The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
JapaneseT ToBe Anericanized
 InHawaii
BY HARRY IL. ROGERS, International News Service Stan
 COrreSDOndent

Washington, D. C., Aug s1-There are busy times ahead for the little Jap kids of Hawaii.
 Impressed with the necessity for children of Japanese percentage born m the islands and therefore, Ameri- can citizens, the educational authori- ties of the territory are working out inspire fear even in a grown-up Occf- dental race.
 Under the plan of education likely to be adopted, the Japanese boy or glrl will be required to learn not only the customary twenty-six letters of the English alphabet familiar to every American child. but also some fifty other equivalents of Japanese sounds and approximately 1000 ''kanji," or Chinese, ideographs, to say nothing of speaking and writing both Japanese and English. Then, if there is time to spare, the boys will acquire a few plumbing, and the like, while the lit tie girls will master dressmaking, housekeeping and perhaps landscape painting.
 Provided by Law. The occasion for this apparently children of Japanese ancestry in Ha- waii is the compilation of new readers Tor Japanese language schols through out the territory, in compliance with
 
 Legislature in 1920.
 A committee, headed by Prof Ia suk1 Harada, of the University of Ha- waif, has just submitted prospectuses
 Of the proposed readers, which ap- parently are meeting with favor from the auth critics.
 | In preparation of the readers, it is | stated, the committee has had two
 main objects in view: First, a reduc- | tIon of the burden on the child, due | to twofo1d education, and second, Americanization of the children at tending language schools. | Since the object of the Japanese | language school of Hawaii" says the prospectus, copy of which has been
 received here, ''is to teach common Japanese words and sentences used in their daily life so that they can express themselves to their parents and other who do not understand the English language, as a matter of course the readers shall be compiled accordingly. In the new readers diff ficult words and phrases and sentences shall be avoided as far as possible in order to meet the present need, and in consideration of the over-burden- education.
 To Make Good Citizens. Speaking of the emphasis to be placed in the readers upon Ameri- caniaztion, the prospectus says: "In the preparation of the language school readers. the committe hopes 10 keep in mind constantly that those textbooks will be a substantial help in making the children good American citizens, and the material will. be se- lected with that consideration" The Japanese language schools in Hawaii, the prospectus says, have for their purpose the teaching of the common Japanese language to the Japanese youth of Hawaii and to cul- tivate their moral character. The period for teaching is eight years in the grammar and four years in the high school.
 Among the features now under con- sideration for selection are:
 "1 Material that is helpful in the making of a good American citizen. "2 The words and deeds of emil nent persons, helpful in fostering moral character of children.
 8. Stories, fairy tales, traditions, proverbs etc, that are interesting to and helpful in cultivating the moral character of children
 A. Lives of contributors to civiliza- ton, events in connection with them in America and Hawaii and elsewhere
 "5. Geographical material closely related to America and Japan and es- pecially Hawaii. "6. Natural phenomena and objects in nature especially of interest to children.
 '7 Natural features helpful to aes- thetic culture, and poems and prose relating to humanity.
 "S. Material relating to health and sanitation