The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-25
FUNDS TO
Be RAISED.
The hIIo Boarding
Schools New
Plans.

Co-cducatun ideas for the iIllo
Boarding School have brought Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. e. Lyn au Of hilo Hawaii, -
Honolulu. Tor the purpose 81 securing
Subscriptions to an endowment fund OF
800 900. which viii be necessary to
construct buildings already planned To
start the school ON broader care
as an educational institution not on.y
for boys. but FOR girls as well ana for
all natlonalitiCs Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman,
who are at the head OF the present In
stituton. have secured promises In
Hllo FOR about $50 900 OF this amount,
and during the next two weeks, while
they remain In Honolulu. they hope to
get subscriptions for a much larger
sum. prospectus has been issued
and large numbers Of cop.os Of tn"
same have been sent to certain local.
ties on the mainland, where the pro-
I meters feel assured they viii not meet
with failure In their quest for funds.
The present buildings of the Hilo
Boarding School are used for the hous-
Ing and echooling Of boys only. and
were erected about forty years ago.
They have seen their best days, and
the promoters hope to get things fixed
so that they can be moved out OF the
way and used IA sheds or for manual
training purposes. The plans of the
reorganization call for two new build
ings. one for the boys and the other
for the girls. both OF the modified
Spanish style. They are to be two sto-
ries in height. including roomy base
ments. For these the outlay would be
i'm the neighborhood of $4,000. The
ground plan Is arranged to have these
uidings at opposite ends of the prem
ises facing out upon seml-circular
driveway, with a covered passageway
connecting the two buildings, the CEN
trail portion to be graced by n gateway
of the Spanish style Leading to the
principals home in the background.
The girls building would conta... IN
the first floor the dining hall for 10th
schools, the kitchen, sewing room,
weaving and carving rooms, one base
merit being supplied with laundry con-
venieuCes. The second floor would con-
tain dOrmitores for the girls and rooms
FOR the women teachers. The boys
building on the first floor would con-
tam school rooms for both boys and
girls, office, reading room and sitting.
and on the second iioor the boys dor
mitor!es and rooms for men teachers.
Principal Lyman believes the time is
ripe for the cO-education Of boys and
girls. He believes In the proper devel-
opment of the Hawaiian youth, and
that there are problems which can be
better solved by co-education than by
any other means. The co-educative
idea seems to him to be particularly
adapted to the conditions of this
school. The boys would act as the pro-
ducers to supply the tables with the
fruits of the farm and gardens, while
the girls would turn these productions
into palatabe dishes for the tables.
The school is to be open to all nation
alitiec. Such plan would treble the
present number of pupils now num-
bering between fifty and sixty. and
/ would necessitate the purchase of more
land and an increased endowment
fund.
The list OF the present board of trus-
tees, who authorized the use of the
grounds for the new school plan, Is as
follows: Hon. +. S. Lyman, president:
Rev. c. w. Hill, secretary; &. Il. Rich
ardson, Rev. S. l.. Desha, Hon. G.. W.
A. Hapai. n. c. Willfong, Mrs. J. L.
Richardson, DR.. Frances Wetmore,
Rev. J. Kauhane, Rev. S. c. Luhiau
Rev. o. =. Emerson, w. w. Hail, j.
b. Anterior. Principal and treasur-
err l.. Z. Lyman; vice president, Rev.
X. *. Baptiste; teachers, w. II. Beers,
Hrs. Ella Westervelt Miss Maude o.,
| Hansen, David keahi, Mrs. J. L. Lew
The Hilo Boarding School was found
ed in 1886. by Rev. ID. b. Lyman. The
original plan was to fit the Hawaiian
boys to become useful, Christian citi-
zeps. and this has ever been the first
aim. From the beginning OF this
school. manual training has always
been it's strongest feature. AT a re-
union given at the Hiio Boarding
School last June. the alumni were call
ed upon to make IA few remarks, and
10 WAS exceedingly gratifying and on
souraging to all present to listen to
the handsome, stalwart, Brayhaired
men who responded to this call men
who have made something of them
selves, and who have the respect of all
who know them. In those old days
when civilization was just appearing
In the islands. and when money was
very scarce. these same men. then
members OF the Hilo Boarding School,
turned their hands to many useful en-
Dloyments. There were no government
schools on this island, hence. Father
Lyman" as he is universally called In
this country, formed a normal class.
and the Boarding School boys taught
nearly all the schools on the island Of
Hawaii. There was as great need
for ministers. and he added theologi-
cal class. and sent his young men out
90 preach in the different parts of the
island. As donations came to the
school. work shops were started,
though the applicants were necessarily
sleager. The tuition was then, as II
still is, S25 a year, but the boys Were
mostly too poor to pay even that
None, however. were refused admit
tsncc, If they had no money, SONS
benevolent person was asked to sup