Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-21
APT SUGGESTIONS LAUNCH NORMAL
SCHOOL GRADUATES ON LIES SEA


so highly vocational was the training
which these young domestic science
teachers had received, that two Of the
siy-33 per cent of the number-were
married during their first year out Of
school. While hope that this may
serve to make the domestic science
work still more popular, l am afraid
1t may be necessary for Mr. Wood to
put the brakes on just little bit, for
after all we are trying to conduct
Normal School and not a marriage
bureau" "
Labor 10 Honorable. ........
w. r. Harrington in his address to
the graduating class dwelt especially
on the fact that education should
not drive the children away from hard
work, as is often charged that it does.
The teachers should impress upon the
children that a Imam who can do work
Id the field Or in the shop is doing
labor as dignified and honorable and
well worth while as the work of the
clerk or any other so-called white
shirt occupation. t~z=sl
Yours is the pleasant duty" said
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and girls that if they expect to
amount 70 anything they must work
for q living.
Proof Lies With Teachers.
Immediately You go out from this
scllbol yod are met with a challenge
from the men who do not believe in
education--for some people. Your
task is TO prove that education is good
for all people and that education re-
shifts in better WORK from the work
ers. The proof will be demonstrated
tie children You are dealing with
the children of tender years. You
will mold the future of the men and
women of this territory.
MY first thought is for the native
Hawaiian. You have noticed that the
native people of these islands believe
that certain classes of manual labor
are beneath their dignity. There can
be no otner reason for the fact that
the people of native lineage will dig
dirt on the roads, but they will not dig
dirt on the plantations-thati is for the
coolie. ~3s@s g.
This Is all wrong. The native peo-
pie should be found in the main indus
try. There should be more money
in it for them; there is more for them
and better home surroundings than
they can possibly obtain from the in
termittent employment in public ser.
vice.f You and / know that given
equal service, equal attention to daily
duties, equal hard work, the people
of the native race are almost inVarl-
ably preferred for employment in all
lines OF industry.
Must Influence Thought.
The great majority of your pupils
in the country districts will be from
the ranks of the native race and the
plantation workers. Your work in the
public schools will be an utter failure
if the children by reason of being
taught to be clean in person, habits
land speech, as we'll as able to read
and write, carry also the thought that
the work in the soil, the preparing,
the blowing, the seeding, the hoeing,
the watering, the harvesting, the fore
ing of productivity from the soil
which was done by their fathers and
mothers, is beneath the dignity of the
boys and girls who have been to
school, speak of conquering the
soil as an example, for this is an agri'
cultural country, and We can gain
strength as a community only in pro-
portion to the increase in the number
of intelligent tillers of the soil, who
are at the same time home builders.
The same principle applies to the
workshop, the mill and to the home
with its cleaning and washing and
planning and clothing and cooking.
Large Rewards Await.
The greatest rewards for the boys
and girls Of this territory are await.
ing those who gain the best results
from the sou. The men and women
who make the soil yield larger re-
turn and greater variety of products
will find places waiting for them among
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