The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-16
DAYS OFB|RC HAND BOOKS
OF THE TERRITORY ALL
OPEN.
Both Public and Private Schools Show
An Increase of Attendance-Oahu
College Opens This Morning.

The schools of the Territory both pub
lie and private are now open. The pub
lie schools and many of the private
schools opened last Monday. few
opened the week before. Today sees
them all at work for the year. SO far
as advices have been received, all the
schools, both public and private, open
with increased attendance.
on Hawaii there are eight private
schools five i'm the Hilo district, one in
Kau, and two i'm Kohala. on Maui there
are six; on Mololai, two; on oahu,
twenty-nine; on Kauai, two.
Oahu college and Punahou prepare
tory opened today, Oahu with an at
tendance of about 100 and Punahou pre-
paratory with about 235. There are
some changes in the faculty of oahu.
Prof. c. G. Bailey succeeds Prof. VIII
liam Williamson He comes from the
University of California, and is an eN-
cellent athlete Miss Mary G. RidgeWay
late of the Corcoran Art school, Wash
ington ID. c.. succeeds Miss Helen John-
son in charge of the art Department.
Mills Institute. f. w. Damon's
school for Chinese opened last Monday
with sixty boarding pupils and large
attendance of day pupils. Avery
Searle, a graduate of Pomona College,
is one of the new instructors, as is
Edward Powers of the University of
California. and Leopold Blackman.
IIHUE, Kauai September 13.-The
nuhlic schools of Kauai opened through
! out the Island last Monday. The at
! tendance at all is larger than last year,
| ana i'm some schools, owing to the influx
| of Porto Rican laborers. the number OF
pupils is in excess of the school ac-
! cOmmodations. The Lihue German
| school will open next Monday. The in
| dications are for a larger attendance
! than ever.
PAIA, Maui. September 14.-Mauna-
| olu Seminary opens Monday next for
| the fall term. The number of applca-
lions make it certain that the atten-
dance this year win be larger than ever
HILO, September 1S.-The public
schools of Hilo opened last Monday un-
der bright auspices. The corps of thir-
| teen teachers were all in their places
and the registration of pupils is the
| largest in the history of the schools.
The number entered the first week is
$50, which will probably soon reach 400
a figure not reached at any time ~ the
past. The school children OF HilO all
told number about 1000. The Catholic
schools take care of about the same
number that find accommodation in the
public schools and the Boarding school
cares for nearly 100 more, and others
attend private schools.
flIlE percent Oh llle SCAool NIlll"l II
are Hawaiian or part Hawaiian; twenty
percent are Japanese the remainder
equally divided between English and
Portuguese with a sprinkling of Chi
nese.-Hilo Tribune.
WAILUKU, September 1.-THE Wal
luku school opened last Monday morn
ing with a good attendance especially In
primary grades. Mrs. Mckay principal
Miss Nape and Miss PHI constitute our
present corps of teachers.
Mr.. Keliinoi requests the presence OF
the teachers of Waikiki District at the
school house, Wailuku. on Friday
September 20, at 1870 p. IN. for the pur-
pose of organizing a District Teachers
Circle. Waihee, Waikupu, Kahului and
Spreckelsville schools may close atnoon,
All others interested in educational
matters are cordially invited to at
tend.-Maui News.