The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-31
SCHOOL Teachers ARRIVE
OVER FIVE HUNDRED ON THE
THOMAS.
About One Hundred and Fifty are Wo-
men-Crowd Eager to Visit Places of
Interest Here.

The School Marin" ship the trans
port Thomas arrived this morning from
San Francisco loaded to the guards
with school teachers for the Philippines
over $50 women teachers and about $50
male instructors came on the vessel.
The transport was sighted at an early
hour this morning and laid outside un-
til nearly o'clock before she started
into the harbOr. Long before she start
ed inside the Navy wharf No. was
thronged with people waiting to get a
look at the school marms." The div
ing boys were on hand and soon were
crowding around the vessel as she
came into the harbor Both sides of
the vessel were lined with people. A
howl of disappointment went up when
1T was seen that the male sex seemed
TO predominant on the port side. The
male pedagogues fairly swarmed about
the forward deck and as the vessel went
into the slip they began to sing Anne
RIGA the Red. White and Blue" and
other patriotic songs.
The regret did not last long however
for a second look showed that the up
per decks were lined with gaily dressed
women. They all looked nice and sweet
for most of them were sweet girl gra-
duates but a few weeks ago They took
the fancy of the crowd on the docks.
The men on the ship crowded about
the gang way and when the ladder was
made fast they shot down it like
flying wedge. Everybody wanted TO be
the first man off the ship" A little
fellow with spectacles who looked as If
he had escaped from his nurse won
the coveted distinction.
What time did you leave?" was ask
ed him by those on the dock.
81? Oh, 1 left on July 23," he re-
piled, smiling at the thought that they
had been expecting him.
'Well tell lis what the news of tha
world is What do you know to tell
us any how?" persisted the questioners
who were anxious to learn the news
from the outside.
81? Oh, 1 don't know anything, I'm
from New England"
But there were others on board who
were from New England who knew
something and they We're willing to tell
about it, All that they demanded was
to be told something in return. There
were New Yorkers and Pennsylvanians,
and Nebraskans and Texans and Ohio
ans and Illinoisans and Indianans and
Hubbites and even "Missourians. The
latter were the most troublesome of the
entire lot for you always had to "shoW
them.
It was expected that the Texans
would come tearing off the ship firing
six shooters into the. air and yelling
like "blue blazes." They did nothing
of the sort though. The most desperate
thing attempted during the entire trip
by the Lone Star contingent was to
start a poker game. Captain Buford
the commander of the vessel, declared
that the "kittie" mewed so loud at
nights that it disturbed him so he had
the game raided
Disappointing as were the Texans to
Honoluluites. the local people were not
nearly so disappointed in one respect
as were some of the visitors
Pardon the extreme liberty which I,
perfect stranger, arrogate to myself
in addressing you, who perhaps have
never heard of me before" said a young
woman from Boston but where is
there a volcano situated in this lmme-
dia tie Vicinity?"
'"There it is' was the reply as Punch
bowl was indicated.
ooh indeed, but where is the smoke,
where the lava and the steam where
the eruption which we expected to be-
hold?"
The crowd lost no time in getting off
the vessel and scattering to all the
points of the compass. They were a
bright, intelligent appearing crowd and
they proposed to make the most of their
visit there and learn everything learn
able of the country, it's people and its
customs. Many of the passengers have
friends here and went about searching
for them Residents of Honolulu soon
visited the vessel in search of old COL
lege acquaintances and the reunions
were among the pleasant features of
the vessels arrival in port.
To the officers of the vessel the ag-
gregation was decided novelty. The
sea trip was certainly a novelty to
nearly every one of the school teachers
for few of them had ever been out of
the United States before. While many
of those aboard have served as teach
ers in the various public schools
throughout the states, the majority
are lust fresh from college. There
are also quite a number OF Normal
school graduates.
The appointments We're nearly all
made rs the result of letters which Mr..
Atkinson the superintendent of public
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