The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
new PUPILS FOR UNCLE sam
BOlS AND GIRLS FtR ~ ~
STt DYING IIkE THOSE HERE.
They Have the same Tasks a. american
children. but Their Clothes Are Yer,
Dinrrcnt-SO Are Their Games surf
Riding a PRstime for Hawaiian Boys

In the last four wears Uncle Sam has taken
under his care many thousands of children
living III far-of islands. II is always sum
mer in these islands and not a child Of all
the thousands ever had an overcoat in hi
life
No, one eyer had to wear thick shoes
IN fact III" vas ma ioritv OF the>" island
children do not wear Shoes AZ all and there
ar" whole villages in which there j. not a
child Who possess a sing" pair OF .tockings.
some Of these island children, Of course
dress just a. Won dress in tn" warm summer
time, but the ma ioritv of them when they
wake up in the morning, If they are boys
Ike plunge in n neighbori"g pond or
river or in the sea then jump into a shirt
and n pair OF trOuscc, and are ready for he
school bell
The little girl, devote more time to their
toilets ana put on curious dresses of railv
colored calico or cloth woven Of the fibre
or native plants But, however they dress
and wherever they live. they hurry of 10
school in the morning Just a. Won do. for il
il one Of lncle Sans irHrNible rules hat
every child vino lives under the Stars and
stripes must go To school
i H. rule which an" island children obey
Willingly. FOR h',a," Uncle sam took them
in charge. very few. with the exception az ~"
children OF Hawaii, had any schools 10 60 10
Vacation is all very well ior 'wo months
IN the year. hut suppose il were vacation
all tho time and Won had to grow M without
learning how - read. write or cipher and
knowing nothing of geography. or history,
now would You Ike that That wa, the
80, al,
But now tho same flag that waves over
your sChoplhouse waves over mlndIcds
and hundreds Of schoolhCuses scattered
among Stands lying thousands of nu.s
away in the tropic seas. and black. brown.
whit" and copper-color"d children IN Porto
Rico, Guam, 1wua. Hawaii aud The Phil.
ippnes are puz2ling to-day over the same
-,m in decimal fractions that Won are"
II Won look n your geography vou will
find. near the middle of he Pacific Ocean,
group of islands called Hawaii. Tho
larger Islands lie inst south oi tho Trupir
Of Cancer. while some of tho smaller ones
extend north of il
Though these island. had boon -"ou bv
white men b"fore, II was Capt. Cook Who
brought them to the attention OF th" people
living in other laud- II was white oar
Revolutionary War was going on. and he
worry year that Washington and his army
suffered 81 in the hard winter a. Valley
Forg"
Whalcrs from New Bedford and Nan.
tuCk"i on their way To- CatCl Whales f'r
IN thr North Pacific be gan 10 visit tho islands
and With the whalcrs came ne missionaries.
who converted he natives to Gin i,>tIaultv,
and civilized them Then people from
other countries began to settle in he island,
and when, during TN" SPANS war, the
United States annexed Hawaii il waS a
prosperous and civilized island ma, ION
There are 5000 children going 10 school
in the Hawaiian Islands nov. Every child
in the islands has 20 begin to 60 TO school
VIXEN O. and must stay IN school until Is
The schools IN Hawaii are Just like N"
school. in the United States. tie very same
school b Doks being used. But the surround
ing- Of the school houses ar. vast ~ different
There az, great mountains all around
and near the school!IouSr door may hc a
coffee plantation. with it, rows # tree,
about eight feet high, covered with white
flower, ct Httl, red brrrie., 81 perhaps
there i, a field Of pir"nppl"-, with long.
prickly leaves, or Gruy" of banana trees
with the fruit hanging IN great lunches
upon them
Hawaiian children have their foot bail
and baseball teams, Just a. children in she
States do, but those of native bIuui have
other sports peculiar 10 lhrm>elyr-. Curf
| among thes" il ,urf riding.
A Hawaiian child j. perfectly a, hrnc
in the water and Mil swim like duck
There are few harbore ia the islands, Inc