The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-02


part OF the days lcseon. A sclcete
heading different from the one used 4
1 the paragraph is assigned by th
/ teacher.
This plan, reasonably and intelligent
ly carried out. has proved ominentl
satisfactory. This was the method b
use by the leading teachers in the Tel
ritorv when the Normal School was es
Y tablished. and is based on the genera
I principles outlined in McMurry's Gen
cral Methods.
2 "Grind Of Machine"
D Under the above heading the write
makes the point that the students ar,
found laboring over monotonous plans
night after night, having time for littl,
! OF nothing. else. That this is not true
is shown by the fact that they do fine
time enough to master the ordinary
English subjects of high school course
so satisfactorily that they are admitted
to different colleges without examin
alton and in special cases to advanced
standing. (See report of department
of public instruction on normal school,
If the work of the school is "grind y
the inference is that the product is not
what it should be. must refer again
to the different official sources of in
formation. These sources might have
been consulted by the writer before the
article was written.
In the official records since the grad
uation of the first normal class appear
reports on the work of the graduates
similar to the following:
''On Hawaii there are perhaps a
dozen normal graduates Honolulu Nor
mall or those having had some normal
training; six of these are very recent
graduates. Very pleasing has been my
experience with these graduates. The
later graduates had only been at work
for short time, but with one excep-
ton, they had the pupils well in hand
and were getting in good work, such
work as it might have taken them years
to work up to had they had no such
training. Above all were these grad
yates good in manner of treatment and
handling of pupils, which was natural
and proper.
The official reports of the various
supervising principals in the different
districts of the Islands say that the
large majority of the teachers of the
Honolulu Normal and Training School
are doing satisfactory work. In many
eases their rating is equal to the best
equipped teachers of the force. From
personal and official letters large num-
Der of commendatory quotations could
| be given If it were necessary. The
supervising principals in the city by
their official reports and personal state
ments endorse the work of the normal
school graduates.
Mr.. Davis, supervising principal of
the Royal School, says, ~ have twenty
two territorial normal and training
school teachers out of a faculty of
thirty-two teachers, ! am entirely sat
ised with them. They are well pre-
pared for their work. Their rooms are
clean their pupils orderly and well up
to the requirements of the grades. The
general tone and school atmosphere is
excellent They have shown them
selves capable and efficient teachers. -
Mrs. Nina L. d. Fraser, supervising
principal of the Kaiulani School, says,
81 cannot speak too strongly of the
work done under my supervision by the
Honolulu Normal School teachers They
are efficient and capable teachers With
out rejecting in any way on the other
teachers / should be pleased to have
only Honolulu Normal School teachers
under my supervision
Mr.. I. M. Cox supervising principal
VI hullEiWdtud, says, WtINe UuJ VI
seventeen of my teachers are of the
Honolulu Normal and Training School
and the best of these are equal to the
best under my supervision.
Mrs. +. w. Carter, supervising prin-
cipal of the Central Grammar School,
says, "'Six out of the nineteen of my
teachers are from the Honolulu Normal
and Training School and while they diff
fer in degree of efficiency they are all
doing satisfactory work.
Mr.. c. w. Baldwin, supervising prin-
cipal of the Kaahumanu Schools, says,
I"As normal inspector for eight years, I
was so well pleased with the work of
our graduates that | conceived the idea
of placing them Mt regular intervals
throughout my circuit, in order that l
might send teachers generally to oh
serve their work, At the teachers
meetings held during my tours, / called
on them to do actual class work when
ever possible. As supervising principal
| / should be pleased to have more of
my teachers from the Honolulu Normal
School. In general / can heartily say
of the work of our normal graduates
that it is eminently fitted for such
teaching as they are called on to do -
In letter just received from a sup
cruising principal outside of Honolulu,
he says, in speaking of an assistant
! teacher, who is a normal school grad
uate, "She comes as near doing perfect
work as ] ever saw done, either in
normal or out of it, and she does that
work every day."
Position Here Not Exceptional. e"
We have teachers in these Islands
who have taught Poles, Bohemians
etc" In answer to this ] will quote
again what Dean Russell says, "Your
ran for teaching English, which is in
Dictated briefly in the course of study
is sound in principle, and has proved
successful in the foreign district in our
large cities" Can it he possible that
the teachers have made mistake
againl Do they know what is being
done in the public schools2
EDGAR WOOD.
WE MAY GET THOSE
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