Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-18

ranions and ncighbOrs. and unless he
is man of extraordinary powers and
provided by nature with good.
strong will, and great abundance Of
good common sense. he will soon fol.
low the path Of shame which others
have trod.
This Is the real reason why 50
many Hawaiians who have held high
Offices IN the past have gone wrong.
They could not withstand the sense
less sncCrs of basCr minds and tho
low ridiculc of hlthior souls. sup.
pose the missiOnarirs ought to be
blamed for not putting into these way.
ward sons hearts Of steel to with.
stand all the temptations that were
strcwn in their paths. The matter ct
TACT Is the missionaries are blamed
Ter all the evil that We Hawainus do.
aud for the good that We do the others
get the credit
Improper education too. has some.
thing To do with IN" supposed dctcri.
Grafton Of the Hawaiian race. II is
true that the missionaries have done
Il great deal towards educating this
rcuplc. and that Is more than what
the yill,fcrs Of missionaries have over
don" or will ever do for rs. But un.
less the standard Of education at
either KamChumuha or St Louis Col.
l"ge or lolani Cullcg" and the various
girls schools Is raised our conditions
win over remain The same. These are
tn" only institutions where q native
boy or girl goes 10 get what Is called
u higher education, Tor Oahu College
with its high tuition is pronibitivc to
III" mass of lluWuiians But II these
schools do nothing more than fit their
pupils for nothing higher than sales.
man. or typewriter. or clerk. or
even buokkccpcr, then there is very
httlc hope for m Improvement.
II Is folly. however 70 expect u
course Of higher education at Kane.
hamnna. r0r 10 g.. especial prohibited
b" the NIIl of its founder 40 not
here intend to crltIcirc the motives
that lei to the Introduction ur said
clause IN that otherwise most excel.
lent will of noble Princcgs.-P auuhi
Bishop, Of rvycrcd memory. but that
it IS there is trNo, and IL is 10 be
sorcly regretted
The public schools outside Of the
High School cannot be expected 10 in.
Clude higher studies IN their currlcu
lum, and by higher studies mean
such studies rs literature, history,
mental and natural sciences, ethics,
psychology, poltical economy. logic.
and kindred subjects, and not to dwell
only ON arithmetic, algebra, geometry
and drawing 10 the exclusion of the
real higher studies, the possession Of
which will really be the means of up
lifting this people and improving thc!r
condition. Tine educated class Of fIa
waiians have kept and improved their
lands while some have acquired new
lands. tn" wholesale disposition Of
lands has been done In the majority
Oi cases by the ill-cducatcd Hawaii
ans, who opened their ears and hearts
To smOOthlongucd shysters of their
own race employed by foreigners to
act rs their middle men In the pur
chase Of lands.
And as To what Professor Brigham
had said, that il the whites We're to.
move out tomorrow the natives would
be found restoring their old alters and
Worship the very next day, | would
pass that by as the Ntupcrativc re-.
mark Of prcjudiccd mind, for the
Professor Is well known for his bias
ana hVlrrd Of the Hawaiian people"
and therefore hc Is not expected to
say anything good of MS, aud the won
dor Is that he has stay ed here 80 long
TIL" restoration Of heather affairs is
just as impossible as the whulcsal"
cmbarkariun Of the foreigners from
these murh.cOvclcd shores -gems in
the miI-paCiic. The Professor Judges
Us from single instances, which Is Just
is foolish aa to Judge the American
p"upl" h} The history of Utah.
JAS. \. X. KEOLA.