The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-22
GOOD SCHOOLS ON
GARDEN ISLAND
Superintendent Kinney Secures
Much Valuable Data Result
Of visit to Kauai.
fFrom Thnraday AdEettIser. !

| IlenEy aNdlWOIbn hNlHhSg, lne new
superintendent Of education, landed
from the Kinau At Port Allen last
"Wednesday morning, and in the period
hstween then and his departure from
Nawiliwili Saturday afternoon visited
every school on the Island and finished
lup q great, many routine matters per.
tanning TO the work Of his department,
says the Garden Island. =
The superintendent was met at Port
Allen by II. II. Bro lie, supervi ing prn.
eipal Of the Kauai schools, and tatea
to the latter's home in Hanapepe for
breakfast. From there an early start
was made for the schools at Mana and
Kekaha, both Of viii h were thoroughly
inspected; and just before the, noon
hour the Waimea scnool was gone
through. A short call was made by
the superintendent at the neighboring
residence of Principal and Mrs, Brown,
after which the visitors met Commits
:. sioner T, Brandt and adjourned to that
gentleman's residence for luncheon.
H., Make an Early Start.
! Taking an early start in the after,
noon, Messrs. Brodie and Kinney were
joined by Territorial Treasurer Conk.
ling and made thorough inspections Of
the big schools at Maxwell and Eleele,
the latter holding an hour Later in the
afternoon for the convenience Of the
4 officials. Mr., Conkting was taken to
Mr.. Farley's, at Koloa, for the night,
and Messrs. Brodie and Kinney re.
turned to the residence Of the former
ini Hanapepe. On the way back the
superintendent was shown through the
Laval cannery, Knkuilono PARK and
MeBryde mill l ST.. h
The first call next morning was mad
at the model school Of Miss Nicely
mont, Kalaheo, and from there the
party hurried along to the big eight
grade school at Koloa. The next cal
was at the Huleia school, where, OWN
to a lack of sufficient teachers, two SEES
sions are held daily. 49, o..
\ laGArriying at Lihue, the superintend
! emit, and supervising principal made 4
thorough inspection Of Lihue school ant
found everything in most excellent or
der. u After luncheon at the Fairyiew
liz WIFI was .Hdue W INC sIldlhilaull
school, and later, in company Will
Chairman Wishard ofatlie board Of su
pervisors, the site of the proposed ne1
high school was Inspected, At nigh
, the meeting at the Fairpiew, on the sub
Z ject Of tie new High gSh06i, was held
I ~ y IIanalei tIs'vzitsd. ods tit'st
L1ijaSPendihg the ihIeHta the IPaifHew
) the officials got ian early staEt F'rida:
! lmprning for the Hanalei side, stopp. N
4 first at the Wailua school and then pre-
j Feeding to the big school Of Cyril SIhit
lat Kappa. From athere they proceade
!. on, inspecting all of the schools t
|. IHanalci, where the night was spent
\ fBy previous ARRANGEMENT the Iiaen
4 I,sehool was IN operation Saturday morr
III ing, sd that the superintendent had
Il chance to see this, the very last on
4 on Kauai, in action. A hurried tri
/ was made to the Haena caves and Wa
nina power house, after which the of
r cials made flying return to Lhue /
1 time to get Mr.. Kinney aboard tn
{ Kinau for Honolulu. l.H
J. Kinney Highly Pleased.
. In general, Mr.. Kinney expressed hin
/ self as highly pleased with the schoc
9 work as it is being carried on on Kaua
4 In fact, although unfamiliar with til
2 details of conditions in other localitie
y he seemed inclined to the opinion tha
in common school work Kauai rattle
= leads the way. He was fav0rably in
y pressed with the open air school rooi
idea used ON this island, and intend
10 seek IT'S adoption for use on the otht
islands. Il" 30 Et.
~ 4 Excellent weather favored the supe
intendent the first two days Of his tou
hut on the Hanalei side the showers il
4 terfered slightly with the pleasure q
" the trip. AS u whole, however, he g,
| pressed himself as having had a mos
enjoyable time, and feeling that tn
tour had been prolific Of informatio
which would be Of great and iInmediat
. value to his department and to TIL
: island. This was his first visit /
# Kauai. III.
al Mr.. Kinney, the new superintendent
was born on the island of Maui, hi
Z father being American and his motht
Y, Danish-both teachers The superb
Z tendent himself was educated at III
= University Of California and the I'm
e versity of Copenhagen, and speaks Dal
= lsh, German and several other lal
guages. g. -
:; e.. Took Many Notes.
y Being an experienced newspaper mai
y Mr.. Kinney took complete notes
q every school building, grounds, teachs
\ and collection of pupils, unusual eond
!, tions, etc, ON Kauai These notes wi
be extended in a book, upon his retur
: to Honolulu, which will become an Ii
= valuable "ready.reference" on the sui
Il iect of Kauai school conditions for Ii
: future use. To his fund of notes M
= Kinney will add, as quickly as possibI
" (and include in. his ready-reference'
. pictures Of every school building (insid
and out) and school grounds on tn
y island. ,r . @ Z.
&c Kauai has had the benefit of the fir
y tour the superintendent has made sine
asspming office, and the tour has bee
y quite ODportnne. for the reason that
p comes Immediately prior to the annui
d meeting of the commissioners in Hon,