Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-27
ORGANIZE MANY
night CLASSES
FOR YEARS WORK
Many Registering for Various
Courses Offered This Year
at Local Y. N. c. A.,

Organizing the members of the Y
M. Z. A. night school into classes is
row the one big feature of the eduea
tional department Many students
have already enrolled and Educational
Secretary Jay A. Urfce Is confident
that the new classes this year viii
excel those of former years. There
are q different departments where
the student may find an education,
and a number have already signifieI
their intention OF entering more than
one department.
The course in drafting has beer
made one Of the features of the night
school work, A course in architec.
tural drawing will be open for those
In the building trades, and a course In
mechanical drawing for men Of a me-
chanical tendency. Special work will
be given the class In surveying, and
all departments VIII, receive indivi'
dual attention. 7.e . 2.
One Of the courses which Is bound
to be popular is the one that teaches
the apprentice in the machine shops
how to improve his condition. A two
years course is required to complete
this branch of work, and special at.
tention will be given to shop drawing.
plan reading and the chemistry OF
metals and alloys.
Higher Mathematics.
The departments OF higher mathe
matics viii include work in geom.
etry, algebra and trigonometry. These
courses will contain work for the stu.
dent along practical lines. Problems
and tables win be given, and'a num-
Der of the lessons that are used in
everyday life will be featured. r. H.
Lowrie, who has charge Of these de.
partments, has had wide experience as
an educator and the students will be
given individual attention In the work.
The commercial course has been
featured more or less, over other
courses, as the students when they
have finished their work have an op-
.portunity of securing many positions.
The course will include thorough in
struction in the theory and practise Of
bookkeeping, and with this viii be
found letter writing, business lectures
and commercial law. The budgets ys.
tenn OF study is used in the bookkeep-
ing department, and the Gregg system
of shorthand will be taught Students
In the typewriting department will be
given an opportunity to learn the
touch system ;. :.
The course in commercial law is
one that will be taken up by the
businessmen who wish To apply prac
tical methods to their Business. .
Judge Iarnaeh to Lecture. >.. r.,
A course OF 10 lectures will be given
by Judge Larnach on contracts, com.
mercial paper, property, and sales and
agency Legal questions will be
brought out giving the businessman
an idea of the laws workings without
having to take the matter up with his
attorney.
There ere three orga1ized courses
In English. the beginning English
will be for those who are just learn
ing to speak the language, and study
viii be made OF the parts of speech,
the forming Of sentences and the
work In spelling and reading. E!emen-
tary English will reach those who
have finished a course in the seventh
grade in grammar school. Advanced
English will be a course of study in
American history with composition
work and study of grammar related
to 1t. .s.<. Pr" ~ -
Those who wish to take up work In
foreign languages VIII be given an OPP
portunity to learn Spanish and Jap
anese. Clifford Splitter will have
charge Of the Spanish class, and he
has already prepared a text of his own
for Introductory lessons. Carleton
Miller will instruct In Japanese and
this course should be a popular one
in Honolulu. Mr.. Miller both speaks
and writes Japanese. A number of
students are already enrolled for this
course School will open Monday, DC.
tober 1.
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