The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-16

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/ either in the academic or professional
work of the school There are at the
present time nineteen Chinese or part
| chinese connected with the Training
| School
| "In the work of teaching, the Chinese
cadet is thorough In the preparation OF
his work, prompt in the discharge OF
his duties, but possibly little harsh
! in his bearing toward the pupils under
his care. This fault, however, largely
disappears with training. The Chlnese
Hawaiian cadet does good work IN all
/ departments of the school, but mas
special aptitude for teaching. HIS ap-
pearance before the class is good, ana
the children give him willing oDedl-
ence In nature study, music ana
drawing he is especially strong AS
an assistant teacher he is willing ana
capable"
The president of Oahu College, the
leading private educational institution
in the Territory, where there are be-
tween thirty and forty Chinese stu
dents in the preparatory and high
school departments, writes of them as
| follows:
For many years Oahu College,
which is primarily school for Whlte
children, but which accepts students
of other nationalities who are able to
meet our standards, has had limited
and somewhat selected NUMBER OF
Chinese young men and young women
among it's students They have taken
| the regular courses, and, on the WhoIe,
they have acquitted themselves well.
A large percentage of them have been
above the average in scholarship. They
1, ar1f talI
subjects requiring accuracy rather
! than breadth of view or imagination.
In English, without the inheritance OF
generations and without practice in
good English in their home life, they
make the poorest showing by COM
parison But even in this subject the
marvel is, not that they do no better,
but that they do so well. They soon
master the grammar and make very
creditable showing in oral and written
expression and in the use of the Eng
| lish idiom.
I'm conduct they are exemplary.
They are Industrious, eager, earnest
seekers after everything that will i'm
| prove them in body or in mind. There
| is rarely any question as to their
ambition and willingness to work;
when there is a failure it is usually
due to conditions beyond their control
to lack of ability or training sufficient
for the task, or to inherited tendencies
| too strong to be overcome. Among
our students, it is now generally con-
| ceded that in every competition,
whether on the athletic field, in the
classroom or in contests in speaking.
they are factors to be reckoned with.
1.-THE change of conditions in China
has been reflected considerably in the
attitude of our Chinese students. There
| has come an increased zeal for train
ing, either along commercial lines or
| in broader academic courses leading
| to admission to Eastern colleges, that
will better fit them for place in the
great progressive movement of the
awakened Empire
1t has not been the purpose of this
article to call special attention to the
work of mission schools, great and far
reaching as this has been. Yet among
the most important agencies, which
have been in Hawaii of great value
| in the education of Chinese youth,
have been certain mission boarding
| schools. The Episcopal institution,
''Iolani College" and the Roman Cath
| Ollie College, "St. Louis" have had for
years many Chinese on their rolls,
| where they have received the kind
and helpful care accorded other stu
| dents. The Mills Institute affiliated
| with the work of the Hawaiian Board
| (CongregationaD, has been devoted
especially to the education of Oriental
| youth, the Chinese having always been
| largely in the majority, though among
the students have been some most in
teresting and studious japanese and
Koreans. over four hundred Chinese
young men and boys have been con-
nected with the Institute" with the
boarding department" since it's OMEN
ing, while large number of dav-
pupils have also been in attendance
Among it's graduates are fine and
earnest specimens of true and noble
manhood. They are here in Hawaii
and in China occupying positions of
trust and usefulness or in institutions
of more advanced learning on tho
mainland, pursuing further courses of
study with diligence and success
ears of contact with them, intimate
knowledge of them in recitation hall.
ana athletic field, and in the friendly
Fellowship of the home-life, enable their
INSTRUCTORS TO speak warmly and
sincerely of them as being in very
noble ideals, of earnest purpose. and
excellent attainment, of grateful an
probation of kindness shown, and COM
pairing favorably and well with school,
boys of other nationalities Some of
our Chinese young ladies have also
received excellent training in different
seminaries for girls
A most interesting organization has
lately been formed among the Chinese
young people in Hawaii who have been
privileged to receive the benefit of q
good, early education, namely, q
branch of the Worlds Chinese Stu
dents Federation" the headquarters
of which are in Shanghai In its |
membership are not a few who are
earnestly DESTROYS of pursuing more
advanced courses of study
Many important questions naturally |
arise with reference to the education |!
of youth Of Asiatic origin under the |
American flag. In regard to one of |
these an important and valuable state |
ment has recently been made by one |
of Hawairs foremost educators in a |
report to the Governor of the Terri |