Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-12

work three weeks before he will be
able to give both the students and
their parents some sound, corrective
advice as to what intellectual and ner.
vous and physical qualifications his
pupils have, and within certain limits
what they can and what they cannot
do in life. IT,, for example, he finds
a boy who has to take three minutes
to add up column of three figures
but who has strong and quick per
ception Of rythm and responds quick.
ly to poetic form and expression, and
has good command Of language. he
certainly would make no mistake In
advising that boys parents to keep
the boy at mathematics throughout a
considerable portion of his school
course, for the sake OF decent mental
balance, but by no means allow him
to choose course of study or ca.
, reer based on facility for mathemati
cal calculation; rather to make his III,
innate work In the region of language
and literature. Under a capable teach.
err. such course of study would be.
come a magnificent intelligence bu.
reau, for students. teacher and mar.
ents, and would not only throw out
many warnings as to the election OF
courses OF study but would greatly as.
, sist and oftentimes greatly encourage
students In the selection Of courses.
Another positive result of a course
In Psychology of Vacations would be
a step toward the positive and intelli
gent relating of the child's self to his
1Ahn
more and more insisting upon, what
leading educators are demanding as
fundamental, and what, in fact, has
given rise to this elective system in
! the schools, is the positive correlation
OF the school and the community. No
matter how much Latin. Greek and
history df by-gone ages the student
may know, we insist even more EN-.
phatically In these stirring times, that
he shall find his place in his commu
nifty; that he shall understand the va
rious elements of society; that he
shall prepare himself to be a respon,
slhle and active member of society.
And so We give him the elective sys.
TEN! But gather up all the elective
systems on the face of educational
| earth today, in them all or with them
all, how much are we actually teach,
ing the boys and girls, who are prepar.
| ing for responsible living, what life is.
why men do this, that and the other,
how people act, live, work, succeed
ard fail? Nothing! Just nothing, is
the sum OF positive instruction in this
Circctlon. We take the earth, the sky,
what men did in Greece and Rome, a
Few Of the battles they have fought
during the centuries, some of the lit
erature they have written, how tC
| count in the concrete and calculate In
the abstract-and then, behold our
heneticent and provident acts! we
| shake this all up, divide II by three
oI four along the lines of least resist.
ance, and tell the student to come and
take of the water of life freely and
get ready to live! If Psychology of
Vacations could do even little by
way of imparting to the student an in
telllgent view OF ,Le various elements
OF society of which he is part, and
noint out to him the probable POSSIBLE.
ties and imposslbilities Tor his life In
society, 1t might go far to solve the
question of the intelligent relation of
the students school life to society
Some order might come out of our
elective chaos, and the school might
be somewhat helped to accomplish