Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-08
Manual Training Results
Will Be Sent To
Seattle
SPLENDID DISPLAY ASSEMBLED
At LlnUE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Practical Work in Every Line--Nets
for Fishing, Mat-Weaving, and
Needlework-Children's
Advancement

L1HUE, Kauai, April 3.-The Lii
hue school was the scene yesterday
OF an elaborate and well-ordered ex-
hibition made by the II public schools
of this island OF the good work that
the school children Of Kauai have
been doing in preparation for the
Alaska-Yukon Exposition at Seattle.
The partition between the two mid
die rooms of the school building had
been removed and the exhibits were
placed along the walls of the big
room which resulted, and also on a
long table which ran down the mid
die OF the west room 49, Mr. Alexan-
ders. The east half OF the hall was
used for recitations and other exer-
cises.
The school building showed some
handsome decorations on the outside,
the committee for this purpose being
Mrs. Smythe, and two of the other
teachers. The inside decorations
were placed around the different sec
tions by the various school exhibi-
| tors.
A number OF the small tables in
the veranda with pots of flowers,
were very attractive ornaments.
The exhibition was composed of
the various pieces of work that the
pupils have been working on for the
past two or three Notwithstanding
beadwork, penmanship, curtains
made OF various kinds of seeds--Jobs
tears, koa, etc; also small articles
of carpentry work, etc.
The exercises of the exhibition be-
gan ut 1880 o'clock with the sing
ing OF America" by the children
OF the four upper rooms of the Lihue
school, at the close of which the flag
was saluted by them.
!. NJ. Cox. School Inspector. receiv.
ed the keys of the school house from
Mr.. Alexander, the principal, and
/ formally opened the hall and the ex.
ercises with few words OF welcome
to the crowd of spectators. and the
proceedings began. He also said q
! few words on the subject OF the OBJ
jects TO be attained by the exhibi.
| ton and the share to be taken by
all the schools OF the Territory In
/ the work at the Exposition In Seat.
tie.
| At 1880 o'clock, after the on,
lockers had taken a bird's-eye view
, OF the booths and exhibits, a special
song service was given by trained
choir of children, which was much
, enjoyed. The songs most appreciat,
ed by the spectators were the classic
Hail, Smiling Morn" and a selec.
tion entitled "He Shall Feed His
/ Flock Like a Shepherd" from Han,
dels oratorio, The Messiah" After
the singing closed, a special drill In
calisthenics was well performed by
the children on the lawn outside.
For the seventeen schools on this
island, fifty-one teachers are EN-
ployed, but some were not able t.
attend the exercises yesterday, Their,
being n total OF about thirty who
were present and who sat down tc
the lunch which was furnished by
Principal and Mrs. Alexander al
noon at their home near by.
A novel plan which was very fav
orably commented on by the visitors
was the distribution. over the schoo
yard, of stands for the free distribu
ton of choice fruits to whoever
might be inclined to partake of thu
tempting displays.
The rain, which came down hare
at intervals during the day, muci
to the disappointment of the teach
ers who had labored so hard and en-
Enthusiastically for the success OF tn
exhibition, made 1t necessary for |
to be almost wholly an indoor affair
although the few moments OF sun
shine were used to good advantag