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Female boarding

FEMALE BOARDING-SCHOOL.

buildings by the American Board. The principal building had been enlarged and greatly improved, and furnished with apparatus, and houses had been erected for a printing-office, and for three ordained married teachers. These buildings, with dormitories for more than a hundred students, formed a village of some interest. There were one hundred and seven pupils. Of its graduates, one hundred and forty-four were then living; and of these one hundred and five were teachers, thirty-five were officers of government, seventy-three were church members in regular standing, and nine were officers of churches. There was a small theological class in the seminary. The female boarding-school at Wailuku, on Maui, under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey and school. Miss Ogden, had sixty pupils. They were instructed, not only in Christian truth, but in geography, mental and written arithmetic, moral philosophy, natural theology, reading, writing, drawing, composition, and various arts adapted to the station of Hawaiian females. At daylight the pupils repaired to their gardens, where they exercised till half past six, when they were called to prayers. They breakfasted at seven, and after that were employed for an hour in putting their rooms in order. From nine to eleven was spent in study and recitation. The next half hour they spent as they pleased. From half past eleven to twelve, they bathed and prepared their dinners. From dinner until two was at their own disposal, and much of it was spent in study. From two till four, they gave attention to spinning, weaving, sewing, knitting, making mats, etc., under the instruction of Miss Ogden. From four to five, they devoted

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to exercise, had supper at five, and the remainder of the day was at their own disposal. At the evening devotions they recited the "Daily Food" and received such religious instruction as seemed appropriate. During the year, five of the girls were married to graduates of Lahainaluna.

There were two boarding-schools at Hilo, one under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman, Other boardcommenced in 1837, having from thirty ing-schools. to sixty boys, preparing generally for the Lahainaluna seminary; the other for girls, commenced by Mrs. Coan in 1839, taught by her, and sustained by her, with such aid as she could obtain from the pupils and their parents, and from other natives. The annual expenses of this school were about four hundred dollars. The scholars, of whom there were twenty, were taught the common branches, and the school was easily governed, and repeatedly enjoyed the special influences of the Holy Spirit.

At Waialua, on the northern side of Oahu, was a manual labor boarding-school for boys, Manual labor with from fifteen to twenty pupils. It was

school.

a successful experiment, but was brought to a close after a few years by the lamented deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Locke, with whom it originated.

At Waioli, on Kauai, there was a select school, for educating teachers, under the care of School for Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. This was partly teachers. a manual labor school. The pupils numbered from thirty-five to seventy-five, and many of them were boarded by native church members.

Select schools were maintained at nearly all the stations, to train teachers, and to show Select how schools should be taught.

Mr. and

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Mrs. Knapp were at the head of one such school at Honolulu, in a first-rate school-house built by the natives.

School for

children of

In 1841, the American Board opened a schoo' for the children of missionaries at Punahou, missionaries. about two miles from the harbor of Honolulu, and placed it under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Dole.

Common schools.

The number of common schools was three hundred and fifty-seven, and of pupils, eighteen thousand and thirty-four. They were languishing early in the year, from the fact that the rewards of labor in almost every other department of industry were becoming more 'sure to Hawaiians, with no corresponding increase in that of education. The teachers could not be expected to be uninfluenced by this state of things; many of them left their work, and at length government took the common schools under its support and direction, and provided by law for the attendance of the children, and for a more liberal and regular support of the teachers.

Sabbath

It should be added, that Sabbath-schools were taught at all the stations, and were atschools. tended by great numbers, both of adults and children. The care and instruction of these schools devolved chiefly on the missionaries; but they were aided by many of the more intelligent native church members, and in some instances these had the entire charge of large, successful schools.

CHAPTER XXIII.

KAPIOLANI, HEROINE OF THE VOLCANO.

1841.

dence.

KAAWALOA, the residence of Kapiolani, was on the northern shore of Kealakekua Bay, where Her resiCaptain Cook was killed in 1779. Mr. Ely, and after him Mr. Ruggles, resided there; but Mr. Ruggles removed to a more desirable abode for a missionary and his family, about two miles back from the bay. The chiefs and people then made a road from thence to the bay, and erected there a convenient house of worship. The site is one of the pleasantest on the Islands, at least two thousand feet above the ocean, fanned by the sea breeze during the heat of the day, and by the land wind at night. The soil is fertile, and produces grapes, figs, pomegranates, oranges, guavas, coffee, and other tropical fruits.

character of

Naihe died in November, 1831, nearly ten years before his wife. He belonged to the race Death and of chiefs, and sometimes was spoken of as Naihe. "the national orator; " why, I do not know. When Kuakini was sent to Oahu, early in 1831, to suppress the insurrectionary movements on that island, he made Naihe temporary governor of Hawaii, but near the close of the year he died suddenly of paralysis. Naihe had been more conservative than his

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EARLY HISTORY OF KAPIOLANI.

compeers, and slow to renounce the idolatry of wis ancestors, but refused to aid those who made war in its defense. When Kapiolani, in her zeal for the new religion, decided to invade the regions of Pele, he advised against it, but left her free to act on her own discretion. When Kaahumanu wished to put the bones of the deified kings into coffins, and bury them in the earth out of the way of the superstitious people, Naihe, a resident in that region, had no boards to spare for that purpose, but his wife came promptly to her aid., At length the gospel appeared to gain the control of his heart, and he became a firm and steady supporter of good morals and religion. As a magistrate, he was firm in executing the laws, which were enforced by his example, as well as by his authority. The mission pronounced him an affectionate brother, an able counselor, and a valuable coadjutor in the support of schools and other means of planting the institutions of the gospel.

Kapiolani was a descendant of one of the ancient Early history Hawaiian kings. Her landed possessions of Kapiolani. bordered on the beautiful waters of Kealakekua Bay, and rose into the woodlands of Mauna Loa. In early life she is said to have been intemperate ; and, for a year or more after her first acquaintance with the missionaries, she lived with two husbands, according to the pagan custom with persons of her rank. Following the example of Keopuolani, as soon as she became similarly enlightened, she separated herself from the younger of the two. The mission families were objects of curiosity to the people from the time of their first landing at Kailua, which was about sixteen miles north of Kaawaloa;