The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-01

swsetfy sung - Miss Helen Dezna.
and the teachers were favored later
Esth ether vocal seiecft5zz. Edward
Crabbe singing in spisldid voice A
Rose in Heaven aG5 Miss Emma
Taylor. in her usual pleasing Mariner
and sweet voice. sang BY Thought \
Of You
The business pzrt OF the exercises
were very brief Reports were made /
from the branch circles Of the zssO-
citation By 7. h Gibson Tor Oahu. C.
". Baldwin for Hawaii. aIrs- Cope
land for Maui. and J. c. Davis for
Kauai The reports showed All the
circles 10 be in good shape. both In
work done and in financial matters.
4 discussion vas had - TO the pro-
posed agitation o. pensions for retir-
ed teachers. and the general opinion
q the meeting was that steps should
be taken towards securing legislation
IN the matter. A committee was ap-
pointed 10 take such action as should
Be deemed advisable in the matter
The members Of the committee are
Mr.. Swain. Mr. Taggard, Mr.. Cope
land. Mr. Davis and Dr.. Rodgers.
A reading course was discussed and
adopted for the year as follows;
aIcNurray's Special Method OF Read
ing. DeWey;s The School and Society.
Bailey's Botany. Kellog's and Jor-
dams Zoologies. and for literature.
the Merchant Of Venice. and julius
Caesar
New officers we're elected as fol-
lows. Mr.. Taggart. president; Mr..
! Tlosrn n11-fc and MI
Wells, are wee presidents for the
| different circles.
The retiring president. Prof. Town
send being in the Philippines. Miss
Kelley the vice president being i'll,
Nr. c. " Baldwin presided over yes
'erday's meeting.
Mr. Jared Smith. of the government
experiment. station made a most inter
sting address on the science of agri-
,ulture. which he pointed out was not
only a science in itself. but that to
understand it one must also study
chemistry. physics, botany. entomoio-
gy and mineralcgy. He gave, exam
pies OF how these sciences were all
combined in the study OF agriculture
and showed how without knowledge
Of all these one would be seriously
handicapped with the pursuit of agri-
culture
Mr. Baldwin read the following es-
say on the object of The Teachers AS
ISOLATION of Hawaii and what that or
ganization has Accomplished. after
which the meeting dispersed with the
singing OF America"
The object of this Association is. pri-
marily. the advancement Of our teachers
professionally. This includes the giving
Of a normal training as far rs such is in
the power OF the Association TO give.
Thus. in accordance with that plan. the
attempt has been made to better the
scholarship. of teachers as well as to give
them practical instruction in methods.
But any attempt to state definitely the
scope OF the Associations work must he
unsatisfactory for such statement
hardly includes the spirit of fellowship
mud mutual helpfulness which such an
organization engenders-
With this brief statement of the first
part of my subject. I shall leave il foi
the second mart which requires more at
tention.
What has been accomplished by thi,
Association Has the Association &C
ompliShed the object for winch it was in
stituted? To answer this we must lool
20 the work Of the Association.
The work OF the Association has
merged so much in that Of the Sum
per school that il is somewhat difficult
For us 10 state where the one begins and
the other ends But the Summer sehoo
: the child which outgrew the parent
The island and district circles are tbs
Association. Therefore. TO note what has
heen accomplished by this association. i
IS necessary TO observe the district OF
local circles.
J We cannot look at all OF those circle.
but one viii suffice. The MakawaS
| circle has heretofore been one of tbs
, most active of these circles 1t is typi
eal Of what such associations should be
Embraced among the members of this cir
Gle are Yale and Harvard graduates auC
those OF the Makawao Government
: schools Such being the material o.
which the circle is composed. The queS
ton has been. What 10 do?
To make long matter short. the queS
ton has worked out somewhat its owl
solution. as many such questions viii i
We get to work at them in earnest A
present the work is planned to meet thi
wants Of those who most need help
embracing advancement in scholarship
5 discussion Of methods and the illustration
of lessons with actual classes of children
/. II has not been the work of day, or /;
| year. but OF several years. 10 come e
/ this solution Of the matter.
The plan has been TO assign subject
to al in turn-judgnent. Of course. he
4 ing used in such assignment. That thi
; nlan has worked for the benefit of sons
{ goes without saying; but to claim that ]
! | initiates against others is hardly opei
to argument: for such have wiliingl,
given their services for those who nees
them and the giving Of honest though
; 10 the subjects called Tor has resulted il
! good to all-great and small alike
What such an association as this ma,
! accomplish is shown by the following
, If you viii pardon its use.
At one Of the early meetings OF tbs
main association held at Waikiki. I wa.
, called upon 20 lead IN discussion upox
. geography teaching. Later l was aSket
: 20 give q series Of lessons on sand mod
: cling AZ the local circle meeting. Thi.
T time there WAS vigorous protest that
) should instruct Others hew 10 teach eeo
rraphy when I felt / did not know how
70 teach thst subjeca myself. But pro
srarS are relentless and the lessons wer'
given. Again. geography subject wal
? i-assixned 70 me at 3 later meeting.
: would have been strange. indeed il | dis
I / not know something of the subject o
geography teaching after such process
Thus when | came u assume nv preseD
duties I found that ! was thorouEhi'
/ prepared te take IN al u the hranrhe
with whieb I had 10 sfeal with the ex
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