The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-20
FAMOUS
EDUCATOR
Short Visit Here Of
Noted English
Woman.
A GOVERNMENT
BILLET TO JAPAN
Something About Miss Elizabeth
?. Hughes Who Stands High
in English Scholarship.

Among the America Maru's passen
gers for the Orient on her last trim
was England's most notable educator
Miss Elizabeth Phillips Hughes. Dur
ing the stay of the vessel at this port
the distinguished traveller was enter
tanned by Mrs. s. N. Castle at their
home in Manoa Valley She holds a
position from the English government
which sends her to Japan to study ed
ucational conditions.
MISS Hughes was very much delight
ed with Honolulu, and particularly
with the beauties of the valley where's
in is the Castle home, where she was
eptertained. In expressing her pleasure
in her brief visit to Honolulu Miss
Hughes said that she had thought to
make arrangements to remain In this
city for period of a week or so, but
that she did not dare to do so for
fear that she should never be able to
get away"
THE charming entirety of this lovely
place has bewitched me- she said,
and if L should remain any longer L
am afraid 1 should forget my mission
and just settle down here for the rest
of my life
However, thought the distinguished.
Engiishwoman was most sincere in her
tribute to the charms of Hawaii. it Is
hardly possible that she should forget
her mission under any circumstances.
BY a long and splendid career in edu-
cational work she has proven her de-
20 lnr- oh ROT aSc IN no
is acknowledged to be one of the best
educated women in all England, and
has had many honors conferred upon
her for her splendid work in the Brit
ish educational and literary field. The
Cambridge records show that in col
lege she secured a place in the very
front ranks, and with unusual honors,
and attest that she has fully lived up
to her promise. Always, she has had
positions of trust, and often missions
of Importance, and the present is not
the first time that the government has
accredited her it's representative. She
is a sister of Rev. Hugh Price Hughes,
the great non-conformist minister, al
though she is an Episcopalian
During her visit with Mrs. Castle, a
number of friends were invited to meet
| Miss Hughes, and all were charmed
with her personality. Although she is
fifty years of age she is possessed of a
! Youthful and rare enthusiasm that Is
exhilirating and has such a keen in
terest in everything and everybody
| that one can readily see how men or
| affairs are willing to See things
through her eyes. One is soon aware
of her compelling personality, which Is
notably simple and direct, being force
full. without. a suggestion Of aggressive
ness. A fresh English complexion bears
witness to her faith in constitutional
walks. and a pair of candid, gentle
blue eyes are the chief charm of a
sweet and intelligent face.
! In speaking of economic conditions
| and their betterment, Miss Hughes
| said: Although 1 have lived half
century. I have as much faith as ever
! T had in the possibilities of human
progress and accomplishments. III is
! the optimism and the enthusiasm ex-
pressed in this that has rendered MISS
| Hughes career what it has been. she
is welsh by birth, and her heart is
yet full of her picturesque native ian Inc,
] and its people. She has done much
| for education there, and for this the
/ welsh people made public acknowledg-
ment and bestowed the best honor In
/ their gift when, in 1897, they mace
their purposeful countrywoman paro
/ The mystical Druids sought her out, IN
the ancient way, from the multitude
gathered in the open, Drought ne,
i within the stone-hedged enclosure and
presented her before the arch Druid for
i harlic honors. Standing upon the three
| stones. as did his progenitors, he asked
l tho two bards who stood as sponsors
/ what this woman had done 10 meri'
/ this distinction, and all the old cere,
rnony was gone through All she mac
/ done for her country and its people
| Uas summed up. The bardic honors
g.. hi Nv n
In. the old Welsh archaic meters. OF Ioi
some signal service in an educationa
way. 5or,
:, ITO Ladies' College, Cheltenham
which corresponds to Elton, Rugby ane
Harrow. for boys. In this school only
Young ladies who are eligible LOT pre-
sentation at court are received; on
was there five years. In 1881 she en-
800 Newnham College, Cambridge
4 and atoolx two degree courses. In 100
4 s.ha was awarded all the honors In PM
snsonhv and took other degrees witt
hny,nrs a large work awaited her unu
snail executive ability. She was seiec.
ed by the Cambridge university U
take charge of the ne" posi- 80. =
: college. She retained the headsnip 90 o
this ;mnortant college from 1885 TO 1889
wban her health failed. She was tn
irst woman to receive an appolntinen
. ON the educational committee OF III
looked to%a o1 9pon as 8 great step for women
The most important posllloIi, NJ"
ever to which the eminent educate
has been called, is the one she stu &C
cupies in the governing board Oh III
j University of Wales. When the nn a,s
:, Heb government was asked to draw IN
charter for this great institution IN
> minister of education appointed on th
nommission ffty-nine men and Mis-
Go otar when the 100 for tn