The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-02


in all the soils that we are ti,Iing Tbs
| efficient self-sacrificing service of Mr.
J. G. Davis. Principal of The Govern
ment school at Hanalef. indicates what
a helpful force might be brought Il
bear upon the work everywhere by
men whose business it would be &c
I round mp every bit of cooperation in
their local fields in support of their
! various enterprises. Under kindly So
| eia5 influences scores Of public school
! TEACHERS all over the Territory may be
| won to assist in the endeavor to tide
| over these transition days from five
languages to the one common tongue
! OF the future. Mr.. HnFs report with
| it's reference to the new field opening
| among the honesteaders and TO his
! aide-de-camp Mr.. Smith in this fresh
| endeavor points the lesson of the value
| of these local leaders. AS result of
! the personal influence of Rev Mr..
/ Shields in Hi1o an entirely new Japa-
nese venture has been started in an
! almost deserted Hawaiian church, Mr.
| and Mrs Albert Boscow of that town
being enlisted as enthusiastic helpers.
SYSTEMATIC OUR EDUCATION
AL SCHEME.
The Board is now in relation more or
less loose with the five great schools
of Hilo. Kohala, MaunaoIu. Kayaia-
hao and Mills together with a large
number of other institutions for Chi
,nese and japanese children Without
infringing in the slightest upon the
independence of any one Of these, great
service could be rendered all by ce-
menting more closely the bonds of
union not only between one another of
them but also between them all and the
Board. Several Of them have far
reaching plans of development which
should be pushed to realization. Closer
utilization as in the case of Mills In
stitute and the Honolulu Japanese
Boarding school, enlargement of sphere
such as the establishment of a train
ing department for Christian Workers
in connection with the Hilo institu-
ton, the Decentralization OF japanese
and Chinese plantation schools and the
like should have Board support in or
der to achieve earlier success. In the
present condition OF our finances mon
ey aid is out of the question but if
the cooperation of the American Mis-
sionary Association can be gained a
brilliant enlargement of possibilities
should result.
Akin to this is the alluring prospect
of the
MULTIPLICATION OF SOCIAL
CENTERS.
The remarkable success of Alexander
House in Wailuku suggests the feast
bility of linking the old missionary
names to enterprises of this nature all
over the Islands. Already Lahaina has
its kindergarten affiliated to the Wal
luku Settlement. Why should not this
expand into a Baldwin House? The
old missionary mansion is now being
used for the children, Workers Home |
followed by it's development of varied |
clubs would transform the town in |
time. Similarly Kauai might come to |
boast it's Wilcox House at Hanalei, it's |
Rice House at Lihue, it's Smith House |
at Koioa and it's Rowell House at Wal |
mea. Honolulu ought to own Bing |
ham House, say at Kakaako, and why |
not Jones House to enlarge and bring |
to a modern fulfilment the PaIama Mis- /
sion? An Emerson House at Waialua |
and Somebody Else's House at Eva
would complete the circle for one side |
of Oahu, while a Bond House in Ko
hala to take over Miss Koka's work, |
together with Thurston House at Ho-
Iualoa and a Paris House at Kealake-
kua would bring Hawaii we'll up to
date. The old-time missionary homes
were nothing more than social settle
ments, saving that they were of the
deal type. These visions may not soon
be realized but they are offered as
suggestions.
SOMETHING MORE TANGIBLE
is a careful training of all our con-
stituents in the art OF giving. The Jap
anese churches report for the past year
4 total 81 $1984.70 raised for their own |
work. This does not include S924.00
for the erection of church buildings
The Chinese have been very generous, |
the Fort Street Church at Honolulu |
alone making the Board a contribution |
Of nearly $500. Waikiki Chinese chill
lren have subscribed sixty-seven shares
to the new Morning Star. The Por-
Luguese too have been doing more than |
IN previous years. But as yet there is
too little system throughout The entire |
field Makiki Japanese Church makes
4 business of devoting every other Sum
lays collection to missionary objects,
each to the Hawaiian and
American Boards. Hilo Foreign Church
has adopted a systematic scheme which
will undoubtedly affect our treasury
most favorably in coming years. Cen
-ral Union Church of course stands be- |
mind the Board as Loyalty as ever. So
cieties of all denominations on the
mainland are devoting more attention |
than ever to systematic training of
children and young people in the sup
port of the great Christian benevoI-
ences.v Our Board should not linger in
this enterprise. In this connection why
not enlist the cooperation of the Wom-
ans Board of Missions? Our. con-
stituency is rapidly changing. death is
calling many of our generous support
ers to eternal scenes and unless this
duty of raising up a new generation of
intelligent, conscientious givers have
attention, the future will |
hold only the sure prospect of a con-
SANITY narrowing sphere. For mission
boards as we'll as for natural species
the highest of all functions is repro
AUCTION. This is the paramount obliga-