The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-04


him. So David and his father came
and lived with the rich man and they
were very happy"
According to the Anglo-Saxon stand
ard, intelligence and character are
indicated by DaYid's refusal to leave
his father unless he is provided for.
If we adopt this standard, the study in
dictates that the boys of the schools
examined surpass the girls in charac-
ter and intelligence. This is notably
true among the Portuguese. Are the
best girls among these people in the
convent schools, or elsewhere? The
reverse is true among Americans, the
girls leading the boys somewhat.
COMPARISON OF RACES.
Our most interesting conclusions re-
suit from a comparison of the races
epresented-there being included 29S
Hawaiians, SO Japanese, 100 Chinese
3SS Part-Hawaiians, 17S Americans
10 Portuguese, and SO other whites
Whether David goes with the rich
man or remains with his father, cal
though tempted by such riches and
pleasures" there is a strong deterlnin-
alton on the part of a large number to
make things turn out right" When
Japanese David refuses to leave his
father, the rich man exclaims my dear
admirable boy, never saw such piety
boy as you in my lifei" and bestows a
large sum of money upon him. And
so a Portuguese boy works his way
through college, meanwhile support
ing his father. becomes a famous doc
tor and cures his father. A little He
brew David is prosecuted by the re-
jected rich man, but he works his way
%1I 60. .i.Ne-
an heiress and undersells and thus
ruins the rich man, who is also a
match manufacturer. A Chinese David
becomes teacher in college, an Ha-
waiian David "the great orator of the
Union" A wealth of detail is expend-
ed upon these successful Davids, foot
ball captains and prizedebaters, law
yers, "who make laws for their Coun-
try" poets 'as good as LongfellOw,"
famous artists and musicians, marry
ing kings daughters and elected presi-
dents. One American boy who evident
ly loves lurid literature tells of a Dav-
id who outwits the rich man by pur-
chasing cheap clothes and sending the
rest of his money to the father. whom
he proposes to care for after his grad.
uation. The rich man refusing.
Zone dark and stormy night he left
the palace and took all the money
which he had saved up. But when he
heard there was going to be pursuit
he hastily took his father up into the
mountains and lived there all the rest
of his days.
HAWAIANS NOT SANGUINE.
Our Study of Money last year show
ed Hawaiian children sadly deficient
in optimism. Our present study bears
out this conclusion While so per cent
of the American children add glitter
ing details of David's success, the line
falls steadily downward to 5 per cent
of the Hawaiians and per cent OF the
Chinese. The same race difference
is shown in the children who
make the rich man provide for the
father-Americans leading, with 25
per cent, and the line falling to Part
Hawaiians II per cent, Hawaiians $
per cent, Portuguese per cent, Japa-
nese and Chinese each 2 per cent.
Our chart shows another important
line of race divergence. Putting to-
gether the answers that David refused
to leave his father, and that David
went with the rich man because his
father was also provided for, we have
the following percentages OF those who
considered their father:
Americans. ........7O per cent
Miscellaneous Whites. $50 per cent
Part Hawaiian. -.-....- 81 per cent
Japanese. ......52 per cent
Portuguese. .46 per cent
Chinese. .......33 per cent
Hawaiians. ......32 per cent
Neither optimism nor filial devotion
are Unborn. Both are purely the result
IN Txyifh
the air by every Anglo-Saxon child
All his literature, from Red Riding
Hood and Beauty and the Beast to
King Lear and the Merchant of Venice,
teaches that virtue is rewarded and
that fiiial devotion is virtue. On the
other hand, the custom of adoption and
other circumstances have conspired
against a strong family bond among
Hawaiians.
CHINESE AND FAMILY TIES.
But how can we explain the small
percentage of Chinese who recognize
the family tie?
Rev. E. w. Thwing tells US that it is
customary among poor Chinese to en-
deavor to have their children adopted
by a rich man, and perhaps this is
partial explanation. We know that the
Chinese classics used as text DOCKS
consist almost entirely of anecdotes
designed to teach filial love and vener-
alton. Are the public school Chinese
deterioratlng in this respect?
The important generalization from
this study is: The majority OF our
school children are deficient in optim
ism and in filial love.
From an educational standpoint,
both deficiencies are unfortunate
Every child ought TO have an Aladdin
lamp and a fairy godmother. He needs
20 start his life struggle with courage
and faith. if he is to hold out strong
hearted to the end. It is the optimism
of the AIlglo-Saxon which gives MIN
the faith and courage TO do and dare
and however odious its excess, it IS
most effective agency in race progress
Is it too much to say that race sur
vival is impossible under present con-
ditions without observance of the fifth