Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-23

ctnlr. sent = members OF their high
ScSoo'~t' i'c3c NJ this week. Stock
tcr "aj3 t3a expenses. This point
SbChld ing fut the crCatcst publicity
plan c,c:. launched In Hawaii. ii
Stockton with less than 4Ge99 people.
can fa:Se the funds i'm one year to
%end such a large delegation OF high
Gchcel students To Hawaii. why can
= not tHe 251 ether cities in The Tinted
Statcs frGer than Stockton do the
same thing?
Stockton WAS SIyCn one year %.
raise the necessary funds to send
team to Hawaii There was no hitch
Tic students OF the school iieIped In
entertainments, and during the entire
year Hawaii was given much pub
Ecity Hawaii will he given moro
when the students return to their
home citv. Tho students ct Stoektcn
RAISED the THcnoy by giving shows,
among tslc businessmen OF that city.
They raised enouTl money to send all
even dozen athletes here.
Stockton Dill Il
II steel ten can do This. why can
not San Diego. Portland and other
larger cities do the same thing? They
can, and here is an opportunity to
bring boat load of students to Ha-
waii for big athletic meet Homo
lulu was given pages of advertising
this year in the Stockton newspapers
Al the students Of the high school
ere waiting to hear from Hawaii.
IlnTnnlnl,. kan .,lo ~. .not n
in this California city because Homo
lulu has heen brought home to the
people. Stockton high school isn't
going to stop talking about Honolulu
right away
Inasmuch as Japan has not looked !
kindly upon Hawaii participating in
G Far Eastern meet, the time is ripe
for an interscholastic meet that will
excel anything else ever held Amer
lea. stockton high school proved that
II could be done. 1t isn't visionary,
hut, a real project that should be
backed by every civic organization in |
the city, Invite them all here.
A Team Of Six
lnasmuch as the majority of the |
high schools of the country will have |
more railroad fare to pay than Stock
ton, the squads could be cut to six,
and this would more than equalize It,
Start at once Invite the high schools |
and private schools with more stu |
dents than Stockton to attend. There |
are more than $50 of these schools in |
the United States. If Stockton can /
send II, these schools with larger 1
student bodies could certainly send |
six here for a big interscholastic ath-
letic meet which would be one of the /
biggest events ever held in the world I
Stockton high school students paid /
their own way to Honolulu. The |
others could de the same. Hawaii |
was calling many Of the students, and |
the faculty has announced that the
students on the trip will be given
credit in their school work for es-
says on Hawaii. There is hardly a
student in the schools Of the United !
States today who would not be pleased
to visit Hawaii
Honolulu Can DO II
Honolulu could do two things to
make the plan possible. A committee /
could be formed, and personal letters
addressed to each one of the $50 or
400 schools on the mainland. The
Stockton plan could be outlined. and
on invitation be extended to visit Ha- /
vail in the summer of 1918 for the !
biggest scholastic meet ever held.
These invitations could be followed
up with letters at least once each
month.
Seccndlv Honolulu could arrange to
stage q bic interscholastic meet. II !
could be held in the summer after the
regular track season, and one week |
could be devoted to the meet and
sightseeing around the islands. III
only one-half of the 400 schools would
send team here, It would mean lzvJ
students from all parts of the country /
boosting for Hawaii II would mean
that for one year Hawaii would be
getting the advantage of the publicity. |
and then Hawaii would be placed
upon the map forcibly as a center of
sport at the time of the big meet.
Many times in the past a small /