MAUI. 247 



with a grant of five hundred acres of land ; only fifty of which, how- 

 ever, were capable of being made productive, and but thirty have been 

 cultivated. 



Since 1836, when, as has been seen, the system was changed, its 

 usefulness has in a great measure ceased, for the simple reason that 

 the institution in its present form is not required. I look upon the 

 plan as wholly impracticable, and unsuitable to the wants of the 

 natives. In the form it was first established, Mr. Andrews was ex- 

 tremely well adapted to its superintendence ; but when it was taken 

 under the fostering care of the Board, few of whom are practical men, 

 they remodelled it, still keeping it under the superintendence of one 

 who, though admirably adapted for its original plan of instruction, was 

 unfitted for the cares of its future operations. 



The professors who are associated with Mr. Andrews, are no doubt 

 well qualified for their situations as teachers and translators, but 

 naturally look more to mental improvement than to practical illustra- 

 tion. The latter indeed appears to have been almost wholly abandoned, 

 and instead of carpentry, smithery, and agriculture, being pursued, the 

 two former have been entirely abandoned, and in order to induce the 

 scholars to the latter, they give them a price for their work, which 

 goes to the clothing of the individual, so that in reality this labour is 

 at a higher price than would be paid for it in the United States. 



We were shown some of the engravings done by the scholars, but 

 these were of a very rude and inferior description, and at the price 

 paid for the work, cost more than if beautifully done by the best 

 artists in the United States. No one in the establishment knows any 

 thing about engraving, and therefore it seems highly injudicious to 

 have attempted to teach it. 



In all the departments of this establishment I saw nothing but ill- 

 directed means, and a waste of funds that might have been avoided 

 by proper forecast, and a full examination of the subject by practical 

 men. The school has passed its meridian, and is now fast going to 

 decay, a fact which must strike every one on a casual visit. The 

 discipline of the scholars is loose and irregular ; they are their own 

 rulers, and make their own laws : in this respect, it may be called a 

 republican school. The scholars act by committees, and without the 

 knowledge or consent of their teachers, in every thing that concerns 

 themselves and their apartments. As may be supposed, they are left 

 to settle their own disputes, and little discipline of any kind exists. 



I had an opportunity of seeing one of the classes reciting to the Rev. 

 Mr. Dibble. We happened accidentally to pass through the large hall 

 or chapel, where this exercise was going on. The reverend gentle- 



