Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-25
.MKINLEY HIGH school, HOLDS
LIBERALIZATION EXERCISES

tent, tue ulItNtiDd VI sOui SAAoA - p1N
with only enough exceptions TO prove
the rule, the men and women able TO
make a clear cut, definite and salts
factory response 20 this query are
those, who. in their preparation and
in the practice of their daily detail,
work out the American gospel CT eff
ficiency. s4l.t ~
Your answer will determine your
position in life. BY it will be meas
ured the degree of success, the eff
ficiency with which you have applied
to the practical affairs Of life, the
theory, the mental training, the eul-
ture Of so-called book learning, which,
in days gone by. was rated as about
all there was to education. Fortu-
nately, the people who look upon
education as something separate and
apart from work are, growing "beauu-
fully less" though some still live In
Hawaii. .sst t
New and insistent problems are
forcing themselves upon the school
children OF, this territory. The old
order is. changing. -
Generally speaking, young people
have, sought education with the hope
OF its helping to something higher
that something higher. being
place in the mercantile, commercial,
financial, professional or government
| life,-the white, shirt" professions, as
opposed to agricultural, mechanics
and rural home building 3 Hawaii's
general scheme of life has been based
on the practice that the primary pro-
ducer,, the, man who does the hard.
manual labor must come from abr3aa
,slere be. is enlisted. frams the RACKS
of the peasant and the coolie. Mammal
work of the hand was for him. Not
until comparatively recent DAYS have
we thought much of increasing
human values and dignifying honest
labor by applying an eds,catet, head
to the work of the hand, thereby
raising the standing of efficiency in
the performance of the most common
] tasks.
Possibly the thought woi.id net have
come to us so soon, possibly we
should not have walked up If wise
government had (. not checked the
stream of immigrants, who soon be-
came emigrants., They thus forced
US to consider our permanent popula-
ton, and adapt our lives as well as
adjust our, system of, education and
Industry to permanent conditions
Practically speaking, llawaiIs
scheme has leaned too. much IN the
direction of leaving the work of the
hand to the ignorant peasant and
coolie. Training the head was sup
posed to lift the child notch higher,
and land the boy in a clerkship, in
stead of on the farm or in the shop,
and place the girl behind the counter,
instead of establishing her as the
trained and enlightened domestic di-
rector of home. The heart has
come into play, principally among
those who are wealthy. and turn back
a share of their fortunes through the
channels of charity and philanthropy.
Neither the man on the job nor the
man over him was supposed to have
any heart
Our. future welfare demands that
! the heart, the head and the hand OF
every child in this territory shall be
trained to turn willingly to the tasks
and opportunities of his or. her i'm
mediate environment. Given this
start in life, backed with enthusiasm
and interest which creates new power
for further advancement, and we
have the basis for. right thinking,
right acting, ambitious and thorough
liy patriotic citizenship.
An ignorant peasant class is abhor-
rent to every American ideal Eff
eieHN clear headed, welleducated,
| self-reliant and self-respecting man
hood and womanhood united in COM
munity home building is the fulfill
ment of the American ideal. This is
1.-THE goal toward which the progressive
spirits of Hawaii should turn their
steps
Educational activity, variously re-
ferred to as manual training" 70
cational guidance" practical educa-
tion," agriculture in the schools"
etc, is an expression of the move
ment that is steadily, and with abso-
i lutte. certainty of eventual success, adj
vancing. us toward a more perfect re-
alization of that, ideal 1t is a recog-
milton of the shortcomings of the past,
and an appreciation of the response
bilities of the future.
If we do not conduct our govern.
ment in competent manner our priv
ileges of self-government will be TAX
en- from us--the work will be placed
in the hands of others. Our country
can not be, and will not allow itself
to be retarded by people who can not
or will not understand the seriousness
of our civic duty.
/ The day is passing if it has not al.
ready gone, when, particular racial
| affiliation or former nationality OF
our citizen men and women will give
Them prior lien on opportunity, OF
bar them from an absolute equality
. based upon their ability to deliver re
suits. presuming, of course, that their
| patriotism and loyalty to our com.
mon country can not be called in
question. Each years addition to the
ranks of adult men and women, who
&C children wpra taken into Tho n1Ih.