Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-07
A SERIOUS CONDITION
KINDERGARTENS ARE In
DANGER Of CLOSING UP
HELP NEEDED AT ONCE IF OR.
oANIZATIoN is TO EXIST.
PEOPLE APPEALED TO
FOR AID.

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the country will have to discontinue
its work If some help is not given
very soon. At a meeting Of the Free
Kindergarten and Children's Aid As.
ISOLATION in the Y. w. G. A. rooms this
forenoon the principal subject under
discussion was ways and means, and
the ladies report that the outlook was
very gloomy indeed. The hard times
had been felt to a very great degree
and at the meeting the report of the
financial secretaries showed that there
were scarcely enough funds to run the
kindergartens and the Castle Home for
Children for the current month. \
The Kindergarten Association has
for years been doing untold good and
II is the opinion Of the people who
have heard of the present status OF the
association that 1t would be In the ma.
ture Of a calamity ii the work were al
lowed to cease. However, to state a
plain truth that stares in the face the
ladies who have given their time and
money to the work. the association is
on the very verge OF having to give up
the work.
The association has the credit of ia.
king the heterogeneous elements that
compose this community and teaching
the representatives in their charge the
| first elements in the makeup OF good
American citizens. No other organi.
zation in the Territory has done so
much good work along this line and
yet, Notwithstanding this very impor,
tant fact, the work is in great danger
OF being discontinued altogether.
It takes but a small contribution on
the part of every public spirited clti.
zen to soon make up an amount that
will guarantee a further continuance
of the good work and the financial sec.
retaries, Mrs. Harriet Castle Coleman
and Mrs. Walter +. Frear. will be most
thankful to any who will address them
and send in subscriptions toward the
kindergarten work.
The ladies in charge of the work
feel 1t is duty the people Of the city
ONE to themselves to see that the kin.
dergartens are kept up for It is in the
kindergartens that the first wholesome
| teachings are instilled into the young
idea and IL Is there that the founda'
tions of good citizenship are laid.
At this forenoOns meeting II was
reported that there had been a mum
| Der OF communications from places on
the other Islands asking If there was
any possibility that kindergartens
might be established at those places.
The letters showed that the people OF
the various Islands have become great.
ly interested In the kindergarten work
and see the great benefit that will come
to their children by having them sent
to such places of education.
In is the intention of the ladies in
charge of the kindergarten work to
see If something cannot be done in
the matter of legislation looking to
ward the Government control of the
kindergartens just as in the case OF
the larger cities of the United States
in Europe and particularly in France
The matter OF a Christmas celebra
ton for the children of the kindergar
tens was also brought up at the meet
ing, but the outlook was somewhat
gloomy on account of the lack OF
funds. However the ladies will dc
their best to prepare fine time fol
the little tots at Christmas time and
they call on all people who have the
interest of the children at their hearts
to send In whatever they can to Miss
Lawrence or any OF the Kindergart
ners.