Induce Children to Read for
Themselves Mrs. Sabey, OF
Spreckelsville, 2, Miss Eva Smith of
Hamakuopoko.
Election of Officers and Other Business.
The poem on Thanksgiving which
was read by its author, ]. p. Looney.
a NJ, was published in the November
number of Hawaii's Young People.
Mr.. CopeIand's paper on industrial
training was a good one. Mr.. Carlton.
professional carpenter and teacher of
carpentry at Lahainaluna Seminary, in
discussing the subject, stated as far
as carpentry is concerned he wished it
would be omitted from the curriculum of
the common schools, for it was his ex-
perience that pupils that knew nothing
whatever of tools and their use could
be advanced more rapidly than those
who had had previous instruction I'M
der professional teachers. Boys
once taught to use a tool wrongly or TO
use the wrong tool a a given task were
most apt to persist in their bad habits.
Mr. Baldwin's paper on astronomy
consisted of a series of simple lessons
containing essential facts concerning
the terrestrial and celestial bodies
One OF the most valuable points de-
yeloped in the discussion as TO how TO
induce children to read for themselves
by Mrs Sabey and Miss Smith was that
pupils should be encouraged to take
books. printed slips, etc, home and read
their stories to their parents many OF
whom are illiterate.
The election of officers resulted in the
choice Of d. d. Baldwin. president: F.
w. Hardy. vice-president; Miss NJ. r.
Fleming, secretary, and NIessrs. c. f.
Copeland and S. Keliinoi and Mrs
Sabey, program committee. vote of
thanks was given Miss Alexander, prin-
cipal of Maunaolu Seminary. for the
use of the hall and other courtesies ex-
tended to the association.
Mr. Carlton announced that next
summer a party of teachers would
cruise around the islands in yacht
and that any Maui teacher who wish
ed to join in the excursion should so
inform him.
1t seems that the steamship com
panies have recently rescinded the or
der of granting half-rates to teachers. /
After some discussion it was decided /
that it would be "infra dignitate" of |
the teachers to request a reconsidera-
ton on the part of the steamship COM
panies. The convention adjourned to /
Waikiki on the last Tuesday in Octo !
Der, 1902. The day was changed from
Friday to Tuesday in order to give Ha
ma teachers an opportunity Of attend
ing.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
During Thursday morning. the 2Sth,
a serious railroad accident occurred on
the Kahului railroad between Spreck-
elsville and Paia. During the night be-
fore, the tide had worked out the track |
and the engineer of the freight train
did not notice the washout until too
late. The engine and one car passed
over in safety, but their weight caused
the track to break in. This break in
the railroad threw the next car off the
track. A japanese died from the in
juries received.
GENERAL NOTES.
Among those present at the Teach
ers' Convention were Mr. and Mrs.
Carleton, Mr.. and RMS. Looney and EIr
Ieeavis all from Lahaina.
The conjunction of Jupiter and |
Saturn was noticed all over Maui on
w ednesday evening. the eth.
Demands circus gave exhibitions dur
ing the week a SpreckelsviIle and Paia
To fun houses. The exhibition OF train
ed dogs was the best ever seen on Maui
BY the Mauna Loa of Monday Hale
akala Ranch received six fine Here
ford bulls from Kapapala Ranch. Kau.
Hawaii.
There's a fact about the income tax
that is not generally known 70 Maui
people That is that the tax on the in
comes of all the plantations, ranches
and all Maui corporations is collected in
Honolulu. Hence the amounts of in
come tax recently collected in Homo
lulu as they have appeared from time
to time in the newspapers are some
what delusive. as apparently it has all
been collected from the incomes of Fu-