Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-21
Pupils Show Aptitude for Spell
ing; Hawaiian Geography
to Be Emphasized .

eve report progress, then, In in
creased numbers; on a course OF stu
dy We are striving ever to Improve;
on q broad and varied program OF
school activities, social, moral and re-
ligious; In scholarship and In steadily
developing efficiency Of our staff OF
leading teachers. 49,. III
Thus Charles T. Fits, principal OF
the Punahou preparatory school,
tersely summarizes the progress Of the
preparatory school in his annual, re.
port to the board of trustees of the
Oahu College, who met on Thursday
at the University Club. ~ "a
During the year 1e16-1917 the en-
rollment Of the Punahou preparatory
school was $40 and the average at
tendance was 516.38, while in 1915
1916 the enrolment was only 49S and
the average attendance 463.47, and IN
l914-1915 the enrolment was exactly
500 and the average attendance 463
The number enrolled In the course In
piano study increased from So to s69
In the past year, while the number
taking voice and the number taking
violin decreased from IA to 10 and
33 to %, respectively. ..- II.
The registration by nationalities
still shows the whites predominating,
with q total Of $50, which is 70 per
cent Of the total number enrolled
There are 81 part Hawaiians, which
is 14.3 per cent Of all students; II
Chinese, or 3 per cent II Japanese
or 81 per cent and Portuguese, or S
per cent. The total enrolment was
$40. . s.s.s.s
In view Of improving the course Of
study In reading, the Merrill readers
viii take the place of the Stepping
Stones to Literature series, which are
now considered antiquated The Al.
dine system is to be used further In
the work with reading and more work
In literature will be given with this
special feature OF the work The
scope of silent reading win be enlarg.
ed as one Of these steps. =
Success In Spelling I -.+=
Unusual success In spelling during
the year was reported by Mr.. Fits.
In spelling the lone hundred demons, ,
words which were considered catchy
and which the pupils had never seen
before, the grade from three to eighi
inclusive scored an average Of ST.
per cent In tests on Dr.. Leonard p,
Ayres', Russell Sage Foundation, Sc
lected list of troublesome words,
grades two to eight inclusive scored
an average of Sill per cent. This is
generally higher than the records
made In the average mainland schools,
according to Mr.. Fits. For instance
records Of the spelling of these words
by the pupils Of the high grade schools
Of Des Moines, Ia, average only 64.2
per cent. In the future the spelling
book Of Principal Pearson of the
Horace Mann school of New York viii
be placed in the hands of the teachers.
More Hawaiian geography will be
given to the preparatory pupils in the
future. Sewing will be continued as
an optional and extra subject. Last
year 81 girls spent one hour a week
In this work.
Features OF the outside activity
which viii be continued viii be Par.
ents day In the fall term, the special
assembly program on Thursday morn.
ings, Waonahele ohana, an excursion
class which. combines nature study
with pleasure, and the Junior Crusai.
ers' Club, which does social service
work. =
Much interest In vegetable gardens
was shown following the attempt OF
the school 70 carry to the pupils the
presidents message to raise more
food = 80 IS h"vs end IS girls,