The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-18
SCHOOL BOYS TO
LIVE ON THE SEA
Eastern Men Have Started
Great Scheme for New
Education.

! Imagine a well-equipped prepara-
tory school, a completely furnished dor
mitcry, gymnasium, library, museum.
labatory, and an efficient corps of well
skilled instructors. Then imagine all
this put on board a big ship and with
the pupils taken around to the various
countries of the world and with $50 ca
diets on board, preparing for American
colleges, afioat on the blue ocean and
visiting every cline. This-an educa-
tional dream of 80 years ago-may now
be carried out as a Boston syndicate
, is now endeavoring to fit out a school
on these lines.
If the scheme goes through it will
be one of the greatest educational de-
velopmentS of the age. The plan is to
have the cadets of this school study
English history by seeing Westminster
Abbey and all the older English land
marks that can be reached by sea at
close quarters. The study of Roman
history can be taken up and Illustrated
by a visit to the Colosseum at Rome;
they may trace the history of Greek
art ard arms and inspect the Acropolis
and sites of famous battlefields. They
will read of Egypt and explore the pyr-
amids. They will read the Bible and
I, see the places where dawned the light
! of Christianity. In other words, they
will round out each part of their edu-
cation by travel intelligently directed
AN opportunity that man of broad
est culture might well enjoy.
! The story of the plans of the school
is well set out in the words of the ad-
vertisement:
I'm modern languages, in art, in the
study of the worlds commerce, the OPP
portunity will be unique. Special IA
cilities will be afforded for the study
of entomology, zoology, botany, deep
sea dredging, and commercial products
! THE organization and discipline will
{ be that of the United States Navy,
modified to meet the conditions. The
( ship itself will be worked by a COM
petent crew of sailors. The cadets will
never be called upon for manual labor,
except sail and spar drills for gymnas-
I tic exercise. They will, however. be
taught to hand, reef and steer, theoreti-
cal navigation, and dynamo and steam
engineering. The development of per-
sonal honor and manliness will be the
aim of the moral training. Two regu-
4 lar physicians will be on board and
have continual oversight of the health
| of the cadets and their environment
A competent director will have charge
of the physical development. Every
temptation of life ashore will be avoid
ed, every kindly care and wise over
sight will be always at hand.
1
years, and every maritime country in
the world will be visited. Cadet pupils
may be enrolled, however, for one or
more years. The cruise will follow the
temperate climate, and, with no ex-
acting schedule to make, will be like
an easy and delightful yachting trip.
"The first year the ship will sail from
Newport, r. l., September 1, travel
16 900 miles, touching at upwards of so
ports in England, Norway, Germany,
France, the Mediterranean, the West
Indies, and return to Newport the fol-
lowing June for a four-months' vaca-
ton.
I'm the line of amusements the ship
| will be rich in attractions. The ship
Twill carry two steam launches and ten
irowing and sailing boats of navy pat
tern. There will be an orgon and a
piano in the music and recreation room,
! a carefully selected library, a printer
and printing presses for the publication
of school paper, q photographer and
dark room for lovers of the camera,
and ships band for military and social
purposes.
THE school vessel will be a safe and
'commodious full-rigged ship of 5000
tons, with auxiliary steam power-a
model of the most advanced steel con-
I, struction.
Her equipment will include every
device for comfort and safety that
modern science can supply; electric
lighting, apparatus for distillation of
pure water for drinking, cooking, and
washing, perfect ventilation, cold Stor-
age rooms, an ice plant, a large corps
| of servants. and extensive Kitchens in
charge of an experienced chef.
! "The school vessel will be command
ed by a United States Naval officer of
at least 25 years experience and with
an honorable record"
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