The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-08-02
CAREER OF
H, c, ADAMS.
2etires From Kaneohe
School After Long
lncumbency.
(From Sundays Advertiser)


Henry Cobb Adams, whose resigna-
ton as principal of Kaneohe school
was briefly mentioned in yesterdays
| Advertiser. has had considerable of a.
career of which much has relation to
| these islands. He arrived here first as
chief officer of the steamer Hankow
with 1900 Portuguese Immigrants I'm 1ssa
being then the youngest chief officer
In the employ of VIM. Milburn & Co of
London. Having made the reutrn trim
to London via Hull, Mr.. Adams was
appointed purser of the Atlantic liner
city of Paris, which came here with
more Portuguese immigrants in July,
1884.
On the arrival OF the City of Paris
the Portuguese Consul. Senior Cana
varro, requested Major j. H. wode-
house. the British Minister. to hold a
naval court of inquiry relative to an
excessive death rate on board the ves-
sci, also as to the cause of an accident
that happened on board at Coronel,
Chill. while the City of Paris was par
ticipating in the celebration of a Chi
liam victory. The captain, officers and
purser were tried before the commander
of the Mutine and exonerated On this
'N''S'Of Ni'' <hudiiis, aS the representa-
tive of Mr.. Hoffnung OF London, made
some remarks that were complained of
as offensive by a gentleman since de-
ceased. The family of Mr.. Adams has
been connected with the navy and
church in England from time imme-
mortal.
Mr.. Adams's original appointment I'M
der the Board of Education was to the
Rnf for lf<Nt.x sol,
quested to go as first lieutenant in The
Hawaiian cruiser Kaimiloa, on the
famous Samoan expedition the same
year, but declined the honor. Mr..
Adams was appointed principal of Ka-
neohe school in 1891, when 1t had an at
tendance of forty-six pupils, of whom
eighty-nine per cent were Hawa,lans,
six per cent part Hawaiians and five
per cent Chinese. These figures form
an interesting comparison with those of
the schoci on his resignation when the
attendance numbered sixty-eight pupils.
of whom forty-five per cent were ia
waiians, eighteen per cent part Hawai-
ians, thirty-three per cent Chiaese,
three per cent Japanese and one per
cent Americans.
In 1891 there was no school at either
W VI Nullud tJnlIuTen lSeu
to ride over to Kaneohe from those
places daily some staying with friends
In kaneohe for the week. The popula-
ton of the village has since been great
ly reduced through deaths of the aged
and migration of the younger people to
and elsewhere
Mr.. Adams has not found life I'M
pleasant or tedious in Koolau, where
the climate is much cooler than IN Ho-
nolulu. He found ample relief in devo-
lion to arboriculture and reading. The
school grounds have been greatly i'm
proved under his direction by the plant
ng of trees. More than thirty of the
children attending school since 1891
nave died. Mr.. Adams, as school agent
or the district, will retain his inter-
,st In the school. He resigned the prin-
,ipalship chiefly on account of his
health, which has been poor since an
attack of pleurisy in the early part of
May. Doubtlessly the Department of
Public Instruction will record a vote OF
hanks to him for his services.
Mr.. Adams has private place at
Koolau, where he intends
,oing fully into arboriculture with fruit
rees speciality. He will also do con-
iderable stone wall building to protect
he land along the banks of streams.