The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-11

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ger is that We forget that man is nc
a mere machine to make bread, divi
dends and dollars.
The nineteenth century is the con
crete period. as against the abstrac
period of the eighteenth century. Their
was an over-tendency in the eighteenth
| century to exercise the reason; it wa.
the rationalistic period. This tenden
| cy is shown in the glittering generali
ties of our constitution. In the nine.
| teenth century we learned that man i:
not such a simple being; he cannot be
governed by mere abstract logic. We
have found that man is a being of in
stincts and feelings and precepts. He
has religious nature that whispers
to him in dialect too deep for ordin-
airy logic. Man realizes now that the
body is not the mere alien habitation
of the soul, but that it is implicated
to a great degree In the life of the
soul This concrete attitude of the
nineteenth century has pervaded the
schools. The three RS are supple
mented by manifold elements of train
ing, in the teaching of music the
aesthetic nature is acknowledged, some
recognition is given now to the reli-
gious and ethical being, still more
man has recognized that he does have
ture study and science, physical Gull
ture and lastly manual training are
all the outcome of the concrete ten
dency, the recognition that man and !
mans life is complex thing
Mr.. Rebec said also there was a re-
vulsion against the formal studies,
there is more respect for the individu-
al, even than in the eighteenth century
which was one of individualism More
attention is being paid to the social
character of man. There is a break
ng down of the private tutorship, the
development is by bringing man into
contract in organic unison with others
This makes the advantage which the
public school has over the private
chool. Children are not going into a
elect world when they leave the pri-
ate school, they must be educated to
make part of a wholesome society.
The conclusions drawn are that it
} now recognized that man is not a
lere intellect, but he has instincts,
aspiration and he has body. 1t is
ecognized that the intellect can be
in he hof
as a deep individuality, that he is
)mplex, and lastly that man is not
IT himself alone, but only one flesh
community of which he is a mem
er. The chief danger is in an over
AIDED curriculum, in vagueness and -,
fadism.
There is no reason for feeling thatl
e vast labor of teaching is a hope
IS one, or that there is retrogression.
n the contrary there is progress andi
'omise for the future in the profess
on. Teaching is often a stop gap,
makeshift," said Professor Rebec,
or the girls until they get married,
r the men until they can get better
BIS. But it will be different; there is
e greatest promise for the future.
efore many generations We shall in
,rit that which even the priest does
It hold. Should we be frightened and
We up? No; more than ever should we
it'll stout heart and high hope bend
lr shoulders to the wheel.
OTHER BUSINESS.
Reports of the association meetings
other islands were then given for
anu by Miss Felker; for Hawaii, c.
:. Baldwin; for Maui, c. E. King; for
auai, ]. c.. Davis,
After a brief discussion resolution
rs adopted asking the Board of Ed
alton to grant a longer vacation
an usual next year, if the opening
the st. Louis Fair made this neces
ry.
The following officers were then
cted: President, C. w. Baldwin;
cretary, Miss Clara Ziegler; Vice
esidents, Hawaii, Mrs. Scott, Oahu,
. Lull, Maui, Miss Fleming and Ka- -
!, Miss Mumford. -