Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-05-31
H|L0 TEACHERS UNION
DEAL With PRACTICAL AND
THEORETICAL SIDE OF WORK
REV. HILL ON cIvlLiZATioN--AP.
PticATioN OF LOCAL IDEAS
TO PRACTICE OF LOCAL
TEACHING.

Hilo, May 23.-The Hilo Teachers
Union held their forty-seventh meeting
lin the Union School on last Friday,
May 10th. About sixty members and
visitors we're present Vice-President
Miss Ward Of Olaa acted as president.
After prayer. the roll call was an.
swered by Hawaiian proverbs and say.
ings. The minutes Of the March meet
ing were read and corrected. It was
moved by VIM. McCluskey and second.
ed by Chas. Swain that the funds now
in the hands Of the treasurer be ex.
pended on pedagogical works to be plac.
ed In the Hilo Free Library. The mo.
tion was carried and the president ap-
pointed a committee to select the
works, VIM. McCluskey, Miss Deyo and
| c. o. Smith.
The date Of the next meeting was set
for October 9Th, with Miss Deyo, Miss
Eaton and Miss Hapai as program com.
mittee. Mr.. Smith, Mrs. Wakefield
and Miss Amy Hill were appointed
nominating committee for the next an.
nual election of officers.
The program Of the meeting was
opened by quartette by the Misses X.
and Il. Ewaliko, Mercy Akau and Anne.
liza Hapai
Rev. c. W. Hill delivered a lecture
Ion "The Genesis Of Civilization" The
various theories as to the time and
place Of the origin of man were spoken
Of. the speaker favoring the proposition
Of Husher that man was Graded In the
valleys Of the Euphrates and Tigris
about six thousand years ago. The re.
cent explorations and discoveries in
this region bear out this theory. Speci.
mems Of the voluminous writings Of
the early Oriental people were shown
and the characters explained. Philolo.
gists trace the languages Of today to q
single origin, which was another proof
advanced by the speaker.
Miss Ewaliko told to class Of little
ones the adventures of Lahaina bad
boy, how he was sent to the land OF
ghosts on Lanai, how he outwitted and
destroyed them and returned to his
home to be good boy ever afterward.
As the story progressed, Miss X. EVA
like talked with the chalk on the black.
board.
Mrs. e. H. westervelt gave a talk
on color. showing the necessity Of color
training In the schools. and deploring
its neglect. BY means Of the color
chart and color disc the blending OF
colors was illustrated. Several speci.
mems Of Mrs. Westervelt's class work
were on exhibition.
Mr.. McCluskey read q paper on Ha
waiian geography, designed to show
the advantages our Territory AFFORDS
for the beginning of the kindred sub
fleets. geography and history.
After recess Mrs. Siemsen sang al
Hawaiian solo, which was followed By
the reading of an article by Miss Ware
on education In the United States dur
ling the Nineteenth century. She said
II embraced six epochs In which Thorn
as Jefferson. Horace Mann, Asa Mahan
Louis Agassiz. DR.. w. T. Harris ant
ICol. Francis Parker are the conspicu
GUS leaders Of the thought activit,
characterizing each. The distinctly,
characteristics Of each epoch wer'
briefly reviewed showing the advance
of education from the foundation.lay
ling Of the great President educator I,
the full evolutionary period of Parker
the great advocate Of the freedom ant
brotherhood Of teachers" The speak
or stated that the progress Of educa
ton is most encouraging as evidence,
Everywhere, but especially In New
York city.
The program was concluded by Mis-
Deyo In a review OF the new course o
study, which emphasizes English stu
dies as indicated in the prominence
given to spelling, letterwriting. ora
work, correct forms and the proper us
of language. She said It may take
little time to overtake the English worl
as laid down, on account Of its beinl
In advance OF that of the old course.