The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-11
TEACHERS
CONVENTION
Instructive Papers Read
---Other Maui
Items.

MAUI, Dec. S.-During Monday the /
annual Maui teachers convention was |
held at Pieper's Hotel, Paia, A repre-
sentatives of the profession being !
present. Teachers from every school Of |
Central Maui, including those of
Maunaolu Seminary, the Wailuku and
Hamakuapoko kindergartens, and three
from distant Lahaina, were in attend
ance.
At 10 o'clock a. m. the meeting was
called to order. After the reading of
the secretary's report of last meeting
and the calling of the roll by Mrs. c.
E COPELAND, President S. r. Dowdle
made an address in which. referring to
the reduction of teachers salaries in
Hawaii, he stated that Theodore
Roosevelt, while Governor of New
York, had raised all the teachers sal
aries throughout the state. Mr.. Dow
die also pointed out the necessity of
teachers meetings, the advantage of
visiting other schools, of arousing the
parents interest in schools, the use of
"Hawaii's Young People" and of man
ual training in schools in it's relation to
diversified industries throughout the
Territory.
This address was followed by a care
fully-prepared paper on the subject.
| The Teaching of Reading" by In
spector H. NJ. Wells. Mr.. Wells
, handled the subject ably. and among
other things stated that he believed in
| teaching of the alphabet both in print
| and script from the first in the pri-
mary room. Word-drills from lists of
new words should be frequently held
| +l,i no to n a o.
| just prior to reading. Much reading
supplementary to that prescribed by
| the course of study should be intro
| duced, such as Hawaiis Young People,
| books from school libraries, etc. Too
much time should not be spent in oral
reading, that is in an evolutionary way.
To correct the misuse of language the
| sound test should be used, that is the
pupils ears should be SO trained by the
hearing of correct English that they
| can quickly detect errors.
| Mrs. L. A. Sabey's paper on "How
| to Cause Pupils to Study, Speak
| Promptly and to Respond Readily was
| listened to with pleasure, as it con-
| tanned many "reminiscences of her ex-
| perence in the schoolroom. The chief
point made was commentator of the
pupils acts by the teacher.
Inc essay on Iduudl ny
Mr.. Mcdonald of Lahaina, and read
| by Mr.. Copeland, recommended the
following of suggestions made for diff
ferent grades in the course of study.
He suggested knife-work for schools
where tools and benches We're lacking.
| One advantage in literary way was
| that definite statements We're necessary
| to describe the definite acts perform
! ed in following a course of manual
! training.
! Mrs. Fleming's paper on "Heart Cul-
ture" was most interesting, as it intro
| duced subject new to Maui teachers.
| The great Importance of heart culture
| is in character building. A boy or girl
who will treat animals we'll will not
maltreat his or her companions.
Henry Dickenson's exposition Of
! 'Lauhala" as industrial training in the
government schools was good. He
stated that the Gilbert Islanders pre-
pare lauhala by boiling the leaves until
they are white, while Hawaiians tie
the pointed ends of green leaves to-
gether and pass them through smoke
until they are in a proper condition for
use.
The paper on discipline" by NJ. G.
Anjou and that on agriculture" by
J. Vincent, both merited complimentary
mention.
committee consisting of Messrs. H.
Dickinson, C. E. Copeland and F. w.
Hardy was appointed to consider plans
for concerted action among all teachers
of the Territory to bring about the
restoration of teachers salaries to the
former schedule.
Mine host Pieper provided a most
excellent lunch and received vote of
thanks for his hospitality.
The officers elected for 1905 and 1906
We're: H. NJ. Wells, president; Moses
Kauhimahu. president; Patrick
Cockett, secretary; and Mrs. w. A. Nc
Kay, c. E, Copeland and S. r. Dowdle,
executive committee.
1t was decided to hold the next
annual meeting at Paia the Monday
after Thanksgiving, 1906.
MARRIAGE.
Saturday afternoon last Miss Joseph
inc Awana, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Awana of Makawao. was mar
ried to Mr.. Jorgen Jorgensen of Ko-
hala, Hawaii at the residence of the