The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-05
MRS, DOWSEIT
HAS OBJECTIONS
TtllNKS S0MH NEW SCHOOL
sOUNMGs wAsrE rlW TIME ON
TuN pupulN

of Commissioners OF Public lna,ruo.
tlpn lhlnka 80 NJ least, and abe waa
not backward IN ulallng her opmlona
at tho meeting OF the Hoard yesterday
afternoon According to her hellef the
new TANGLED Nulem Ut teaohlug nv oh.
leot leuaonu Ia all toollahnrua, aud Nh.
perlnlendent nahhltt who Ia reaponal
bile Tor the 'Royal school city Govern.
mont' ana upme other thlnga h trlt.
teNng away valuable time In tho llyea
of the pupils
Mira nnwHetl was tao feature VT ypas
terdNya meeting She opened up by
denounolng the o0lty Government"
school Idea, an u waste Of time, and
with calling many Of the lately intro.
duoed ldeaa IN teaohng 'tnda" She
lnalaled that not enough time IN given
10 leaohlng the rudmeutary prlnelplea
Ot education that the instruction In
he venerable three rH' Ut American
educational tradition wNa holug alights
ed
superintendent llahhlll defended hla
Ideas consistently Ito used the same
arguments M Mrs powselt, but drew
very different OoucluH0nu Ito mld
that because Hawaii haa such ooamo.
p0lllan school population, nlnestenlhe
of which never attend school higher
than tho grammar grades, thal what
schooling they gel should be- Of tho
most practical possible, II should not
be In any sense q preparation Tor high
or education, aa heretofore almost Hl
school ourrlouluma have been, but
should be- Of u character which win
give the children some idea of the Mnd
Vt country Of which they are part,
md an equipment which viii DO Vt use
10 them IN their everyday llfo
Mrs DOwsett started ont ON the
same proposition tnat because NJ tho
character NJ tho school population 0f
tho Territory solid basis of learning
should be- established, bat this should
be by good hard wore, aud not by any
play methods Ut instruction, Then too
The study and recitation hours arc too
short, according 10 MRS DOwsotl, They
should DO extended very materially,
superintendent liabblll defended tho
"Clly Government IN established m
tho Royal School, saying that II tond.
90 10 Improve tho discipline very mate.
rally, ana relieved The principal ana
ieaohefs Of much labor ibul Mrs, Dow
son held that The teachers ana Dfln-
elDals were paid 10 keep discipline. ana
lhal isn't The DuplI'A business, Bho
mld That she had received many com.
plants from parents that their ehll.
dron were NOT learDlng anything thor.
0ughly, but she refused 10 dlynlRe any
names M all those Kicks had D0en lilod
VINE she was m duly, ana 6ngaged IN
social affairs
Rabbit did moi approve NJ this way
NJ making complaints m all ana said
80,
Emil No. llarDo, principal N Tho
school ~ llonglDH, wrote the li0ard
thalb IN SALARY NJ e5O Dor month n not
enough ~ support his family NJ ton
CHILDREN ilH said no has been teach.
~ FOR ~ yonfs, " NJ which have boon
IN me service NJ the islands govern.
meDls, ITO foels that n living II due
bin,
superintendent Rabbit threw COld
water GD me Old mans petition Al.
though be n ~ years " age, ana bis
story In probably true, the Board, no
sam, has kept The ll0nOipu gCbool op.
eD chleHy as charity aud tlmCs
about all there Is ~ n, The old man
won't gel my more money, ana ought
~ be mighty Glad that generous and
aDDreclailye public n willing 10 let
him i've M ml
benjamin BHghtWell, " tho KauDO,
Maui school wants more money. 80
t0ld the Board that slx years ago he
WIS drawing more than ne In NJ pres.
ent 1'hs superintendent was instruct.
ed ~ tell him also, that be- should b6
glad he rs getting NJ much M no n,
for n ls more than his school N allow.
e1 according ~ the GastslrOH schedule
NJ the iiOafd
Mrs NaseCtG was appointed d teaChs
ef NJ Kallhluta IN place N Miss FLOR
e1C6 Edwards, resigned,
Mrs H. q. Brown, 0f Wabiawa, was
appointed IN place Of Miss Cfam6r,
VINO bad resigned on the advice " an
0fHiiH
Ian YIN ChlB was appointed ~ q
nov tsaoher FOR Tho Kauluw6ia school,
a leaye N absence was granted 10
Mrs h. NJ Walker who sails ON me
Alameda fGr tle Coast
1be application NJ Mrs, A, w. AM
drada fOf u certificate as n private
school Tor tho Miller Street Rlndefgaf.
ton was granted as was also n cer.
llnoale ~ lbe puuHebe JapaHese. Bng-
ilsh school
Miss Florence scott had fled an 40.
Dllcatl0n fGr position ~ teacher but
wanted ~ bo allowed 10 devote d nun.
Dor N hours per day ~ Christian