The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-06

| is the prevalence in the curriculum of
subjects relating to the practical affairs
Of life. Formerly chemistry and physics |
were taught as pure sciences, now they /
are often taught from tho standpoint
of their bearing on practical affairs. ]
Likewise, mathematics and mechanics |
are now taught with reference to the
man s activities upon which they have
Il direct bearing. These points of view
are gradually bringing about a change
in our estimates of the value of sub
jects; namely, that any subject that
has bearing on the affairs of life has
educational value when taught with a
view point of intellectual training. This
conception is at the foundation of our
best technical colleges and of the tech
nical courses in the state universities.
The college of Hawaii is offering
courses in engineering that are design
ed to give n thorough training in the
fundamental principles upon which pro-
fessional engineering practise is based
these principles by the solution of many
practical problems. In general, the
courses of instruction are laid out on
university lines and the work required
will be of equal grade. Young men
entering these courses are expected to
be well grounded in the physical
sciences, and in mathematics up to, and
including solid geometry and plain
trigonometry, and it is desired to i'm
press upon them the necessity of thor
ough preparation in order that the more
subjects may not be hampered by lack
of proper ground work. Realizing the
value of general culture to the success.
full engineer, liberal provision has been
made for the humanities with view
to their influences upon the students
future professional practise. 1t is the
aim of the department of engineering
to fit it's graduates to assume those ad-
illustrative responsibilities which are
more and more devolving upon men of
technical training
Mechanical Engineering.
The course in mechanical engineer
ing is planned to afford a systematic
and thorough training in general engi-
neering, covering in addition to the
more purely mechanical subjects, exer.
cises in electrical measurements and
: testing, in chemical technology, in
hydraulics, in sugar engineering and in
the engineering of power plants. This
is intended to afford an insight into
actual industrial and engineering prac
tise, and to this end the correlated
training of the faculties is assured by
courses in the laboratory, the work
!. shop and the drafting-room. Many en-
: cheering graduates begin their profes
. sional life in a drafting Office and to
fit them for this work the training in
= mechanical drawing emphasizes aceu
I, racy, speed, order and neatness. In
struction in the shops and Laboratories
: gives familiarity with materials and
mechanisms, skill in handling tools and
appliances, an understanding of the
. practical possibilities of machinery and
processes, and an acquaintance will
:, shop and laboratory limitations affect
: ing the principles of design and manu-
" facture.
Electrical Engineering.
The course in electrical engineering
is intended to give the training re
. quired by men who wish to enter pro
" fessionally upon the applications o.
electricity to the useful arts, and is de
y go o . o . {
n between two of my three furlough
was a pretty long stretch. R'it, aftol
II ALL my greatest trial has been in see
d ing some of the native converts laps,
h from the faith. Tropical character il
d apt to have slim foundation of ethics
;, You know people there will lie.
10 Visitors to the Gilbert Islands toda,
i'd listen skeptically to stories of thei
Il. former savage condition and the dan
If ger to life which beset travellers il
earlier times. 1t is n safe place now
n of Christ and his devoted wife count
" ed not their lives dear, but CAV
NJ them unreservedly to those degrade,
heather. Scholars all over the worl,
J." recognize the magnitude of their ser
es vice to humanity. Prof. Edward {
IN Moore of Harvard said recently-thu
70 indorsing Professor Thayer's Garlic
= estimate of DIR. Bingham as man VIII
u has "done something; "When
think of what he has done durin
IN these fifty years in the Gilbert Il
n. lands, anything that the rest of us d
=. appears too small to mention. / seer
VI struck dumb in his presence"
n DIR. Bingham was i'll before he lef
Sc Honolulu for the mainland. He wen
st. East to correct proof on his new Gil
pit bertese dictionary, and he therefor
" died on duty.
Mt p. C. Jones said yesterday that
he was astonishing that Honolulu was no
notified of DIR. Bingham's death, an
u yet he is satisfied that the publishe
d. statement is correct. He heard ID
m BINGHAM make an address two week