The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-12
TEACHERS
CONVENTION

MAUI. Dec. s--Durlng Monday the
ANNUAL Maui teachers convention was
held al Plcper's Hotel Paia. ~ repre-
sentatives Of the profession being
present Teachers from every school OF
Central Maui, including those OF
Maunaoiu Seminary. the Waikiki and
Hamakuapoko kindergartens. and three
from distant Lahalna, were In attend
ance.
At 10 o'clock a. m. the meeting was
called to ord r. = ter the reading OF
the secretary > report of last meeting
and the calling Of the roll by Mrs G..
T.. Copeland. President $. II. Dowdle
made an address In which. referring to
the reduction OF teachers salaries in
Z 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
"Hawaiis Young People," and of man
ual training in schools in its relation to
diversified industries throughout the
Territory.
fully-prepared paper on the subject.
1.-The Teaching of Reading" by In
spector II. NJ. Wells. Mr.. Wells
handled the subjet 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-drils from lists of
new words should be frequently held,
nd could h., tn 1xo MT
just prior to reading. Much reading
supplementary to that prescribed by
the course of study should be intro
duced, such as Hawaii's 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-
perience in the schoolroom. The chief
point made was commentator of the
pupils acts by the teacher.
The essay on Manual Training" by
Mr.. Mcdonald of Lahaina, and read
by Mr.. Copeland, recommended the
following of suggestions made for diff
ferent grades in the course of study.
BE suggested knife-work for schools
where tools and benches were lacking
One advantage in a literary way was
that definite statements were necessary
to describe the definite acts perform
ed in following a course of manual
training.
Mrs. Fleming's paper on Heart Gull
ture" was most interesting as it intro
duced a 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
nialtreat his or her companions.
Henry Dickenson's exposition of
rLauhala" 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 f. Copeland and F. W.
Hardy was appointed to consider plans
for concerted action among all teachers
Sof the Territory to bring about the |
restoration of teachers salaries to the |
former schedule.
Mine host Pieper provided a most |
excellent lunch and received a vote of |
thanks for his hospitality.
The officers elected for 1905 and 1906 |
We're: II. NJ. Wells, president; Moses
Kauhimahu, vice-president; Patrick |
Cockett, secretary; and Mrs. w A. Nc
Kay, c. f. 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