Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-31
MISS BOSHER IS
GIVING Up PLACE
AT big SEMINARY
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big houseful of 125 girls, 12 teachers
and three student instructors is in
every sense of the word Christian
home animated with a rare spirit Of
unselfish love- No restraints are ap
parent anywhere, for the kind of con
troll taught is that from within the
personality Of each girl Hence there
is spontaneity of gladness about ev,
erything. This expresses itself In the
wonderful singing OF the students,
Their song life is as spontaneous as
the bubbling waters of a mountain
spring. II is no rare sight to see Wis
itors on Thursday mornings, especial,
ly lovers of music, sit with the tears
running down their faces as they lis
ten to the harmonies which flow forth
from the lips and hearts OF these chill.
dren.
Mixture Of NatIonaIities.
The best part of ii is that here the
strangest mixture of nationalities ap.
pears. Thirty-six girls form q group
no two of whom have the same ra-
cial constitution. There are nine pure
strains. There Is one girl with FIVE
commingled blood currents. They
dwell together without the slightest
racial diseord and friendships crisis
cross with freedom between. the var
led nationalities. Here at Its best
the process of race amalgamation Is
proceeding which gives to Hawaii its
pre-eminence as unique human expe-
riment station.
The religious life OF Kawaiahao Isl
as simple, healthful and spontaneous
as its home atmosphere Is natural
and unaffected. There are no spirit
ual Mysteries. The cut and dried are
eliminated wholly from its chapel ex-
ercises and Bible teaching. The chill
dren learn to know the scriptures and
it is joy to conduct question and
answer exercise with them. They
grow into the Christian life because
their environment Is so genuinely
Christian. The school is rare char
acter builder
1t comes about then that the chief
aim of Kawaiahao to fit its graduates
for natural self-expression through
adult years in this territory is being
50 well attained. Not that anyone
would contend that the ideal has been
reached. least Of all would Miss Bosher
and her associates.
But measurably the primary object
of getting girls ready to go out into.
the world and there find themselves
prepared for, the life they must meet
is being progressively approached
The records of graduates show this.
That record would be far. brighter If
the equipment Of the school gave op.
portunity to train the girls more spe.
cifically as earners and home builders
Here the crying need is for thorough.
ly equipped domestic laboratory where
domestic art and science can be
taught as it is in the great schools
of the southland from the lower
grades up.
5000 More Needed.
twenty-five thousand dollars would
supply this need and do more for the
girls of Hawaii than like sum to any
other sort of institution for making
successful women. Miss Bosher has
demonstrated this need with rare skill
and has brought Kawaiahao to the
place where this demand must be met
A second most necessary adjunct is
a senior cottage, where the graduating
class can be by themselves actually
conducting a home along lines which
they must follow If they are to be
successful home managers. Such a
building with equipment could be
erected for $4,000, and the managers
are eager to see this added to com.
plete the plant.
During Miss Bosher's incnmbency.
the endowment of Kawaiahao has been
by the sum of nearly $4,000
raised last year. To put the school
on permanent basis 100000 more
Is needed. These three financial pro.
jects are very near to the heart OF the
principal and she hopes to see them
realized before long. Fortunately, 1t
is not expected that she will leave
Honolulu. Hence she may enter upon
a larger service to the school from
without its walls than any she has
thus far rendered within them.
One of the most marked features of
her work has been Miss Bosher's abil.
ity to surround herself with thorough.
ly trained and most devoted asso-
ciates. Her teachers have as a rule
been women of rare fitness for their
task, not few of them able to COM
mand larger positions, who have been
held to the work by its appeal to their
spirit of social service
Their wonderful devotion to the
ideals of the school have helped Gre
ate the atmosphere which impresses
all its friends and even casual visit
DIS. Thus the loss of the principal
will occasion no break in the work
Of Kawaiahao, because the institution
has been developed into going con.
Germ not dependent upon any one per-