The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-06

given to this people: this reason. die
no other exist, would be a sufficient one
! for wishing to dispose of books at their
cost. thus learning the people to put
forth efforts to sustain themselves, and
! also to prize what they obtain as the
I result of their own industry. Many
facts might be stated, Illustrating the
real desire OF individual natives to OBJ
tain books, and their willingness to pay
for them. were this a proper place for
such an exhibition. The increasing de-
sire among them is truly gratifying,
and points us forward to the time when
the missionary may perhaps be relieved
from this branch of his labors by native
publishers and booksellers. "A eonsum-
nation devoutly TO be wished
A notice of the Female Boarding
Seminary has already appeared on the
pages of the Spectator. and the pre-
vious article will give the reader all the
facts necessary to he learned in re-
gard to the Mission Seminary.
A Boarding School for boys is now
in successful operation at Hilo, on the
island of Hawaii, brief notice of
which may not be unacceptable.A 1t is
designed chiefly, as a preparatory
which are to be prepared the scholars
which that island is entitled to enter
in the Mission Seminary. Consequent
ly. the scholars are selected from vari-
Gus parts of the island, and are. in
part, supported by contributions from
the different congregations. Tt was
opened on a small scale in 1885, under
the care of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman. We
gather the following facts from the an
nual report of the school to the Mis-
sion the present year. In July 1887,
six entered the Mission Seminary, and
one was dismissed as not being suf-
ficiently promising. In August, TWEEN
ty-six new scholars were admitted, as
follows:--four from the district of Kau;
three from South Kona; seven from
North Kona; three from Kohala; three
from Waimea: four from Hamakua;
two from Hilo; making, with those
formerly belonging to the school thirty
one Reading, writing, mental arith-
metic. geography, scripture history,
composition and singing have been the
principal branches pursued during the
year in all of which encouraging pro-
ficiency has rewarded the labor of the
teachers. During the year the school
was blessed by the refreshing presence
of the Holy Spirit, as the result OF
which, the native assistant and his
wife, and seventeen of the boys have
been admitted to the church, three
stand propounded and there is some
hope that few of the remainder have
become the children of God. Such is
the interesting state Of this important
school at the present time; and its
friends regard it as an institution full
of promise to that island and to the
nation. It is to be enlarged and put
upon permanent foundat ton the pre-
sent year, when, no doubt, it will be-
come favorite and cherished nursery,
both by that island and the Mission
1t now remains. in accordance with
the design of this article. to make
the reader acquainted with the common
schools, as they are conducted both by
the missionaries and by unassisted
native teachers. It may be relevant
here to remark, that fhe nation was
supplied early in 1887, with nine teach
ers and tseir wives, from the UnHed
Sta ties, WHO are devoted exclusively to
the business of teaching. These have
usually devoted the principal part of
their time to a large school at their
stations. comprising, in some cases, 300
scholars, with a general superinten-
dance of all the schools taught by
natives in the districts connected with
the stationl Examinations have been
held of all the schools the teachers en-
couraged. andN the children stimulated;
and it is hoped a new impulse has thus
been given to this all-important branch
of missionary labor. 1t is the design
of some of the teachers to reduce the
number of scholars in their own
schools, the present year. making them