The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

| of games. the boys developed into Candi-
dates for the supervision of the police,
the reform school, and last of all, the
| Jail. The young need proper training.
The Hawaiians have forgotten how to
play, and a surf board today mat
ter Of interest to them as to strangers
| Under the supervision of teachers, boys
and girls had clean. orderly gaming in
the school grounds, but beyond the linn
its Of the school, the children did not
have their supervision. There should =.
ample grounds and facilities. The col
lcgcs OF the states spent thousands OF
dollars every year for the maintenance
of grounds for gaming. There must be
oversight in the grounds and direction
as well. and competition engendered be
tween the Hawaiians and Americans. the
Chinese and the japanese For the wei
fare OF the mind and soul. the govern
mcut should establish good public play
grounds
Henry LUZ answered for the negative.
and explained that he knew he was on
al unpopular side. He thought the word
economic had been defined on a very
wide basis. and IL had been practically
said the definition was anything that pro-
noted tire broader life OF man or which
opened up to him anything with greater
advantages for usefulness. This was a
large definition to him. used in the pres
cnt sense piano in the home was
something that added 10 the enjoyment
OF life and was ar educator. but should
IL be purchased at the expense of the
clothes ON the backs OF the children? In
great metropolitan cities where the
streets were lined with houses for miles.
and where the schools had but few
square feet 81 lawn. public Fairgrounds
were necessary. as the only place where
the children had to gather. In Honolulu. |
where there was so much free air. space
for playing. and advantages not 20 be OBJ |
tanned in the large cities, such play
grounds as proposed were not necessary |
lie thought the school Fairgrounds were
large enough. and an argument against
the side OF the affirmative.
A. to the expense. ne called attention :
to the high price OF land here. There Z
must be expense OF care and oversight |
10 prevent the worst elements from drift /
ing in and taking possession. What class /.
Of boys and girls would frequent the ,
Fairgrounds? Probably not what is term :
ed the better class. with their superior /
advantages for obtaining recreation. but
the poorer class. but this was of course. +.
matter TO be demonstrated Was the
local government At the present time In
any financial condition to open such /
Fairgrounds? The night schools were !
forced 10 close because there were no 7
funds available for Keeping them open.
Theodore Richards spoke of the matter. {
not from the standpoint Of Honolulu en- /!
tirely, but public Fairgrounds in general. |
1t had become "a recognized thing in mod I
ern municipalities that the betterment OF |
its citizens was a feature which in speci- |
fed ways should be incorporated i'm the !
charters. The limit was legislative The |
now established houses for I
the poor: they established lodging houses /
for poor men and women. Why then (
should they not establish public parks I
and recreation grounds in the cities? The |
We're not IuXuries. Why not |
have them here as elsewhere
George B. Mcclellan was the last
speaker, and took the negative side. Eco {
nonic meant that the state and munich
pality must do all il could 10 serve the
higher interests Of life. but there were
few he ventured. who would assert that
the religious training OF their children 4
should devolye upon the government or
The difficulty lay in the
fact that the state cannot be in the posi-
: on NJ fathe- or phiiauc1rooizt 4. Bel
ter things resulted from gifts handed /
from the heart. than by the artihcialities
handed out from legislatures. In play !
grounds al the schools the advantages Of
Were apparent In the condlct |
~ the children as the teacher had their
individual interests at heart. Such would |
not be the case in the public Fairgrounds. |
Parents shifted responsibilities from the
home 10 the schoolruorl, and 20 the
teacher Could they 90 this IN the case
lf the public playground?
Then there were the widely divergent
social lives OF the children. In schools
the teacher could watch for the harmon
zing OF the race influences. but on the
public Fairgrounds this would not OBJ
tain. IL Il is difficult in the school 20
maintain a purity Of thought how much
more difficult 20 would be on public play