The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-08-22
Miss Comma Wadman Becomes
the Bride of William
Zerffi.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was
the scene of pretty wedding last
evening, when Miss Gemma Wadman,
daughter of Reverend and Mrs. j. W.
Wadman, became the bride of William
Zerlli The wedding was an important
social event and was well attended by
society people, both old and young.
Professor Bode played the Lohengrin
the. church. She was preceded by her
sister, Mrs. Norma Adams, as matron
Of honor, Miss Marguerite Wadman,
maid of honor, and Miss Sarah Lucas,
Miss Kenny alton and Miss Belle Me
Coirston as bridesmaids.
Pretty Decorations.
Pink and lavender was the color
scheme in the de- On ations and was car
ried out in the gowns worn by the
bride S attendants. Mrs. Adams was
becomingly attired in Il deep lavender
gown and Miss Wadman wore deli
cate schade of pink. The bridesmaids
wore pale lavender costumes.
The bride was beautifully gowned in
soft white satin, her soft lace veil
caught with orange blossoms.
Tire church was attractively deco
rated with palms and ferns, and the
words which made the young couple
man and wife were pronounced be-
meath an arch of palms and pink and
lavender asters, tied with tulle and
ribbon of the same shades.
After the ceremony, as the bridal
party passed down the aisle Reynold
McGrew, an old friend of the bride,
sang go Perfect Love-
Mr.. Iertli was supported by Cyril
lIoogs, and the ushers were Dickson
Mott, Dave Larsen, Lieutenant Evans
and Richard Cation.
To Reside in North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zerfli will spend few
days on the other side of the island
They will leave Saturday for North
Dakota, where they will reside in the
future.
Mrs. Zerffi is the fourth daughter of
the Reverend and Mrs. J. w. Wadman
and is exceedingly popular in the smart
set. After her graduation from Oahu
College several years ago she went to
Germany, where she spent two years
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Mr.. Zerh and became engaged to him.
During the past year she has been
teaching music at Oahu College.
I'D
Very few boys are able to enter
either institution without making spe.
cial preparation. By special prepara-
tion ! mean that given by some reputa-
bic school that makes speciality of
preparing boys for the academies. The
necessity for this appears in several
ways. In geography, history, and
grammar, subjects essentially very easy,
the boy has very likely had his training
scattered over several years in grammar
school and four years in high school.
Thus he forgets a vast amount of es-
sential details-and it is question
whether he ever got them with suiii.
cient thoroughness. In all these sub
.eets boy needs review and instruc-
tion under guiding hand familiar with
the requirements. In geometry espe-
cially the boys public school training
is totally inadequate. / have yet to
learn of a secondary school S teaching
a boy to find the side of pcntadeca-
gon, pentagon, or dodeeagon inscribed
IN II circle of radius r. Yet in nearly
every examination for West Point or
Annapolis it is required that the candi.
date compute the side and era of four
or five regular polygons. Especially
for Annapolis, the geometry examina-
tion consists almost entirely of original
work, problem work that is fairly easy,
but very unusually. | believe it to be
the most sensible kind of geometry
the kind that every school ought to
teach, but does not. And iy all the
other mathematics subjects the element.
FRY school training in this country lacks
that thorOughness and wide range that
are necessary to the candidate 5 equip.
mcnt, The course in the high school
or academy usually touches the high
places only, and the student knows on
ly the problems and methods given in
the uc-teNt-took assigned to him. He
learns those mechanically, or by heart,
without really understanding the sub
lect as a whole. Our teachers. IN their
daily work and in their examinations,
fail TO see the advantage in giving stu
dents questions taken from other books
than those used in the classroom. Thus
they neglect the only sure way to fnd
out whether the student knows the sub
icct or only the book.--Seribner'