The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-09

good intentions I would sag t1e rad
10 that sane piace Is paved with wasted
tine When Z teacher enters Z school
-Con TIE ain should be 10 make the Ut
most Of tie tire al MS OF hsr disposal
When ne are writing we have . main
idea. and ths strength O. weakness o. our
work depends upon whether We make
every word tail upon that idea Or not \
lost word Is z lost force So IL teacaiag
q lost lesson Or lost illustration is a
lost force = loss 10 the teacher and
= terrible loss 10 the taught Coaceui
Irate- Lose no force that you can COM
uan6. Don't waste energy by dnuse-
ness Know what ron want 70 accom-
plish and then DO It.
You should have before v0u th-ea main
objects You must train your children
morally. Intellectually, physically. I am
not sure that have put these words n
the right order Perhaps ought TO say
morally. physically and intellectually
MORALLY. For 40 people can rise. no
people cau be great unless morality Is
their corner stone. Il was iooseness ard
absence Of morality which wrecked The
Bsbyloniar Empire. which Slapped the In
feIleet and greatness Of Greece and over
threw Rome. L Is upon morality that
tfs Teutouic races Of which thz Anglo
and greatness 8he foundations OF the
power Of the United States are based
not on armies. not On culture. not on
wealth. but on morality-tae purity OF
the hcme-t.e. Without this We wou-G
built but palace OF Aladdin 70 vanish
at q finger touch upon the magic lamp,
OF ws would be cultIYat5ng those apples
- So6om. beautiful 10 the eye. which
turn 70 Dust and ashes in the mouth.
PHYSICALLY without physique man
IS bur q crippled creature We. must urge
the children whom We are IL charge OF
70 exercise and keep in good order their
bodies, those Temples Of the soul" II
the soul Is beautiful, the casket within
which il Is lodged should be beautiful too.
INTELLECTUALLY. To this We are
apt TO give all our attention, and there
fore I have given the other two needs
ne prior place. N the intellectual work
ne must be most careful to use concen-
tratIon, that watchw0rd I have given
you i IS better 70 know q few things
well than to have e smatteri1g Of many
things and know none. And IN this d.
recticn 1 would urge upon you the neces-
sitv Of q thorough and accurate kn0yTl-
edge OF language. With US. as Aneri-
cans, English Is our language, and the
better We know II the better citizens we
S15l BE- We have 70 teach rh5Sz Wh0
DO not know and understand orr Ian
guage. and until they do, they VIII never
be true Americans Concentrate there
fore upon language, and make every les
son tend 10 purity Of dic1ou which
VII mean purity Of thought
Such are few ideas, strung together
as thsy came up in my mind. They are
not couched in pedag >gic style, their aim
has bean to avoid that and 70 think as
much as possible from heart TO heart.
Teaching is no dry-as-dUst profession. Il
IS living profession Il is the hottest
profession in the world. If il is degrad-
ed, il IS the human beings who essay IL
that degrade It But we are aiming at
its ideal heights We may not reach
those heights. but we can make a valiant
struggle TO reach them,and we can look
from this poor school room and see the
walls dissolve giving US vista OF the
great future when mankind viii be better
and grander and happier and say We did
our little mite 70 help forward the gen
eral good OF this world and fit II for the
world 70 come. where there shall be no
more want or sorrow OF misery or sin,
but where there shall be everlasting hap
piness.
At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr.
Little proposed a vote OF thanks. which
was seconded by Mr.. Davis of Maui
Actual class work HiII begin this
morning.