Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 494, 11 January 1902 — MOTHERS AND TEACHERS MEET [ARTICLE]

MOTHERS AND TEACHERS MEET

TALK ON CARPENTRY AT HOME MANY REASONS WHY CHILDREN SHOULD BE EDUCATED IN THIS LINE Benen ara Tool Sox Useful Aojurcls to a Playhouse—Children Should be Trained in Direction of Their Fancies—Boys Want Credit to Erect School Gymnasium. An interesting meeting of the Moth- . ers' and Teac hers' Club took place In the Punahou School yesterday afterj noon and was well attended. Prof j U. Thompson, principal of the Ka- ! mahameha Si hool. read a paper on ! "Carpentry in the Home.” He said. ; in part: Professor Thompson on Carpentry. “I learned years ago not to give adj vice. Suggestions are better. They l leave the giver free not to expect re- : suits, and they leave the receiver free to do as he pleases without accounting to the giver. "It has not been my fortune to visit the centers of art and architecture in Europe. What I hear makes me believe the masses of the people remain through life untouched by the masterpieces, though they touch them every day of their lives. I know this is true in America. Though the architecture and art may not be so tine there as in Europe it is good enough for the illustration "The carpenters and stone-workers who reproduce the lines suggested, the cabinet makers and wood carvers who reproduce the forms suggested by the artists remain all their lives practically untouched by the beautiful lines and proportions they spen 1 j their lives in reproducing. "What has this to do with carpenI try at home? Well, the training sug- ! gested is not given in schools, and I am not sure that such training is possible at the present time, even if the public demanded it. Why? Because teachers themselves have not been j trained. There are a few places where j teachers are being properly trained. I Mr. J, Liberty Todd -seems to be doj ing the right kind of work, but for | the most part the training offered has | in view the providing of the nec- | essaries of life. This is a step in the j right direction, but it is not all it j should be. Suggestions for Home Work. “And while waiting for the properly trained teacher to lead, the mothers and fathers can do something at home, and for this work I offer the ' following suggestions: First, the in i fiuence from publications. If you can afford them, two publications. “The American Architect and Building News" and J. Litchfield's "History of Furniture." should be as much a pan ' of the daily life as the daily papers ' and the magazines. Most of the oil ! paintings and the water colors might be omitted rather than these. Second. The influence from good pieces of statuary and good pieces of furniture. Third. The influence of some hobby, especially of one that will keep I not only the boy's body at home but his mind as well. “If the boy is mechanically Inclined, a cabinet-maker’s bench and tools ' may afford pastime and a means of expression for the ideals the publications mentioned might suggest Fourth. 1 would not recommend the repairing of furniture as a large part of a boy's experience. If it is a fine piece the l>oy cannot repair it. If it is a common piece he won t care to repair it. Fifth. 1 would recommend lessons in the use of tools. Teacheis ! can b* found to teach this part and to do it well. What Boys Should Learn. A boy should learn to make the ■ various joints, to keep the tool? :n the 1 best conditions and to use clue and shelac He should also see and use the different kinds of lumber and learn which is best for his purpose S:\th Th, tools should be the hesi made. Inspiration leaks out fast over ' a dull tool or a p««>! one Seventh The vwirent must direct the boy s mind and assist th- choice of deals * in designs. ! don t know of a teacher who is capable of doing this as well as the parent m.#> do il. Eighth Every man. and every woman as well, should have a hobby. I believe everyone has, U is a matter of early influence whether the hobby is rflevat e ing to the Individual and to the com e munity. I believe parents can do l *‘ more for their children before they are bora and during their early yea * k than can be done during all the rest of life, by all the school and social l * influence- the world offers “There a as a time wheu I believed ’f every boy could be interested in car a pentrv work, but experience ha* it | : ; tContinued on Eighth Page.)

A Little Bay's Life Saved. I have a few words to say regarding Chamb- rlaia's Cough K- tnedy. It ' -aved my little boy's life and I feel , i cannot praise it enough. I bought a N.tti- of it from A E of ■ l» t. S D . U S. A and when I . £ t home wth it the poor baby could ■ hardly breathe, I gave the medicine as directed ev-ry t*n minutes until he •‘threw up" and then I thought I -urc he was going to choke to death W, bad to pull the phlegm out of his mouth in gr- at long strfags. I am positive that if I had not got tha* bottle of cough medicine, my boy . would not be on earth today.—Joe; Dcmont, Inwood. lowa. ■