The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-14
WORK
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Industrial Education important
Part Of the Training Given
the Children.

important part Of the Hawaiian system
Of education and each branch of it has
been carried on with interest and en-.
thusiasm. There has been a steady de-
mand for equipments and supplies, and
reports generally show that the work
is appreciated, and that the purpose
sought and results attained Justify the
expenditures. This is gathered from
information supplied at the department.
Of public instruction.
The various branches of industrial
education are considered under the fol
lowing: Agriculture, woodwork, print
ing and domestic science, the latter be
ing subdivided into cooking, sewing,
lacemaking and weaving.
Agricultural Work.
During the year, 5000 pupils have
been engaged in gardening, and prac-
tically al of the children have been
doing some such work. One hundred
and twenty-five schools have been ac-
lively engaged in systematic school
gardening.
Most of the schools have taken active
part in Arbor Day exercises, planting
trees on school grounds and along roads
leading to the school premises. They
have cooperated with the department
of agriculture and forestry and in a
general way shown interest in tree
planting.
Agricultural work is reported to the
department of public instruction under
the following headings: Clearing and
preparing land; keeping school grounds
in order; flower gardens; vegetable
gardens, and tree planting.
Manual Work in Public Schools.
Twenty.one of the schools have
equipments for carpenter work and
1915 pupils have been doing woodwork
during the year. The schools by names
that have equipments for woodwork are
as follows:
Normal, Royal, Holualoa, Ahualoa
Pohukaina, Kaiulani, Kalihiwaena, Pc.
hakupulia. Honomu, olaa mine Miles)
H1ea. Lahainaluna, Napoopoo, Homo.
kaa, Kahuku, Waimanalo, Kaupakalua,
Kappa, Lihue, Hanamaulu, Koloa
Printing Department.
Seven schools have outfits and are
doing regular printing on school work:
These are.
Honomu School, Honomu, Hawaii;
Papailtou School Papaikou, Hawaii;
Lahainaluna Seminary, Lahaina. Maui;
Wallul1u School, Waikiki, Maui; Kaa
humanu School, Honolulu, Oahu; Nor
NAL School, Honolulu, Oahu; Kaiulan
School, Honolulu, Oahu.
Partial output of the school pres
includes 200 copies Hawaii's Young
People each month. index to Hawaii ;,
Young People, "'Course of Study
domestic science manual, supplemental
reports of department, Hilo Higl
School prospectus, county government
literature, programs of exercises, stories
and songs, lesson outlines and SEIZED
ules.
Domestic Science.
Cooking has been carried on in many
of the schools, with the aim of bringing
about refinement and culture in home
making, and give knowledge of simple
cookery, and to familiarize The pupils
with the relative value of staple articles
of food.
The following schools have depart
ments doing this kind of work: Olaa,
Kurtistown, Hawaii; Holualoa School
Kona, Hawaii; Honokohau School, Ko-
| hala. Hawaii; Lahina School, Lahaina
| Maui; Kaluaaha School, Pukoo, Molo
kai; Puhukaina School, Honolulu, Oahu;
Royal School, Honolulu, Oahu; Kaahu
manu- School, Honolulu, Oahu; Kaiu
lani School, Honolulu, Oahu; Normal
School, Honolulu, Oahu; Waialua School
Waialua, Oahu; Hauula School, Hauula
| Oahu.
Sewing.
About $500 pupils have been in sew
ing classes. Practically all of the pub
lie schools teach plain sewing to botf
boys and girls of primary grades, the
4 train of the hands being considered OF
equal Importance TO both sexes. Mor'
complicated forms of the work, as cut
ting and fitting of garments, are laugh
to the girls of the higher grades.
Pupils are taught stitching, scanning
overcasting, hemstitching, gathering
sewing on ruffes, buttonhols stitching
darning, patching and special stitching
The work is strictly practical, the girl
making for themselves and the SCHOOL,
such articles as towels, iron holders
caps, skirts, quilts, napkins, aprons
underelothes, dresses, drawn work
chalk bags, bags for pencils, handker
chiefs, table covers and fancy work.
Lance and Weaving.
! Twenty-one schools give instruction
in lacemaking, and SIT pupils studied
lauhala, bamboo and grass weaving las
year.
Last year the following were enrolle
in the lace classes in Honolulu; Hawa
iian, 81; Chinese, "a; Japanese, 10; Gen
man, 2; part Hawaiian, 81; Portuguese
"a; American, -.