The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-02


own advantage The Institution owns 4
tine tract OF kaio land near by. and
from this the pupils derive their food
aud large part Of their living, by the
labor of taeir own hands
Report President Beard OF Eduea-
tion, 1855, p. L.
:" \ very important part Of the sys.
tenn Of education adopted az the Semin-
airy is that of manual labor; important,
as it furnishes the means Of living TO
the students, most of whom are poor.
At the same time il gives that health
and vigor TO their physical constitutions
/ SO necessary TO the student: eultivateS
habits of industry and economy. and af.
| fords some knowledge of the principles
and methods Of agriculture.
''In this eonnexion, am happy to
approve very heartily of the suggestion
contained in the report of the Princi-
| pal; in regard TO the planting of sugar
cane on the lands of the Seminary, and
nope the means for carrying out the
project will be furnished. Should this
be done. the students viii be greatly
benefited by the addition 10 their means
of support, while the institution will
share IN some degree in the imprsve
ment''
Report President Board of Education,
1862, p. Q.
Whenever the locality and oppor-
tunities were favorable. system of
labor among the scholars has been pre-
NOTED, as contributing not only 10 ply
steal health, but also to the procuring
of school books, states, etc. for the
scholars, and making them interested in
the cultivation and adornment of their
own schools and school land -
Report President Board of Education,
1866, p. 3.
More attention has been paid to the
acquisition of the English language, and
to Industrial and agricultural pursuits,
and marked improvement both in the
scholars and in the lands of the Semin
airy has been the consequence.
Report President Board of Education,
1865, p. 3.
''Manual labor is also an important
part of the system of education at the
Seminary. 1t furnishes the pupils the
means of living; gives health and vigor,
and habits of industry and economy.
Report President Board of Education,
1882, p. %.
Agricultural labor is also an essen
tial feature of the school. BY it the
pupils furnish all their table supplies.
During the past year carpenter s shop
has been built and fully euqipped with
benches and tools for the use of pupils
The operations of the shop have been
already noticed in this report.
Report President Board of Education,
1884, p. 81.
''At Lahainaiuna industrial training
is given in agriculture, carpentry, me-
chanieal drawing, printing, etc, aud the
students raise most of their own food.
Tt is proposed that still more promi
nence shall be given to agricultural
training in that school. For the ma
terials and tools required in these lines
of industrial labor a small appropria
tion will be asked for. -
Report President Board of Education. |
1896, p. z.
The emphasis laid on agricultural
work in the past few years does not
amount to change in kind but one in
degree, apparently prompted by de.
sire to obtain the federal aid available |
for agricultural colleges (Report Super |
intendent Public instruction, 1904, y. q |
an expectation not realized. There has |
been no change in the official aesigna |
ton of the school The allegation con- |
corning the name in the declaration APP /
pears to have been based upon one ref |
erenee in the governors report to the |
Lahainaluna agricultural school (nn-
capitaiized) apparently overlooking nu-
merous instances in the same and other |
reports in which the school is referred |
to under its official title.
While we base our decision upon the |
consideration of the substantial rights |
involved. we are also of the opinion
that the present plaintiffs are not en-
titled to maintain this action. They |
claim as trustees under an indenture
dated July %, 1908, between the
American Board of Commissioners for |
Foreign Missions and +. ]. Lowrey, |
Henry Waterhouse and William O. |
Smith, trustees, George r. Castle having |
afterwards been substituted in place of |
Henry Waterhouse. The indenture in |
question reeites that the "grantor is
the owner of certain lands, tenements, |
Embellishments and the appurtenaneesI
thereto belonging, situate in the Ha-
waiian Islands hereinafter described |
and referred to. and is DESTROYS of con-
tributing to the support and mainte-
nance of the Board of the Hawaiian |
Evangelical Association, an Hawaiian |
corporation organized and
established for the corporate purpose
of mutual counsel and assistance in the /
great work of propagating Protestant
Christianity, and TO enter into common
measures for promoting knowledge and
religion. and for preventing infdelity, /
error and immortality; and said grantor /
proposes now TO convey the said lands
and property. hereinafter particularly
described and referred to, in trust for /
the use, benefit and behoof of the said /
Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical AS
ISOLATION, TO the extent and in the man
ner hereinafter set forth. in order 10 as
sist said intended beneficiary TO effeetu-
ally carry out its corporate powers and
purposes IN said Hawaiian Islands, and /
to that end it has been agreed between
the parties hereto and said intended
that these presents shall be
executed -
The property conveyed by the instru-
ment is described as all and singular
the lands and real estate situate in said
Territory of Hawaii belonging to said |