Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-21
kauai SCHOOLS
Highly PRAISED
BY DIR, WADMAN
Returns From an Educational
Campaign of the Anti
Saloon League

In pursuance Of the educational cam
paign OF the Anti-SalOon LeacuN. Or
John W Wadman, superintendent OF
the local branch, returned from Kauai
this morning on the W. c. Hall where
he ent eight days visiting the pub
lie schools, distributing literature and
making addresses in churches. etc.
The tour included d visit to II
schools all the way from nPkaha u
IIanalei, with - addresses in all GOV,
cring distance OF $50 mics in auto
with some in hack. This does not in.
clude all the government schools on
kauai, but all the larger ones eX-
cert keaIia, which rntDrtUn .tely
owing to a bad C:TburetOr mad To Ii"
omitted. This school under the car"
Of Prof. Cyril O. Smith. 4 we'll known
educationalist, is one Of the best AMI
most interesting schools Of the terri,
tory. says DR.. Wadman, and we'll worth
= visit IN the part of all visitors II
Kauai
In feet, the schools OF the Garden
Island are all in an excellent COndi-
ton. exceedingly we'll conducted and
no better educational work is being
dcnr in the territory. Vocational train
ing has been inauguratei under the
direction Of Mr. c. II. AIspaugh at
Waimea, where Mr.. and Mrs. II. G.
Brown are in charge, KolOl with Mr.
John Bush as principal Eleele in the
care Of Principal Morse and Lihur
where Miss Mumf0rd is the efficient
principal All these schools are at.
tended by several hundreds Of pupils
including a score or more natiOnalities
and are unusually we'll conducted in |
situations.
"Lihue High School, vita Professor !
Avery in charge, has made a most !
encouraging beginning The Garden
Island people are greatly delighted
with its splendid Inauguration and
hope for it's greater enlargement and
growth as the years come and 90.
Among other schools to which Mr.. !
Wadman referred were those at Ha.
nalei with Mrs. S. A. Cliffe in charge, !
with its most impressive morning flag
drill, and at Kilauea where Mrs. JO-
sephine Chamberlain is the faithful
principal.
There is no more energetic super
visor in the territory than Mr. H. II |
Brod;e. while Mr. Raymond, the in
SpeCtor general, lends hand OCCaS
sicnally and is dsservedly popular on
Kauai
1T is a pleasure for an outsider to
find the work of the educational de
partment of tae islands so, success
fully handled as It is now being done
by Superintendent H. w. Kinney with
his board of commissioners in close
and sympathetic touch. With such
fine work being accomplished al over
these islands in our government
schools. the future is bright for an in
telligent ard loyal American citizen
ship"
Mr.. Wadman addressed tie COnven
ton Of kauais Christian workers at
Waimea in the interests OF temperance
and preached for Mr. Lydgate Sun
day morning last in the Union church
at Lihue.
The convention was one Of the most
and successful occasions of
the kind ever held on the Garden ISL
and Upwards of 600 were present,
every section of the isl,
and at the "Hoike' held Sunday after.
noon with Kauai's grand old man and
veteran Bible school worker, Hon. w.
H. Rice, Sr., in charge. His address
made a profound impression and the
singing at that service eXcelled, it is
said, any ever heard before at SINH
lar convention, which is saying a great
deal.