Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-08

the drama of the school boy. Tho
sad scene where the lad puts away
with a caressing, farewell the fishing
rod, and perhaps the surfboard. and
turns his soTrowful cCun .enanee
schoolward, was enacted this morn
| ing This has been a very, very sac
day for many OF The school boys.
or course there are some who are
more fortunate than others. 1t hap
peEs that all the schools do not open.
following the summer vacation. at the
same time. In the c;.se of the pupils
of the public school a short reprieve
| is being enjoyed. and until Septem-
her Is they can breathe happily. Not
so. however, with the students OF
Oahu College. College of Hawaii, Pu-
nahcu Preparatory school and Homo
lulu School for Boys Their period OF
happiness is spent. and today they
trudged back to their class rooms,
| text books Under their arms, and the
fear of Latin in their hearts. It was
only a short time ago that they left
| for their period of recreation, and
now it is all over, with nothing re-
manning but IFS happy memory which
makes the present all the more dread
full.
Today it isaa few ok1the I-riyate
schools which open, next week 1t will
ibe the public schools; so before the
month is hall spent the wheels OF
education WIN be grinding, with their
lnext appreciate pause scheduled for
1.-THE Christmas season
The three Schools opening today be-
gan the year with every sign Of sue
: cess. Larger attendance than. during
previous years as q rule was shown
this morning In the schools. New
teachers bid fair to score successes IN
!, the subjects they ere to teach, and
the pups, though mourning in one
eye the Foreclosure CT their holidays,
4 look forM ard WIN the other to the
ncnors to be struggled for in the field
and class room during the new term.
At Punahou this morning shortly az
i ter 8 o'clock the pupils met in the
assembly hall, and we're addressed By
their principal, A. F. Grifiths, and
also by Rev. Henry P. Judd, who Sc
aspirations of the alumni. Today
4 AS Tic yCd{ III ehOf -oSAAOOA'
4 The exact number of pupils who
will attend the Oahu College this term
il not yet known, put, II is believed
that the number will be in excess OF
that of last year. At both the Homo.
lulu School for Boys and the College
of Hawaii something over 100 pu-
pills have registered.
4 scientific home making" as it has
il been called, by which is, meant cook.
ing and sewing, ETC., will be taught
this year at the College of Hawaii.
] The following is whatslthey have tc
| Say regarding the innovation: x
Zone of the most remarkable de
4 velopment in collegiate instruction is
that of the present decade along the
lines of the scientific teaching of the
affairs Of the home The organization
and management of the modern home
is highly involved matter. even from
merely the business standpoint, and
! calls for ingenuity and technical
knowledge and skill Of a high order
| The modern house wife of college
training is a woman of wide informa
ton and adept in applying her knowl
4 edge to the particular case In hand.
& The College of Hawaii, like the 9th
er state and territorial colleges O
y agriculture and the mechanic arts
recognizes the fundamental import
ance and significance of the home
| arts and sciences. Courses are offer
: ed in cooking and sewing; in tn,
study of textiles, dressmaking ant
: millinery; In the selection and prep
aration of foods; in house work AM
. laundrying; IN the construction, Sanl
lltation, and decoration of the home
These courses all involve laborator.
q practice work: the student works out
L through actual personal experience
the ideas and principles gained from
textbook and lectufe.
"The domestic science Laboratories
are we'll equipped in accordance witt
the best standards fer instruction o
this character. A number OF new
courses are to be offered this year"
At the preparatory school, one o
FL the most interesting features OF THU
years work will be the more complete
ADAPTATION of the methods of the Mon
tessori system to the instruction. Thu
o. school nau last year complete Sc
of equipment, which Miss Mecke uset
4 in the first grade. While in Italy
Miss Winnie and Miss johnson of thu
preparatory staff thoroughly inVesti
gated the system on the ground Fpl
D advantage will be taken of the result
:. of their study Of the system at Puma
!. hou this year. 1t is their belief tina
the system as a whole is not wei
, adapted to conditions here, but tina
I many parts of it can be used wit
good results.
The following shows some of tn
changes to be made in the depar
q ments for the ensuing term:
Mrs. T. NJ Cox-Head of depar
ment of oral expression, Bryn Nav