The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-23
TEMPERANCE
IN SCHOOLS
Teachers Discuss
Methods for
Work.
From Wednesday, dary)

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at the meeting of last evening at the
] High School. and there was such dt-
ference Of opinion az 20 the subject
that the debate practically went oyer'
without result, for resolution pro-
posed by II. Law Of the Royal School
endorsing the teaching the branch,
] failed Of a motion for second.
Technically the meeting was a pro
nounced success, for the papers read
were Of the very highest order oi mer-
N. The only entertaining feature in
troduced was the bell ringing of two
young ladies of Kaiulani School. They
took up the sticks like professionals,
and with Hawaiian airs and familiar
hymns entertained acceptaby. Other
wise there was nothing out of the ordi-
nary, for the audience was so taken
with its appreciation OF the numbers
that there was not n word of discus
sion when the subjects were concluded.
Miss Carrie NJ. Pierce, of the Normal
School one of the Chicago teachers
here undermining methods, was the first
speaker, taking the subject "Geogra-
ply" Miss Pierce, before taking up
the subject, spoke feelingly of the death
of Colonel Parker, the great educator
of her home city. She reviewed his
struggle against Journalism in teach
ing, saying his ideal OF education was
character building, not knowledge get
ting She said:
LAS we review the lives OF Pestalozzi,
Froebel and Diesterweg, IL seems TO me
that the name of Parker should be
placed there, too. Unlike the other re-
formers, Colonel Parker lived to see
the fruition of his work for those prin-
ciples which he advocated are now in
general use throughout the country.
II believe that Colonel Parker has
done more for the common schools Of
America than any man since Horace
Mann, and every pupil is unconscious
ly indebted to him for more Joy and
happiness in his school days"
Speaking to the subject, Miss Pierce
said that geography had been az poorly
taught as any branch in the school
curriculum, but there is now an awak-
!, enlng throughout the land. No teacher
could confne himself to the special line
!, for 1t had too many tentacles branch
= ing into nearly every other science The
broad teacher, she said, should have a
. training in geology, mineralogy, me
- teorology, biology physics, chemistry
as well as history and drawing She
showed the relation OF these subjects
, and said geography teaching must bt
:, the presentation OF proper conditions
u for clear imaging, and from these i'm
ages of few things the pupil can con
struct images for new things. She de-
clared herself in favor OF excursions
'. and hoped that the day would com,
y when every scholar would be enabled
N to see every portion of every island In
: the group, at the expense OF the Gov.
ernment Collections also are encour.
aged so that there may be somethinl
" about which gather conceptions OF tho
y countries studied. Miss Pierce said she
y favored the use of the stercoptcon and
all variety of pictures and magazine
articles. illustrating with some nf thOsa
. preparations which had been made al
the Normal School Map drawing ant
= other features We're touched upon anC
the speaker closed with references I,
4" the great good to be accomplished by
IL the thorough imparting of knowledg,
- of the lands and peoples of the earth.
Mr., Rowland of Punahou spoke a
u length of the science of numbers, tax
u ing up the psychic effects which mus
$ be produced in this branch of study
l. and of the new method of intoxicating
: knowledge of ratio, in the discussion
II of the number theories.
DR.. w. h. Elkins took up the sub.
ject of teaching the effect OF stimulantS
r and narcotics in the schools saying hs
= would simply open the subject for dis
& cusslon. He said there were two the
= ories, one that whisky and tobacco
" were the best things in the world Will,
u the other was that they were poison
& one drop as proportionately poisonou:
as ten and ten as ten thousand. This
r was logical, he said. but not physio.
! logical. He said the question of wheth
s er liquor would be a stimulant, a mar,
: cotic or poison depends upon tn,
= constitution and condition and no per
e sons were now affected alike.
i AS to the teaching he said there wer,
e only two drinks which primeval mar
knew. water and milk. The question
: was one of adjustment and in severa
e millions of years there might be an ad
/ justment which would take care OF al
! coholc drinks in the system. How
ever he thought II wise TO show tn,
ie systemic effects now The final result
~ he thought would be regulation, no
Is elimination Of the saloon. The ques
tion of teachiag was one for the teach
7 ers.
''''' 'ih' i"SSo'' - bitsiuiHS' u''idIt ~
% the question open and Professor Roger
y said he hoped there would be no exag
" geratIon as 10 teachings. Miss Felke
~ endorsed this and said she had see
VI terrible charts and pictures shown I
ne children.
'' Mr.. Leadingham and Superintendent
Rice of the AntiSaloon League spoke
the former suggesting that contrC
should be taught and the latter insist
,s ing that the teachers should read Rich
e.. ardson, who declared that one drop G
r. liquor was paralyzer and irritar
lg. poison. and that alcohol as a medicin
he always did more harm than good II
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