The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-31
TEACHER Of
TEACHERS HERE
New York Pedagogue MarveIs
at Cosm0poIitanism at
kaiuIani.

| The schoolteachers and pupils of New
York state are to receive visual in
struction concerning the history and
industries of Hawaii. Miss Christabel
Abbott, Of the department of visual in
struction, arrived on the Manchuria
yesterday and spent the day in Homo
| lulu. She was so interested in what
she saw that she will return TO Hawaii
for an extended visit next year At
present Miss Abbott is compelled to
resume her journey around the world
which tour is arranged and paid for by
the New York State Board of Educa-
ton.
Miss Abbott was met at the steamer
by a number of the territorial trans
portation committee and at once placed
in charge of Mr.. H. K Bonnie, as the
person best suited to aid her in secur-
ing the desired lantern slides with
which she wishes to illustrate her lee
lures before the New York state teach
ers next year, for Miss Abbott is a
teacher of teachers, who teach the chill
dren the visual lessons she teaches
L.
Committee also entertained Miss Alb
bolt as did Governor Frear, both of
whom will forward her full information
and reports concerning Hawaii.
Miss Abbott was driven to the Pail,
shown the surfboard riders and intro
duced to the outrigger canoe, all of
which she admired, as strangers do,
but it was the ianaied homes of Waikiki
that caused her to remark that in all
the states there are no such magnificent
and beautiful homes as these. Miss
Abbott was lost in admiration of the
beauties of Honolulu, but it was a visit
to the Kaiulani school that caused her
to determine to return to Hawaii to
study our educational system.
II am going to JAPAN she said, "to
study the educational system there-I
find I can study it in Honolulu. I go
to China for the same purpose, when
could accomplish more in Hawaii, for
do not speak Chinese. Kaiulani school
was a revelation to me. I did not
dream that such school existed any
where in the world. AS I entered the
infant class, children sang alohas,
ohios, bon ilfos, Zdoravies. chu sans and
a dozen other morning salutations in
as many different languages. They
gathered in the great hall and sang as
I have never heard human beings sing
before Nowhere in any American
school have we such voices-wonderful
tenors, superb bassos, perfect time. Not
even Italy is so musical as Hawaii.
There is an individuality here that the
people should cherish. Hawaii can
give America many lessons in the way
of educating her young. Our teachers
should come here and study your Won
derful system for it must be wonderful
to produce the results I have today OBJ
served / wish / could remain in Ha-
wafi instead of going on around the
world, but shall return, and hope next
summer to spend in the most beautiful
and entfcing land 1 have yet visited"
Mr.. Bonine and Miss Abbott discuss
ed at length the advantages and posi-
bflities of education through the lantern
slide and moving pictures in the
schoolst It is more than likely that Mr.
Bonine's slides and films of Hawaii will
be used in the New York schools to
demonstrate the feasibility of this form
of visual education.
Miss Abbott goes to Japan with let
tiers of Introduction to Mr.. Burton
Holmes, who is the greatest living en-
thusiast on educating the young in the
schools through the means of moving
films that bring great historic events
and industrial. actions directly before
the eye. From Japan Miss Abbott re-
turns to New York via the trans
Siberian railway. She has already ar
ranged for a complete set of slides ana
accompanying lectures on HAWAII It's
history, industries and general beauties.