Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-05-27
PROGRESS IN THE SCHOOL.

lOWdTu determining tn9 degree OF en-
CellenCe of the school system. This Is
a self-evident proposition demon
started in the experience of the great
American cities. man says Elmer
son cannot be any bigger than he is
though he burst" and in the same
way what he achieves is a measure Of
himself.
The great public schools of England
and America are the reflection of the
men at the head who give the impulse
and initiative, like Arnold in England,
Boone in Cincinnati, Aaron Cove and
Mrs. Grenfell of Colorado.
Nothing is seldom so good that 1t is
not susceptible Of improvement. Pub
lie school methods are taking such
strides in these days that the schools
of an isolated section like the Hawa-
iian Islands need for their guardian a
chief not only cOnversant with the
progress of the schools of the world
but one whose enthusiasm and energy
are so exclusively given to his work,
that his merchantable leisure In edi-
torial fields and at "Banderlog Sudties
is reduced to minimum. II is not
precisely as the superintendent Of
Public instruction may attain the con
dItion OF equilibrium as it were. when
his sole remaining duty is to pOisc.
His watchword must he onward.
He who runs may read that the head
OF the department is lacking in initia-
tive. enthusiasm. enlightenment, ag-
gre>siveness.
What attention are the problems OF
industrial education which are so com
progressively met and handled in
France and Germany receiving here?
What Is the status here Of the recent
problem OF high school and college or
sanization, the high school commercial
course?
The object Of education may be said
to be two fold--eulture and capability;
culture which Is not knowledge but
the charming flower of knowledge into
the ideal human being. physically. NOR
ally and mentally; and capabil!ty the
fruit Of knowledge. the power to render
useful service. The common school
child of France must at the expiration
of his grammar school course choose
his life work II this he a trade. he is
enrolled in a public trade school, II a
profession in a public high school.
American and English visitors at
the Paris ENpositiOns N 1883 and 1900
remember the remarkable displays OF
the Paris industrial schools. 1t Is In
these schools that Partisan dressmak-
.
furniture designers. house decorators.
skilled workers in metals and handi-
craftsmen in scores of lines of indus
try are educated to do the things
which keep Paris prosperous and rich.
Says Mr.. Albert SHAY: 1T Is public
money wisely spent that maintains
such an educational system.
We have here the race problem.
What Is done in the common schools
o. to equip the native race industrially for
useful service. What solution 10 the
problem of commercial education for
Hawaiian youth does the superinten-
dent vouchsafe? How does the depart
ment meet the problem? Absolutely
at gaze-"lt really doesn't matter, mat
tei' Hdlt'l, ~ i'diis uoSoh hat'i Hos
bit"
Who will for one moment question
the value to new people Of a system
of public trade schools. The artisans
of France trained in the public schools
are the most carefully trained artisans
in the world.
1t was French architect who cap
tured the first prize for Berkeley S
great university. French engineers
who are experts.
France has set the pace. England,
Germany, America are introducing
courses in manual training, business
training, domestic science agriculture.
mining and polytechnics. Hal to the
progressive spirit OF these great couu-
tries but where do the Hawaiian ISL
ands come in? 1T really doesn't mat
ter, matter, matter, matter. 1t really
doesn't matter not a Bit" But how
funny are the Banderlogs."
The New York Chamber of Com
merce' two years ago adopted the fol-
lowing resolution: Whereas, the mod
ern conditions OF commerce and in
uuStly require Wluer kHOWleuse anu
higher education on the part of busi-
ness,
Whereas. the present educational
facilities offered to business men are
inadequate and fail to equip them in
the worlds commerce.
Resolved, That the Chamber Of Com
merce OF New York earnestly favors
the. establishment and development of
sounder commercial education, both in
secondary schools and higher institu-
tions OF learning,
Superintendent Smith of st. Paul
says: when we consider that nine
tenths Of the boys attending school
must enter upon some kind of indus
trial or commercial undertaking, we
may reasonably conclude that recog-
milton of this fact, and a course of in
structiOn In accordance with IL are in
no wise special, but on the contrary
must be regarded as general"
The commission in Chicago appoint
ed by Mayor Harrison of which Presi-
dent Harper of University of Chicago
was chairman reported your COM
mission is so fully persuaded of the