The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-08
ADVOCATE Of
OUTDOOR LIFE
Californian Professor Who Is
Practising What He
breaches.

Il have been at most Of the eeIe-
brated watering places Of the country.
but nowhere have I found sueh bath
ing as you have here at waikiki. =
said Professor William Larned Thateh.
er, teacher of the simple life and an
advocate of the open air system Of
EDUCATION for youths Professor Thateh.
er is paying his first visit to Homo
lulu. being a guest with his mother at
the Moana Hotel. Although an out-in-
theair specialist he was located yes
terday afternoon in the library of thu
Historical Society, deep in the read
ing of one Of the tones to be found in
that collection
The school with which the Professor
is connected, he and his older brother
being at the head of ii, Is the Thatcher
Institute, located In the Oiai valley.
near Santa Barbara in Southern Cal
ifornia. In point IF attsndanee the
Institution is a small one, but from ev-
cry other point Of view the Thatcher
Institute is famous.
I'VE believe in combining out-of
door education and athletics with the
regular collegiate work, explained the
Professor. himself a hardy. sun burned
man. with none Of the siekly palior
usually associated with q college pro-
fessor and the burner of midnight OIL
: One Of the qualifications for bows en-
terihg our school is that he brings with
him a saddle horse and agrees 10 take
care Of ii himself Our school was
founded BY my brother nineteen years
ago, and ten years ago il reached the
limit we had set for it, forty pupils
Since that time we have always had
a long waiting list OF boys wanting
to come.
s.We encourage the boys TO get out
in the open air as much as possible,
encourage them TO 90 in for athletics.
baseball. tennis and field sports. We
also teach the principles of good citi-
zenship, encouraging the boys to take
an interest in the village where the
school is located and through their eff
forts there has been an athletic club
started. a free public library and a
men IS club. while the boys have also
helped to start and maintain a good
roads movement.
We believe IN individual teaching
also For our school of forty boys we
have q staff of eight teachers. half OF
them Harvard men and half from Yale.
This proportion of teachers to pupils
gives every chance for the former TO
study the individuality of the boys
under his particular charge and 10 de
velop that individuality. 1t also gives
the bows an opportunity of knowing
and becoming friends with the teach.
ers. so that we have strong school
spirit With 50 few pupils there are
also certain 70 be strong and perma.
nent friendships formed among the
boys.
Practically all our boys come TO "a
from east of the Mississippi. We want
BOYS Of that class, believing that the
advantages Of the Californian climate
are more appreciated by them than by
bows born in California.
Professor Thatcher expressed his snr
prise at finding such complete edRea
fionaI system in Honolulu. . You have
everything here from a college to a
kindergarten. be said. land every
department seems to be excellent and
modern. -
He viii be in Honolulu for some
weeks vet. having met q large number
Of friends here. At Yale he was
classmate of George r. Carter, whom
he claims as his first pupil. having
coached him in his work. Professor
Alexander. who IS a former pupil Of
Professor Thatcher Is father. who was
a professor at Yale. has taken him
abont the city. pointing out the places
of Interest. while other members Of the
University Club have welcomed him TO
the city