The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-08
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EDUCATIONAL SHOW
This Section Of Fair Was One 81
i'm the Most Important At
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Inc praises OF Maui and her untir
ing citizens in producing SO compre-
hensiye a county fair as the one lust
closed, have been voiced by every Wis
itor to the island during the Fair time.
Many Of Sthe inhabitants themselves
were astonisbed at the size, the vari.
ETY., and the quality, of the many ex.
hibits.
They may well be proud also that
they came out several thousand dol.
lars TO the good to be used in a similar
fair next year. But perhaps the most
permanent good achieved Is evidenced
in the great interest shown at the
many exhibits housed in the gymna-
stun of the Alexander Settlement,
known during the fair as the nDomes-
tie Arts and Sciences and Hawaiian
Curios Building" exhibits Of purely
educational and cultural nature.
Beautiful oil paintings of d. How.
ard Hitchcock, Ambrose Patterson, and
y. w. Christmas; water colors Of q. s..
Rohrbach, artistic photo work from
Curry a. and h. W. Perkin 8, excel.
lent amateur photography by Alonzo
| Gartley, and rugs, mats, innumerable
things carved from Hawaiian woods,
china ware decorated by residents Of
the islands; tapas, stone curios, and
calabnshes, made up this exhibit. =
Bxhtbit Time Extended !. ~ 4
/ So deep m impression did this eollec.
tion of arts and crafts and curios ex.
hibits, make upon the people, that q
demand was made upon the COMMITTEES
to keep this building open Sunday
afternoon and all day Monday after
the rest of the Fair had closed, SO as
to give TO those who were too busy
during the days and nights of the
Fair, ample opportunity to study the
many interesting displays. This, was
done, and o number Of excellent talks
were given in connection with these
several exhibits, by d. Howard Hitch
cock, ], F. G. Stokes, Curator of
Polynesian Ethnology Of the Bishop
Museum, and Paul Steele Of the Y. NJ.
C. A., on Monday afternoon, Decem.
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The livestock, agricultural, and COM
mercial exhibits in themselves were
Educational and, therefore, Invaluable,
But such fairs are certainly worth
while when thousands of persons can
be 80 attracted to exhibits Of purely
educational and cultural nature as to
| demand an extension of the time. In
the Hawaiian Curios division alone,
more. than FIVE hundred specimens
, we're brought forth from the shelves
or cabinets of Maui residents. Many
of these specimens were rare and of
unusual design. Visitors at these ex.
hibits were frequently heard to remark,
80, if only knew they wanted such
things, have several that are as re-
markable as any here" The commit
tee, headed by Rowland B. Dodge, feels
confident that next year and in subse-
quent years, the number of specimens
will, therefore, be doubled or trebled.
Graf Display Of oalabashes
\ The, diskay'Sbr ealabashes alone was
a joy to the eonnOisseur. There were
two deep shelves running the entire
length of the gymnasium covered with
| calabashes of every size, shape, sur.
face, and quality. 1t is worthy of note
that the success, of this curios division
of the exhibits of the Fair was due
almost entirely to Rowland B. Dodge,
| who himself collected most of the
specimens, from the family shelves and
cabinets in all parts Of the Islands, and
arranged them on the exhibition racks.
The committee of judges to award
prizes for this division consisted of ].
F. G. Stokes, chairman, George p.
Cooke of Molokai, and X. E. Lambert,
Cooke were enthusiastic about the
specimens they had to. examine. They
spent four hours in these examinat ons
before completing their awards, more
than an hour Of which time WAS spent
among the calabashes.
Many of the, eurios loaned for the
Fair are of priceless value, and the
owners will not part with them at any
price. One or two decided to present
the more valuable specimens of their
collections to the Bishop Museum, and
number of others loaned theirs so
that casts may be made from them to
be displayed in the museum cases, for
the benefit of the general public.
Paul Steele, citizenship education
secretary Of the Honolulu Y. M. G. A.,
demonst rated to several thousands Of
visitors to this building, by means of
pictures and CHARTS and hooks, the
work that is being done for Filipinos,
Japanese, Hawaijans, Chinese, and
other races, under the citizenship
education committee of the Honolulu
Y. NJ. @. A. Rowland b. Dodge is in
augurating the same kind of work on
Maui; personally conducting citizenship
clubs and classes four evenings a week
on the plantations of the island. The
assistance Mr.. Steele was able to give
by his demonstration is highly appre-
ciated by Mr.! Dodge and his commit.
tee. Most of those who listened to
Mr.. Steele were members of the races
the citizenship work is designed TO
reach. o..