The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-15

AAO@>' S1A<ArSLIo "A. WI Ih1I1i,
The orator of the day.
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institutions mean to the oppressed of
earth and the downtrodden in every
cline, we should be ever ready to evil
dence our respect tor the flag that they,
when they are with us, may have the
benefit of the example thus set.
International arbitration, that con-
summation so devoutly to be wished,
which is the present dream of the true
noblemen of earth, will some day be
realized, and | am sure that among the
agencies that contributed largely to.
ward that result will be found to be
the public schools of our beloved coun-
try.
Faith in God-loyalty to country
love of humanity. The nniversality of
these three qualities among men will
mark the dawn of the perfect day when
the ideal republic shall flourish, whose
citizenship Is the highest type of hui
manity-male and female. Proper edu-
cation of the physical, mental and spir-
itual powers of each individual will per.
feet society, and nothing less can do
it.
Laid the Foundation.
"The early Christian missionaries 10
these Islands, as long ago as 1920, laid
the foundations of an educational sys-
tenn that contemplated n training of the
heart, the head and the hand. This is
to my mind the ideal educational sys-
TEN. In the very beginning attention
was given to vocational training, as
witness the establishment and mainten-
ance of the HilO boarding school and
the school at Lahainaluna. This splen-
did school system gave to the world
many useful men and women, prominent
among whom was Samuel G. Armstrong.
When Mr.. Armstrong had ceased fight
ing the battles of the Union Che rose
TO the rank of general in the ARMY
he took up the work of fighting the
battles of humanity in the vocational
schools of the mainland.
''The great school at Hampton, Vir.
ginia, and the greater one AT Tuskegee,
Alabama, both owe their establishment,
primarily, to General Armstrong, for he
personally established Hampton and
was the teacher Of DIR. B. T. Washing
ton, who founded and at present directs
the nolicy of Tuskegee.
at is very gratifying to note that
Mt this very moment each of the po1iti-
cal parties, now striving for territorial
mastery, is committed to policy of re-
newed vigor in the support of this now
almost neglected vocational training
A Practical Age.
''This age is one of practieslity. That
education is most valuable which en-.
ables the boy or girl to win true sue
cess by being useful to their commun-
ity and mankind in general. The idea
seems obtaining here as it is elsewhere
in the country, that an educational sys-
tenn, free to all, should be so conducted
as to fit the youth of the land to truly
enjoy the privileges, and faithfully dis
charge the duties and obligations of
good citizenship. Public schools are in
tended to prepare boys and girls for
the responsibilities of life. All pupils,
children Of rich and poor alike. should
be taught the true dignity of labor, and
trained how to do practical, useful
things.
''I am told that in one school build
ing in this city may be found repre-
sentatives of eighteen different racial
types, and that the experience of both
teachers and pupils is that they not
only can, but they have worked to-
gether in perfect harmony, and dare
say that each is the better and stronger
because of the experience. Too much
praise cannot be given the noble baud
of men and women who are serving as
school teachers in this Territory.
"Dear children, the world wants
men and women who are straight.
Straight men and women only come
from straight boys and girls. The days
Of childhood aud youth cannot be spent
IA doing sharp, tricky things II we
hope 10 grow Into straight men aud
women ~ We ever expect 10 be
straight, lhe time 30 begin ia here aud
now The truly straight boy aud girl
may BE- described a. follows