The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-13
GEOGRAPHY
Of ISLANDS
Teachers Submit Copy
For New Text
Book.

AT the meeting of the Board of Edu
| cation yesterday afternoon, Superin
| tendent Rabbit stated that he haC
received from a teacher on Maui the
manuscript of a proposed geography OF
| the islands. Mr.. Rabbit did not give
| the name of the author, Withholding
| the same until the commissioners had
| looked over the work. Maps and Illus
trations are to accompany the man
| uscript, should it be decided to make
it an official text book.
Superintendent Rabbit said that
Professors Wood and Gibson and In
spector Baldwin were already at work
on Hawaiian geography. He stated,
however, that Prof. Wood had turned
the matter over entirely to Mr. Bald
win. Mr.. Rabbit added that there was
no question but that the Board of Ed
ucation would approve a text book, pre-
pared by one of it's own teachers. He
said that he would ask the Maui teach
er if he or she would be willing to col
laborate with the other authors as it
was desired that the public schools
here get the best geography obtainable
for use
a letter from Mr.. Baldwin on this
subject showed that he had been en-
gagged for some time in preparing a
geography and was practically in the
f,of -J,s I'M,
well illustrated with maps and pic
lures from photographs by Gartley and
other experts Il
A letter from the American Book
Company was read which had been
addressed to Mr.. Baldwin. In this the
company stated it's willingness to pub
fish such a book provided it had the
official endorsement of the Department
of Education.
The school commencements were dis
cussed and it was agreed that the
should visit as many
schools as possible. They will not go
in body, but as individual ENJOYS of
the board. The commencement exer-
cises of the Normal School take place |
on Thursday morning, June IA, from |
to II. The program will be as follows:
9:00-1o:30.
BY Pupil Teachers in Grades I, II,
", V and VI.
By Critic Teachers in Grades III
and VIII
Industrial Work
Regular class work in cooking, lace
and wood work
1O:45-11:30.
ecessional. E Boyd
.Supt w. H. Babbitt
The Bells of Seville. Ar. by Veazie
Double Quartet.
.......s. Judge S. B. Dole
Song-Gae to Sleep. Fischer
Mary Aylett
of Diplomas ...........
Observation-Disclosures. Prin. Edgar Wood
Beloved ...........
....................Ar. by c. B. Rich
11:3o-12:oo.
Exhibition and sale of lace and other
handmade articles. II
LuncneS. t.
The High School exercises are to take
,Iace Friday evening. The Maemae
exercises will also take place /
N Friday and the Kaahumanu School
will have its closing exercises in the
orenoon of the same day. II
The board granted the applications
# Miss Mossman and Miss Snow for |
ife certificates. The designations of |
Hiss Mengler and Miss May E. lie Toler 4
we're accepted. Miss Hoffman, was
,ranted leave of absence. The applica-
ions for positions as teachers of Chas.
J. Williams, ]. NJ. Kuhns, Miss Bick-
,elI Miss Schmidt, Miss Mollie AIo- :
au, Miss Laing, Miss Ching, Mrs. Kali :
we and Mrs. Bergstrom were placed
N file.
1t was reported to the board that :
he school at Kalihiuka had closed on
illness of the teacher and being so late !
n the term Will remain closed as for
he summer vacation. The application :
# Miss Nina Adams for leave of alb
ence in September was granted. Leave
# absence for the last four days of the :
erm was granted to Mrs Edwards.
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~ONCEALING