The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-23

Little Lizzie, the beautiful pet of the
school, was adopted by Mr.. and Mrs
y. II. Gulick who educated her and she
became noble Christian woman She
married at the East. and died recently.
leaving two promising children who.
with their father. deeply mourn her
loss. Some of these girls have been
marked examples of uprightness among
their people. Even those who went
wrong for a time are now living re-
spectacle lives in their own homes 7
am thankful that Cad gave me that
opportunity to do good to those little
ones. Mr.. DR.. Smith of Koloa had a
school on Kauai. About this time Mr..
and Mrs. o. II. Gulick had a similar
school at Waiohinu, Hawaii but two
years later removed TO Waialua. Oahu.
and opened a larger school there In
1871 Miss Mary Green took charge OF
this fiourishing school and continued
in active service until 1882 at which
time the school was disbanded.
Another school was established by
Miss Lizzie Lyons at Kohala in 1874.
With some interruptions this school
has been and is still a centre of use
fulness at Kohala. Father Bond took
great interest in its well being and
did much for il. From 1868 to 1856
Rev. G.. B. Andrews and his wife had
family school at Makawao. From
1866 to 1869 Miss Mary Green had the
school, at that time the original build
ing was burned Mr.. Andrews was an
enthusiastic worker in the cause OF
girls schools, new building was erect
ed and the school reopened in 1871 with
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews at the head, and
Miss Helen Carpenter assistant In
1874 Miss Carpenter became principal
and under her efficient management
the school became. we might almost
say, the Mt Hoyoke of the Islands
Miss Carpenter was a very mother to
the girls entrusted to her care and
the reward was given her TO see many
of them became missionaries TO the
more distant isles of Micronesia. 9TH
ers wives of pastors here and filling
other responsible positions Rich gold
en- sheaves for the Master have been
gathered from East Maui Female
Seminary.
This school still retains it's high rep
utation under efficient teachers.
Miss Carpenter, having borne the
burden and heat of this work for
many years, was obliged to leave it
for others to do; but her strong heart
love turns to dear Makawao
Kawaiahao Seminary is name ia
miliar to you ALL The inception of
this school emanated from Mrs HaIsev
Gulick. In 1863, when living in the old
mission premises on the mauka side of
King street, she took several Hawai-
ian girls into her family to be brought
up with her own children. having al
ready adopted a little girl brought
from Micronesia. sweet little Katie.
in6 in, orJrr 30
tian. The mother love was strong in
that little group as some of us remem-
ber. The usefulness of such a school
became evident and after three years
of patient and much restricted effort
On the part of Mrs. GuIick the Mission
Children's Society invited Miss Lydia
Bingham, then principal of a Female
College in Ohio. to come to Honolulu
and to be a teacher in this school. Her
owe for the land of her birth and in
crest for the children of the people TO
whom her father and mother had given
heir early lives led her to accept the
position, and in March, 1867, she ar
ived on the Morning Star via Cape
1orn. The old stone buildings which
lad formerly been used as printing
ffice and bindery by the mission with
he house of Rev. e. w. Clark, then
occupied by Dr. III. Quick, were re-
aired and remodelled, to enlarge and
make more comfortable the necessary
ooms for the school now successfully
tarted 1t would be impossible to tell
hose of you who only know the pres
Mt building, how crowded and uncom-
ortabIe some of those rooms were
mt we rejoiced, for it was improve
lent, Miss Bingham soon became
of the school; in 1869 Miss
Elizabeth B. Bingham came as assist
Mt TO her sister. Miss Margaret Flay-
ian had before this become an assist
mt in the sewing department. The
chool now numbered so. To those OF
S who were then watching the efforts
these Christian ladies the school be-
anne the centre of great Interest. The
EXCELLENT discipline, the loving care.