The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-14

! was started In this Territory provision
was made whereby the students who
We're fitting themselves to become teach.
ers could take up this study of nature
along with the other studies that vii
form the curriculum of their school, This
! is not only keeping pace with the move
ment In the States, but it seems to me
that 1t Is step a little in advance; for
If am not mistaken. the teachers in the
! common schools do not receive their
training along this line in the normal
and training schools
While the work at the normal for the
past term has been somewhat interrupt
ed by changes that have taken place,
nevertheless I feel that in a way it has
been successful. 1t is only justice
L say that the success is due to the men
who have preceded me in the work for
the past three years. The work divides
itself naturally into two parts-feld
work and classroom work
Field work:
Planting of the garden-Corn, beans.
radishes, taro.
Observation-Disclosures Heights
(study action of water), Salt Lake, Wal
kiki rice fields and taro patches. nearby
streams.
Collections-Seeds, leaves, insects (mos-
Quitos. ants)
Making of an ants nest aquarium and
terminating of seeds.
Observations of domestic animals max
ing detailed study OF the domestic cat.
Classroom work:
Observing the specimens OF the differ
ent stages in the life of the mosquito
and obtaining its life history
A study of the seeds of plants the
terminating seeds. the planting of seeds,
now they get out OF the ground the
growing plant. its appearance at matu-
rtty. the different parts of the vegeta-
ap ~ I~>S
experiments on heat, currents in air
and water. winds. evaporation. condensa-
ton, boiling, solutions and capitalization
mot all at one time)
The life history of the ant.
The domestic cat-What IS its charac-
teristic form? What is its clothing ?
What does 1t eat? How are its teeth
adapted to its food? How does it travel?
How are its feet adapted to its way of
running and walking? Has it a Ian
guage? How many emotions can II ex-
press by sound, by action? How does it
tight? What are its weapons? Licking
itself. Care OF Young Habits. It's wild
ancestors.
The report of Mrs. Frasher, principal
of kaiulani School, was read by one
of the teachers of the school. 1t told
of the gardens planted by the various
classes and what they contained There
corn, sugar cane, lauhala, peanuts, ETC.
The children yearned to distribute the
fertilizer. One class had planted taro,
bringing the proper earth from other
places to make a good bed, which is
row flourishing. This was looked af-
ter entirely by Hawaiian scholars, and
she hoped it was prophetic of the fu-
ture. The relationship of plant life TO
insect life is being interestingly observ-
ed by the pupils. She hoped to be
able to guide the children into a more
intimate knowledge Of the animate and
inanimate of Hawaii mel.
Miss King, of Kaahumanu School.
told Of the subjects under discussion
In the various classrooms of that
school. which contains over 500 pupils.
By such means the following subjects
were being considered: Rice, sugar
cane, coffee, sweet potatoes, cotton
peanuts, pineapples, bananas, oranges,
papaya and cocoanuts. All use these
subjects as the center of the course,
and ally with it the study of insect
life. Some attention had been paid to
the cane borer and his habits
Miss Johnston, of KaHhi- waena
School. told of studies of ants and their
nests. The mosquito had come in for
a good deal of attention, every step OF
his development being carefully OBJ
served.