Reid Ginoza at 21:13, 9 April 2006

2006-04-09T21:13:44Z

Jennifer Wada at 10:42, 8 March 2006

2006-03-08T10:42:24Z

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were as nearly similar to the sound as
possible. For example, X, Tj and d_
were all used in the spelling of the
word Hilo and three English-speaking
listeners night have recorded the
sound three different ways. The first
sheets prir.tei in the Hawaiian
ia.-.r-iage or. January 7, 1822, used this
confusing alphabet. However, it was
released before confusion over the
consonant symbols was resolved.
P.eading and writing spread very
rapidly in schools instituted by
iistrict all' i with Hawaiian teachers,
i! I in schooli at the mission stations
taught by missionaries. The early
schools enrolled all ages, the
majority of whom were adults. Great
public examination festivals termed
r.o' ike further stimulated interest in
learning the basic skills of reading
and writing as well as some
arithmetic and music. These hS'ike
were times for villages and districts
to show off personal finery and meet
together, as well as display the
skills acquired in the schools. By
tne late 1820's, spontaneous
enthusiasm for learning had reached
its peak when there were some 900
schools in the country, attended by
forty to sixty thousand students.
Only a tiny fraction of these schools
was taught by the missionaries.
In the 1830's, once reading and
writing had been mastered, enthusiasm
for further schooling lessened
somewhat among the adult Hawaiians.
Missionaries, reinforced by several
newly-arrived groups of fellow
workers, concentrated their efforts on
improved facilities, teacher training,
and increased production of materials.
The goals of the mission are well
illustrated by the following excerpt
from the instructions given by the
American Board to the fifth party of
nissionanes in 1832:
Your mission...embraces a wide
range cf objects. Depending on
divine grace, it aims at nothing
less than making every Sandwich
islander intelligent, holy, and
happy. Its appropriate work
will not, therefore, be fully
accomplished, until every town
and village is blessed with a
school house and church, and
these school houses are all well
furnished with competent native
masters, and all these churches
with well instructed native
preachers—until every
inhabitant is taught to read,
and is furnished with a Bible in
the native tongue—until
academies, with native
preceptors, are established on
all the principal islands; and
the High School now existing on
the island of Maui, has become a
College with native
professors--until the printing
presses are owned and conducted
by native publishers, and find
employment for native authors,
and, so employed pour forth
treasures of theology, history,
and every useful science, for
supplying the native demand for
public and private libraries; nor
until Christianity is fully
established as the religion of the
island, and its benign influence
has become paramount in every rank
and class of the people.
For a time it appeared that these
goals would be met. The high school
referred to above is Lahainaluna
boarding school, established on '
September 5, 1831, to train young
Hawaiian men to become teachers and
ministers. 18/ Students were soon
studying such subjects as geography,
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@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 were as nearly similar to the sound as
-possible. For example, X, Tj and d_
+possible. For example, <u>l</u>, <u>r</u> and <u>d</u>
 were all used in the spelling of the
 word Hilo and three English-speaking
 listeners night have recorded the
 sound three different ways. The first
-sheets prir.tei in the Hawaiian
+sheets printed in the Hawaiian
-ia.-.r-iage or. January 7, 1822, used this
+language on January 7, 1822, used this
 confusing alphabet. However, it was
 released before confusion over the
 consonant symbols was resolved.
-P.eading and writing spread very
 rapidly in schools instituted by
-iistrict all' i with Hawaiian teachers,
+district <u>ali'i</u> with Hawaiian teachers,
-i! I in schooli at the mission stations
+and in schools at the mission stations
 taught by missionaries. The early
 schools enrolled all ages, the
 majority of whom were adults. Great
 public examination festivals termed
-r.o' ike further stimulated interest in
+<u>ho'ike</u> further stimulated interest in
 learning the basic skills of reading
 and writing as well as some
-arithmetic and music. These hS'ike
+arithmetic and music. These <u>ho'ike</u>
 were times for villages and districts
 to show off personal finery and meet
 together, as well as display the
 skills acquired in the schools. By
-tne late 1820's, spontaneous
+the late 1820's, spontaneous
 enthusiasm for learning had reached
 its peak when there were some 900
@@ Line 33: / Line 34: @@
 Only a tiny fraction of these schools
 was taught by the missionaries.
 In the 1830's, once reading and
 writing had been mastered, enthusiasm
@@ Line 46: / Line 48: @@
 from the instructions given by the
 American Board to the fifth party of
-nissionanes in 1832:
+missionaries in 1832:
 Your mission...embraces a wide
-range cf objects. Depending on
+: Your mission...embraces a wide range of objects. Depending on divine grace, it aims at nothing less than making every Sandwich islander intelligent, holy, and happy. Its appropriate work will not, therefore, be fully accomplished, until every town and village is blessed with a school house and church, and these school houses are all well furnished with competent native masters, and all these churches with well instructed native preachers—until every inhabitant is taught to read, and is furnished with a Bible in the <u>native tongue</u>—until academies, with native preceptors, are established on all the principal islands; and the High School now existing on the island of Maui, has become a College with native professors--until the printing presses are owned and conducted by native publishers, and find employment for native authors, and, so employed pour forth treasures of theology, history, and every useful science, for supplying the native demand for public and private libraries; nor until Christianity is fully established as the religion of the island, and its benign influence has become paramount in every rank and class of the people.
 divine grace, it aims at nothing
 For a time it appeared that these
 goals would be met. The high school
@@ Line 91: / Line 58: @@
 September 5, 1831, to train young
 Hawaiian men to become teachers and
-ministers. 18/ Students were soon
+ministers. <u>18</u>/ Students were soon
 studying such subjects as geography,
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