The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08

Sellcal ASSOCIATION Tor the year en- ling
June 80, 1899:
REPORT OF KOHALA GIRLS
SCHOOL.
Miss May Bell Truett, principal: Miss
Annie B. Clapperton, primary and mu-
sic teacher; Miss Grace Garnett, teach
er of intermediate grades; Miss l. Rem
wick, matron; Mrs. B. H. Deemer, sew
ing teacher; Miss A. Patseu, teacher of
native work.
Our school opened Monday, Septem-
Der 5, with an average number of stu
dents and faculty the same as that of
last year. Our enrolment this year is
81. Seven of these girls are entirely
supported by parents, 10 partly sup
ported by parents or guardians, and IL
are paid for by friends and societies
who are interested in the school.
1t is pleasant, in looking over our
years work, to see how many are in
terested in us, and to know that many
of these have helped us for several
past years. Hon. G. r. Bishop, the
Central Union Sunday School, the H.
M. G.. S., the KOhala Kings Daughters,
| Mrs. NJ. S. Rice, Mr.. II. Waterhouse
MIR. c. NJ. Cooke, and Mr.. Dodge have
support. We have also been aided by
gifts from many kind friends both in
| Honolulu and KOhala.
We have been striving to make man
| ual training as much of a feature of
| our work as possible. and at last feel
that the basis for much of the work is
| fairly laid. We have regular classes
| in native work; that is, the making of
| hats, mats, fans, baskets, etc, from
bamboo and lauhala. The girls are
| taking great interest in this work,
and are expecting to make exhibitions
/ OF the same in Honolulu and Hilo One
OF our girls teaches this native work
| TWO days in the week at Ainakea
School We are hoping that all the
| Government schools in this district
may be allowed to adopt this work, for
we have girls competent and anxious
to teach the same.
| A dressmaking department., which
we have so long needed, is at last a
reality. The sewing machine, with
which the Kohala Kings Daughters so
kindly remembered us this year, has
proved to be most useful gift. Mrs.
| Deemer came to us in May, and so we
hope to get this department in work
| ing order before school closes. 1t can
not fail to be a great incentive to our
girls. These native girls are always
glad of an opportunity to learn any
thing which will make them independ-
ent. Some Of our girls have gone out
sewing and some cooking this year
All have done we'll.
| Our Christian Endeavor Society still
| holds it's usual meetings. The society
has grown and extended it's work this
year, and proved it's usefulness and
| helpfulness in many ways. The girls
are at present busy with their commit
tee reports, which they hope to send
| to Honolulu, that they may be repre-
scented at the. Christian Endeavor con-
| ventiOn.
We have been much helped this year
| by the many kind friends who have
| spoken to our girls at the Sunday
evening meetings. Mr.. Kekuewa
| speaks to our girls every Monday
morning at prayers, and helps us in
this way, as he has for several past
years. Mr.. Kong Tet Yin is at present
also coming each week at prayer-time
| to speak to the Chinese girls.
Our girls still study native Bible
reading and have shown marked i'm
provement in that line.
| We have many pleasant times to look
back upon this past year. Brightest of
these stands out the happy Christmas
| time when we were again enabled,
| through kind friends, to give our girls
Christmas tree. Through the efforts
J of the Kohala Kings Daughters, we
were able not only to remember the
girls of our own school with gifts at
| this time, but also all the children OF
| the native church, so it was truly a
happy time for each and every one.
Our greatest effort, perhaps, of the
year. has been to raise an endowment
for our school Our first idea in re-
gard to this was that it should be an
endowment for furthering the indus
| trial work, but afterwards it was
thought best not to so limit the use OF
the money. The school is much in
need of being placed on firmer finan-
cial basis, and we hope to accomplish
this by means of our circulars. These
circulars, which we commenced send
ing out in January, read as follows:
To the Friends of Education, Greeting:
We, the undersigned board of mana
gers and teachers of the Kohala Girls
School, beg leave to present the follow
ing statement for your careful consid-
Grafton:
LIS SCuOOl, WuiSu ID SohuuS1So oAA
der the auspices Of the Board OF the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association, Is
the oldest and most important board
ing-school for Hawaiian girls on the
Island of Hawaii. 1t was established
by Rev. Elias Bond in 1875, and has
sent out many well-trained young
women It gives it's pupils-varying in
number from forty to sixty-the usual
| course of study found in the public
schools with the added advantage OF
Christian culture, and training in
cooking, sewing, laundry and general
homework. It's object has ever been
to give Hawaiian girls such an educa-
ton as would best fit them, not only
to earn living, but also to be OF serV-