The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-14
WORK
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Industrial Education important
Part of the Training Given
the Children.

important part Oh tIe naNalldn system
of education and each branch of it ha:
been carried on with interest and en-
thuslasm. 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 variohs 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.
been engaged in gardening, and prac-
ticallv all of the children have been
doing some such work. One hundred
and twenty-fve 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
hakupuka. Honomu, Olaa (Nine Miles,
HIlea. Lahainaluna. Napoopoo, Homo
kaa. Kahuku. Waimanalo, KaupakaIua
Kappa, Lihue, Hanamaulu, Koloa.
Printing Department.
Seven schools have outfits and are
doing regular printing on school work;
These are:
Honomu School. Honomu, Hawaii
Papaikou School. Papaikou Hawaii
Lahainaluna Seminary. Lahaina, Maui
Walluku 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 Youns
People each month. index to Hawaii Z
Young People, ''Course of Study,
domestic science manual, supplemental
reports Of department. Hilo Higl
School prospectus, county government
literature. programs of exercises, storie
and songs, lesson outlines and SEIZED
ules.
Domestic Science.
Cooking has been carried on in many
of the schools. with the aim of bringin!
about refinement and culture in home
making. and give knowledge of simpl
cookery, and to familiarize the pupil
with the relative value of staple article
of food.
The following schools have depart
ments doing this kind of work: Olaa
Kurtistown, Hawaii: Holuaioa School
Kona. Hawaii: Honokohau School, 10
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; Norma
School, Honolulu, Oahu: Waialua Schoo]
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 bot
boys and girls of primary grades, tn
train of the hands being considered 0
equal Importance to both sexes. Nor
| 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 rufhes, buttonh0le stitching
darning, patching and special stitching
The work is strictly practical. the girl
| making for themselves and the school
caps, skirts, quilts, napkins, apron:
| underclothes, dresses, drawn WORK
chalk bags, bags for pencils, handkel
chiefs, table covers and fancy work.
Lance and Weaving.
Twenty-one schools give instructio
in lacemaking, and 5l7 pupils studio
lauhala, bamboo and grass weaving las
| year.
Last year he following We're enrolle
in the lace classes in Honolulu; Hawa
/ iian 81; Chinese. "a; japanese, IS; GEL
man, ,; part Hawaiian, 81 ; Portuguese
q; American, -.
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