The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-18
TO TEACH
FRUGAL|TY'
Savings Banks for
the Public
Schools.
wv. G.. T. u. TALKS
OF THE PROJECT
Will Asitate Question In the Sum-
mer School to Start Same
Next Fall.

h schools OF aonoiuiu n ieaeN
IA which will be agitated by the
wonen's Christian Temperance Union
this summer amongst the principals
and teachers and the parents OF the
scholars. In the hope that such an in
stitution may be started when the
schools resume sessions next fall. The
work will be taken up In connection
with the Unions fight against cigar
cites and liquor. believing that the saw
ing OF money will produce habits OF
economy amongst the boys and be an
efYectuai bar against a desire to pur-
chase cigarettes OF tobacco put up In
any form
At the regular monthly meeting OF
the w. C. T. u. which was held yes |
terday afternoon In the Central Union
church parior. the matter was pre-
sented TO the members by Mrs. j. NJ
whitney. president OF the Union. and
after reading an account OF the uses
and aims OF the institution. the Union
voted TO have the matter brought 10
| the attention OF the school teachers
while the summer school Is in session
The first business of the meeting was
n discussion OF the anti-cigarette move
ment Mrs Rietow. superintendent of
| this department. reported that the
pledges had been generally distributed
amongst boys and that n Japanese gen.
tleman was circulating them extensive
/ ~ amongst his own people In order TO
present the question fairly and intel
iieently to the Hawaiians. Mrs Rietow
thought that literature In their Ian
Il -. 49,. fNf. nd cir H.
lated.
Mrs. ]. NJ. whitney told OF the Saw
ings Bank project as follows:
When this society in the United
4 States was first organized as the out
come OF the woman's Temperance
Crusade. the general plan. naturally.
i was To do only temperance work upon
| Christian lines. But IL did not take us
| long TO learn that no reform can stand
i by itself. The forces II evil are so
linked that IL Is impossible TO secure
i the overthrow OF one alone while soon.
II that could be. it's neighbors would
| crowd in and more than NIL the orok-
| en- ranks. So as the years passed. one
department OF our work after another
was added until forty or more are list
ed upon the catalogue. each with a
national superintendent. often with a
corps OF assistants and state and local
superintendents everywhere.
a
upon our hands that there came to be
much complaint and criticism that we
| were undertaking too much. that no or
ganization could carry on so many de-
partments and that we ought TO return
TO our original simplicity and devote
all of our energies TO the one direct ef-
fort to put down the drink traffic. At
this crisis. Miss Willard. with her
usual courage. said: We Will not, we
cannot withdraw from any work we
Il Act. 50 nd Gha 70 "a
small book called DO Everything" in
which she urged the women to take
up without fear any line OF work which
can lead directly back TO the reforma-
ton OF men and women and promote
purity and temperance and thrift
| Thus IL came about that among many
seemingly less important schemes. that
OF School Savings Banks has risen. The
thought II that In our contention with
evil. we are dealing largely with the
lowest OF vice from youthful seed
sowing. The cigarette habit in
children. seif-indulgence and lack OF
economy. are almost sure to bring the
vOtaries sooner or later to poverty or
crime. II we can impress upon the
children In school ideas of thrift and
economy. induce them to save their
pennies and nickels. have a regular
system by which weekly they may de-
post whatever sum they may earn or
save which Will soon be drawing a
small interest. II can be readily seen
that a long step toward prosperity has
been taken and great source OF
temptation removed.
| II IL remarkable how many leading
Educators have not only endorsed the
plan. but are recommending and pro-
1 noting the system OF school savings
banks In the schools under their care.
France has this system in all her pun
lie schools and the nation acknowi-
edges it's rich benefits. About 500 pub
tIIc schools In the United States are re-
ported as employing IL. and our conf
missioner Of public education, DIT w.
r Harris Of Washington. has been aid
ing the work for six years by printing
the records 81 the scholars savings In
his official reports We have statsucs
| for some twelve years OF 500 pubic
| schools of the United States in which
| IS 900 school children have today over
500 900 on deposit. The system was
taken up in Los Angeles in 1900 and up
To- Jan. l. 1902. $50 scholars in the D
| schools had deposited 39.Ssi.sO or over
SIS each on an average. The scholars
| 81 Grass Valley. Cal. had deposited 500
In three months.
The superintendent OF this depart
| ment for the National Women'S Chris
| tIan TEMPERANCE Union. Mrs. Oberholt-
ser of Philadelphia. says in her last
annual report:
"A number OF the superintendents
land principals OF the public schools
save written me that cigarette -smok-
ing ia their schools has decreased 80
Der cent since the children have been
given this opportunity To save their
Others say: our boys and girls are
In better condition because they use
less cheaD candy chewing gum and
cigarettes. and they can study better.