The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-04
HIGH HONORS FROM PARIS
PRIMARY SCHOOL EXHIBIT GETS
GRAND PRIX.
Commissioner Irwin Writes to Governor
Dole of the Splendid Showing Made
by Our Educational Exhibit.

The school system of Hawaii has re-
ceiVed the most complimentary notice
from the jurors at the Paris Exposition.
In letter which w. G.. Irwin, Hawai-
ian Commissioner to the Paris EXPOSE
ton wrote to Governor Dole, under date
of September 2, from the Hotel Wagram
the Commissioners refers to the splendid
showing made by this territory. His
letter is as follows:
Dear Sir:-Since addressing YOU on
the 18th of July last, 1 have the honor
10 report on the grand distribution of
awards, medals and prizes to the sx-
hibitors at the Paris Exposition, which
took place on the 10th of last month, at
the grounds of the Exposition number
ing some forty-seven thousand.
Hawaii is to be congratulated on the
stand shA has taken among the nations
of the earth for her primary school sys-
TEN, having been awarded a Grand
PriX for primary education. Only nine
ty-seVen prizes of this grade were dis
tributed, being divided among eighteen
countries, the United States receiving
eleven, including the one given to Ha-
wall l also have the pleasure of an
nouncing that a gold medal was award
ed to the kamehameha Training School.
In addition to the above 1 will say that
the jurors on education visited our de-
partment on several occasions, and ex-
pressed themselves in a way quite COM
plimentary to the Islands on the exhibit
we nadein the various departments
connected With education, and the diff
ferent methods shown in connection
with our school system.
AS the material for our exhibit ar
rived 30 late, which 1 explained to you
in my previous letter, L did not attempt
to make any individual exhibits of SUI
gar, but asked that If any award was
made, that 1t should be for collective
exhibit, end 1 am pleased to report that
a gold medal has been the result, which
will be granted to the Hawaiian Plan
ters' Association.
The above represents all the prizes
Hawaii has obtained. The exhibits of
coffee, rice and other materials, arriv-
ed too late for examination by the jury.
But as you are aware from the reasons
| already explained, it was unavoidable.
We have thus far been treated with
the greatest courtesy by the United
States Commissioners, and also by the
French authorities, and were it not for
this fact, we. no doubt, would have been
left entirely without any recognition of
our exhibit, for, as a matter of fact, it
was installed entirely too late, most of
the jury inspection being finished before
we were in a position to be visited. ny
special effort, and through the courtesy
of those in authority, we were, however,
recognized in the way mentioned above
Under separate cover Major Potter is
sending photographs of the exhibit,
which will give you a fair idea of its
appearance. The Major has been in con-
slant attendance in the space, and 1
am pleased to report the visits from a
number of our Island friends together
with a constant stream of local visitors
VINO took great interest in the Hawaiian
Islands, and who have been eager to
secure copies of the various pamphlets
which we brought forward with us.
l have the honor to be,
Very respectfully yours,
w. G.. IRWIN,
Hawaiian Commissioner, Paris Elk
position.