The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-09
BEST EXHIBIT EVER MADE
SCHOOL CHILDRENs WORK TO GO
TO BUFFALO.
Creditable Exhibits Made by Various
Schools-Much Pride Taken in Show
ing of Hlo Union School.

Wnat is regarded as the most CIeull-
able exhibition of school work ever
made of the Hawaiian educational in
situations is now being collected by the
school board to be forwarded to the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo.
Although only a portion of the material
has been sent in by the various schools
the exhibit is to be the best ever col
lected and that the display will prove
of great credit to the school system of
the Territory of Hawaii as well as the
instructors and the pupils themselves,
is certain.
Hawaii has been most liberal and en-
thusiastic in making exhibits of work
by the school children and the fact that
the exhibit intended for the Buffalo
exposition far exceeds any thing be-
fore attempted means much. The char
acter of the articles composing the ex-
hibit has been most excelently chosen.
There are sufficient specimens of the
work done by the ordinary school child
i'm other localities to enable the spec
tator to form some estimate Of the high
standard of excellence attained i'm the
Hawaiian schools and in addition, there
will be many articles characteristic of
some of the industries of these islands.
The most noticeable of these will be the
mat weaving and manufacture of leis.
The exhibits of this character of goods
is fortunately extensive and very good.
Both of these articles are certain of
creating much interest among .Ae peo-
pie who see them at the exposition and
the children who weaved the mats and
made the leis certainly have cause to
be proud of their work.
But it is not alone to these articles
that all the praise is due. The stan
dard in every line of work has been
splendidly maintained throughout and
there is some thing in the exhibit from
favorable comment. Naturally the
principal exhibits illustrate the manual
course taught in the Hawaiian schools.
Perhaps the most striking feature of
this class of exhibits are the evidences
of juvenile aptitude. 1t is not sur
prising to learn that some handsome
pillow or some pretty garment has been
made by a girl Is years of age but
when one is told that the work shown
is from the hands of little tots, 8 and
10 years old, it causes a gasp of Won
derment to escape the beholder who
involuntarily turns to seek the exhibit
of work by the infants of the Hawaiian
Islands
Perhaps the best exhibit of sewing is
that by the pupils of Miss Zoe Atkinson
in the Pohukaina school. Arranged on
cards are specimens of the various
stages of sewing, showing the meta
mOrphosis of dressmaking from run
ching, scanning, hemming, matching
stripes, hemstitching, gathering. ruff
fling, patching, button holing until the
result of this preliminary instruction is
shown in the garments themselves. All
is the work of small children. Credit
able exhibits of dress making an. en-
broidery have been made by the Waia-
haole school children and those of the
Third Grade of the Practice school have
done work which is out of the ordinary.
One of the best pieces shown in the eX-
hibit of the third grade is a cape, GRO
cheted by japanese girl who is only
8 years of age. Children of II also have
contributed dainty doilies and gar
ments.
Normal school pupils have also con-
tributed some excellent fancy work.
Lottie Williams has shown very fine
lace and Miss Emily Taylor and Miss
Eleanor Koelling contributed handsome
embroidery. There is also fine drawn
work d hem stitching while the eff
forts of Miss Emily Punohou in the ma
nufacture of drawn work pillow case
is especially fine.
LeiS and embroidery are shown by
the the pupils of the Moiliili school.
The nature studies of the Kaiulani
school are also very fine. The flowers,
leaves and stalks of the various Ha-
waiian plants and food stuffs have
boards and in addition painted in water
colors are scenes illustrating the cul-
tiVatiOn of the articles shown.
Quite a credtable showing is made
by the Kaulauwela school. The pupils
have modelled relief maps of the ISL
ands of Oahu and Hawaii. These maps
are placed in very artistic frames
manufactured of Chinese bamboo and
mating by the pupils.
In the manual course the instruction
extends to both sexes. The boys are re-
quired to acquire the art of handling
a needle and thread while the girls
must learn the use ofcarpenter's instru-
ments. The idea of this is that when
the pupils leave the Normal School
they will be able to accept positions in
. the remote school districts and there
instruct both girls and boys In the
| different phases of the manual course.
The exhibit of the Normal School is, in
fact kept in a fine chest made by one
of the girl upis while the exhibit of
koa boxes manufactured and hand
carved by the children of the Waiahole
school is remarkably good.
The High School shows an excellent
assortment of exhibits. All of the
| schools have been required to contri-
butte uncorrected papers showing the
course of studies in the respective cur
ricula. The showing made in this res
3 y
creditable as is the drawing of Hawai-
| ian fruits Similar work by other
| schools is also good.
| Considerable pride is taken at the Of
| flee of the school board in the exhibit of
| the Hilo Union School There is EN-
broidery Sloyd work and manufactur-
! ing of laundry bags and other useful
articles. There are also shown scenes
characteristic of the school.
Other schools show work just as Gre
ditable as those mentioned which are
given as illustrations and not as an eX-
haustive catalogue of the exhibit.
| There are many sch which have
not as yet contributed their exhibits
but the handiwork of these pupils will
| be sent i'm soon. The articles will not
be sent to the Buffalo exposition for
several weeks.
A JOLT.