The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-02
TRAINING At
KAMEHAMEHA
Some Changes in
the Methods of
Teaching.
AN INCREASE IN
NORMAL WORK
Students Now Work With Their
Hands in Morning and Pro-
gress Rapidly.

| Important changes in the methods of
instruction have been made at the ka-
mehameha Boys School this tern in
that the instruction in the trades takes
place in the morning and the mental
work is now set over until afternoon.
! The change was made by Principal
| Charles Bartlett Dyke in order that
more time could be given over to the
trades instruction. The change, how
ever, has not necessitated any shorten
| ing of the hours for mental develop
ment and nothing has been lost by the
Encouragement.
Principal Dyke has come to realize
that the work in the shops connected
with the school has an important bear
| ing upon the future prospects OF the
scholars and that every effort should
be made to equip each scholar with a
trade to his liking, which coupled with
: the mental training of the institution,
will make of him a useful citizen and
intelligent use of his hands and brain.
During the summer many of the
boys went to work in various places
in the city, more especially in the Iron
Works and in planning mills, putting to
excellent use the training they had re-
ceived during the previous years of
their attendance at the school, said
Mr.. Dyke to an Advertiser reporter
They were qualified to earn 81 and
$3.50 per day, and returned to the fall
term of school with anywhere from $50
to 500 in their pockets, representing
their savings. This speaks well for the
manner in which the students have ap-
piled themselves to the learning of a
trade, and is the incentive by which we
hope to materially increase instruction
in the various trades taught by us.
THE course of study has not been
materially changed except in trying u
get in more trade work. For the older
boys in the mornings they work in the
shops. This is simply to develop trade
work. The boys of the three upper
grades spend three hours of the fore
noon in the shops. We give them in
struction in the machine shop, forge
shop and carpenter shop in the fore
noon. They take to the machine shop
and are most anxious to work where
everything seems on the move. We
have done little construction work
about the premises, but this will be
feature which will be largely develop
ed. The shops are practically running
all day, so from this it can be under
stood that the boys are kept pretty
busy either with their hands or with
their books.
I'VE are pushing the agriculture work
as much as possible and 1 am gratified
at the energy displayed by the students
in this department. This work is car
ried on under Mr.. Krouse who comes
from the University of California. He
had charge of the greenhouses. He is
a very intelligent and efficient Instruc
tor and the boys make wonderful! prog
ress under him. 1t is surprising how
much interest is taken in field work.
instruction in this depa.Smcnt is for
the two upper grades. This IS all prac
teal work, there being no class room
instruction in connection with it. This
department includes work in the gar
den, with the dairy, piggery and look
ing after the work horses and mules, all
under Mr.. Krouse's direction. We have
thirty pigs and hogs. fifteen head of
cattle and several horses and mules.
We raise a great deal of garden truck
for the boys dining hall and they take
a great deal of interest in what they
are producing for their own consump
ton. 1t is to the credit of the boys
to say that they have cleared the land |
in many places of the great masses of |
rock which cucumber the premises.
AT present instruction in the trades
department includes also mechanical |
and architectural drawing. At some |
future time we will take up painting |
and electricity and do some construC- |
ton work. Some of the boys are al
ready excellent carpenters and it is
contemplated having the boys get out
their own plans and specifications and |
entirely construct certain buildings en-
the premises.
The manual training work is for the
lower grades for the little boys from
twelve to sixteen years of age. They
are given one and a half hours instruc
ton in the afternoon. They work in
the tailor shop, do little carpentering
and elementary forge work and W BOD
turning. The tools and general equip
ment of the trades and manual training
departments are excellent, but of course
need to be augmented from time to time
by new features"