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 League. DR.
| John W. Wadman. superintendent oil
the local branch, returned from Kauai
| this morning on the W. c. Hall, where
! he sent eight days visiting the pub.
| lie schools, distributing literature and
making addresses in churches etc
The tour included a visit To II
| schools all the wav from nekaha TO
/ Hanalei, with % addresses in all. GOV.
| ering 4 distance OF $50 miles in auto
| with some in hack This does not in.
Clude all the government schools on
Kauai. but all the larger ones ev-
| cept kealia, which unfortunately
owing to a bad C1:buretor had to be
omitted. This school under the caro-
OF Prof. Cyril o. Smith. a we'll known
edncatiOnalist, is one of the best AMI
most interesting schools OF the terri.
tory. says DIR. Wadman, and we'll wurth
visit on the part Of all visitors -
Kauai
I'm fact, the schools OF the Garden
Island are all in an excellent condi,
ton, exceedingly we'll conducted and
no better educational work is being
done in the territory Vocational train
ing has been inaugurated under the
direction Of Mr.. e. II. Alspaugh at
Waimea, where MIR. and Mrs II. c..
Brown are in charge, KoiDl with Mr.
John Bush as principal, Eleele in the
care OF Principal Morse and I.ihue
where Miss Mumford is the efficient
principal. All these schools are at,
tended by several hundreds Of pupils
including a score or more nationalities
and are unusually well conducted in.
situations
"Lihne High School, with Professor
Avery in charge, has made a most
encouraging beginning The Garden
Island people are greatly delighted
with it's splendid inauguration and
hope for its greater enlargement and
growth as the years come and 60"
Among other schools to which Mr.
Wadman referred were those at Ha
nalei with Mrs. S. A. Cliffe in charge
with it's most impressive morning flag
drill, and at Kilauea where Mrs. 10
sephine Chamberlain is the faithful
principal
There is no more energetic super.
visor in the territory. than Mr. H. II.
Brodie, while Mr.. Raymond, the in.
spector- general, lends hand occas.
sionally and is GsserVedly popular on
Kauai.
1T is a pleasure for an outsider to
find the work of the educational de,
pertinent pf.,the islands SO success.
fully handled as II 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 all over
these islands in our government
schools. the future is bright for an in.
telligent and loyal American citizen.
ship ....@-.
Mr. Wadnlan addressed TIE cenven.
ton of Kauai's Christian workers at
Waimea in the interests of temperance
and preached for Mr.. @A1ydgate Sun.
day morning last in thetUnion 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 coo we're 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.
Fl. 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 a SINH I
ar convention, which is saying a great !
deal.