The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-20
THE SCHOOL
EXHIBIT
Atkinson Getting
Ready for
Fair.
Display for Exposition
Is Well Under
Way.
Circular Sent to Schools on Other
Islands Asking Their
Cooperation.

A. T. Atkinson, Superintendent of
Public instruction, has begun the as
sembling of the educational exhibit
| which is to be sent to the st. Louis ex-
hibition.
''The school exhibit will be made at
st. Louis whether any other display is
made at the exposition or not said
Mr.. Atkinson yesterday. 1.-The DEPART
ment is now engaged in preparing the
exhibit and we expect to make good
| islands on every steamer and we ex-
pect to have our display ready in am
pie time
| The school exhibit for st. Louis will
be one of the most interesting ever sent
from the islands. While no allotment
has been made as yet from the $4,000
1 appropriated by the legislature for an
educational exhibit, Supt. Atkinson is
doing the best he can with the funds
at hand, in the hope that ultimately a
proper amount will be set aside for the
schools from this general fund.
The exhibit will be made up in a
large part of the work of the students
in the various island schools. A special
ruled paper is now being distributed
among the schools for this purpose in
order that the exhibit will be uniform,
as far as possible. Lauhala, and ma
terial for manual work is also being
distributed, and the lace display of the
Hawaiian students will be exceptional
ly good. Photographs which will show
to best advantage the cosmopolitan ma
ture of the Hawaiian school population
will also be a prominent feature of the
display.
In pursuance of the plan, for an ex-
hibit, MI. Atkinson has sent the fol-
in the Territory:
1t is desired to make school exhibit
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
to be held at st. Louis. The Depart
ment of Public Instruction is very
anxious that the exhibit should be
thoroughly satisfactory and worthy
of this Territory. Specimens of work
should be prepared which must reach
Honolulu not later than December 31st,
as the exhibit must be sent forward
early in January, 1904.
| While leaving to each individual
teacher considerable latitude as to
what is thought best to present the
| Department would urge that speci-
mems of industrial and manual work
should make a marked showing in the
school exhibit of the Territory Under
this head should appear, among other
things, sewing, knife work, lauhala and
bamboo work, mat weaving, carpenter
work, and specimens of plants cult
waited by the children either dried or
in glass jars.
| The Department is prepared to as
sist the schools with material, includ-
ing uniform paper for written work
and drawing, in reasonable amounts,
} which must be applied for at once
Photographs of school buildings, of
typical classes attending the schools,
and of matters pertaining to the
schools are desired. The Department
will make provision for this expense
when it considers it suitable.
, You are especially requested by the
, Department to communicate with this
} office as soon as possible, stating what
, material you need, what you propose
} to send as exhibit, and what the ex-
pense of photographing is likely to be.
I remain,
Yours faithfully,
ALATAU T. ATKINSON,
1 Superintendent Public Instruction.