Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-26
Mr., HORNE'S "ClVIC RESPONSE
BILlTY"

Mr.. Horne. principal OF the Kameha.
meha Schools, recently delivered an
address before the Ministerial Union
ON Civic Responsibility subject all.
embracing in it's scope; but he confin.
ed his treatment TO that part of the
subject comprehendlng the schools
only and even then not all the schools.
but the public schools alone. This
treatment is incomplete, and a little
disappointing. as the private schools
are. or. at least, should be, an impor-
tant element in the effort of society
the state to prepare Its youth for good
citizenship and civic life. IL is all the
more disappointing as the ossayist
himself Is at the head OF the chief pri.
yate institution Of the Territory for
the education and training OF the very
youth most In need of such training.
Had the essayest largely confined his
treatment to the Kamehameha School,
an institution with an abundance Of
money, with complete facilities OF
equipment in buildings, shops, agricul.
tural lands. numerous and supposedly
highly trained faculty of instructors
II he had done this. and showed what
u success an institution may be made,
under almost ideal conditions, In pre-,
pairing the youth OF both sexes for
LIES responsibilities, his address
would have been a torch TO illuminate
the pathway OF those teachers in the
public schools, who are cropping along
with starving salaries and niggardly
means to accomplish ends which a
pore generous support would enable
them to do.
Mr.. Horne's address bears the I'M
press OF sincerity and earnestness. II
is modest; and II Is interesting In a
speculative way; but is wanting In
concreteness, and shows evident un
familiarity with Territorial facts and
conditions.
He Is evidently laboring under O
kind OF sub.consciousnes of the 90"
dltion and needs Of the schools OF Mas
sschusetts and Connecticut. He got
his longer and more deeply inpl 2ss- !
ideas tangled up with more recent p7'
more superficial ones. One il at O
loss to know whether he Is limiting Of
the needs and conditions OF The school.
OF New England or OF Hawaii IL
speaks OF the teaching OF Gree, tr!g
onometry and modern languages, as Il
II were a common thing here. There
are four pupils out OF sixteen thou
sand, as we are informed, studying
tvigonometry in the public schools o.
Hawaii. Not one is studying Greek
Less than one-tifteenth OF one per cent
study Latin or a modern language
while hundreds are learning ito drive
nails" and the domestic arts.
Notwithstanding these errors OF fac
In Mr.. Horne's address, II should b'
hailed as contributory to the solution
of the most vital question In the future
welfare OF this Territory. We repea
that II he believes Kamehamehi
School has solved, and Is solving, thu
problem in the best way; II he cal
point out a great number OF younl
men and women. holding its diplomas
who are ornaments in Industrial. do
nestle and civic life, and then SHOW
the method of instruction producing
such results. II might induce parsi
monious Legislature TO appropriate
larger sum OF money to be used In pro
ducing like results in the publi'
schools.
One other observation, and we ar
done with this very interesting ad
dress.
Mr.. Horne says, "The reform schoo
should be 10 them a reform school
not an industrial school," In all SC
riousness, we should like to ask MI