Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-12
GREAT IMPROVEMENT
BEING MADE AT
K|pAHU[U SCHOOL

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rabbit has received letter from w.
w. Taylor, the principal of the school
at Kipahulu. showing the excellent
work that is being done there in the
line of identifying the ground, sub.
ject to which the Board of Education
has of late paid special attention. The
letter reads as follows:
Kipahulu. Maui.
Tuesday. April 10th, 1906.
w. II. Babbitt, Esq, Superintendent
Public instruction.
Term desk book and movable prop.
erty reports are forwarded by this
mail. After your visit to this school
spoke to the children and told them
you were very pleased with the work
they We're doing in the way of improv.
ing the school grounds. At the time
of your visit the western part of the
school yard was covered with lantana
and guavas. The girls of the school.
without being told, went to work dur.
ing recess time and cut II oil down.
The boys, not to be outdone. com.
menced TO dig out the roots, some of
which are very hard to get out, owing
W NI' IOthg ndlUIt Vi lUt SUI. L Ht
clearing of this part of the. school yard
has entalled great deal of hard
work. The children have with hardly
an exception done II willingly and
choerfully. The clearing of the Ian.
tana has disclosed immense piles of
rocks. The work now will be to get
these rocks into the smallest possible
compass. We shall no doubt find n
way of getting them into shape. We
shall widen existing walls and pile
up the balance on the rockiest and
poorest ground In the school yard.
When you Were here we had Just been
visited by a Kona, but the children
went to work and planted now gar.
dcns They had just got nicely start.
ed when another Kona came along and
destroyed them. We all picked up
courage again and replantcd. and al.
though we have had very dry weather
we have got some very beautiful flow.
ers and are getting many fine toma.
toes. We have lots of young cabbage
coming along. This last month we
planted large number and by actual
count have $50 cabbages growing. In
various stages. with more to plant out.
The girls have planted a great variety
of flowers and some of the boys also.
We have cleared a piece of ground
fifty feet by fifty which we are plant.
ing TO flowers. The seeds of these
were kindly donated by Mr.. Wells, our
inspector. The work on this piece of
ground has been done principally by
four OF the girls. They have also
got planted papaia seeds of the Ceylon
and Porto Rican varieties. We have
planted a lot Of grape cuttings this
last month, which are just beginning
to grow. We have n: the present time
owe: fifty individual gardens. I hope.
should remain here another year, to
have a small piece OF ground for every
hoy and girl In the school. Our Arbor
Day trees are growing very nicely.
Some oil them are four feet high. Each
boy or girl who planted tree on that
day have the sole care OF that tree.
They have made small circular flower
beds around each tree which insures
II against neglect. We have got doz
en- cocoanuts which we are going to
plant as soon as they commence to
sprout. ] don't expect | shall be here
to gather the nuts off the palms in the
course of ten or twelve years, but
someone else WILL One of the girls
said to me the other day, How nice
II will be when the school yard Is all
cleared and planted out to trees and
flowers for the old people to come and
sit around on Sundays or holidays"
! Many of the children have had very
bad colds and have had to remain
! away from school. The children here
are always in better health when we
have the usual Klpahulu weather,
which Is a little rain every day. Mrs.
Taylor and myself have both very Sc.
we're colds, but We are hoping to be
rid Of them before the re-opening of
school. With kindest regards. am
Respectfully yours,
w. w. TAYLOR.