Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-30
PUPILSEKHIBII
talent, INDUSTRY
AND WIN PRIZES
5000 Youngsters Of East Ha-.
waii Represented BY Displays
OF Wide Variety
GIRLS SHOW SPLENDlDLY
IN SEWING AND COOKING
Exhibitors Able to Sell Articles
for More Than Enough to
Pay All Expenses

Showing wat fine products the
art and energy Oh school childrens
hands can produce. the Hawaii County
Fair lust closed was an obiectlesson
In industrial training for the youth
of Hawaii.
Almost without exception visitors
classed the school exhibits as very
nearly II not quite the most Interest,"
ing.
8 This section WIS In charge OF
committee composed of Eugene Hor-
ner. K. S. CapelIas, Miss Deyo, Mrs.
FIG. Alien and Mrs. W. II. Beers, and
the committee succeeded In getting
out large and strong entry list from
many of the Big island schools.
The schools entering were those OF
East Hawaii. II being represented ana
many Of them represented BY large
and varied lines.
cups Are Won
The Kurtistown school won the sil.
yer cup for the best exhibit along vo-
cational lines. showing the largest va
rfety in this department. The 2. 2.
Kennedy Gun was won by the Hlio
Boarding school.
Though no prizes were offered tor
the weaving alone. Mountain View
school showed up excellently In this
! work.
In machine sewing, Hilo High
school, with It's large number 81
scholars OF the older. years, made
splendid showing and took the honors.
Hiio Union school, with more than
100 pupils. carried of the laurel TOR
the largest exhibit, showing an aniaz-
ing variety Of handmade articles.
Hakalau school, with It's ambitious
young girls, took the most prizes IN
the needlework line, some Of the
work being very intricate and nearly
1 done.
f2.Year4old Girl Winner,
For turning out the best specimen
OF Individual sewing, little Dorothy
CspeIlas, 10 years old. OF Hakaiail
school won the first prize She won
also prize for embroidery Her
mother Is q skilled needleworker and
Dorothy is an apt pupil both ct home
and In school.
Larpahoehoe school took many
prizes In crochet lines. showing a
special training In this direction.
In the woodwork division, the Pa
paikcu school got the prizes for best
fancy work and best individual work
From Honomu came remarkably
fine exhibit of good cooking which
appealed to thousands Of visitors as
very practical indeed. Both bread and
pastry, plain and fancy, were Of tbs
most appet'zing description. &
Where the cirls Are Practical
Honomu also won praise Tor hat.
trimm'ng the girls showing an apti.
tude which should make them prac.
tical milliners some day-lndeed sew
|. eraI cf them already trim All theif
own hats.
KaDehu school. near Laupahoehoe,
won first honors for the best exhibits
OF products OF school truck gardens
Z taking special prize.
Olaa was first and Pepeeke0 sec
ond In the race for honors In the home
garden division,
Puma. q small hut wideawake
! school showed some fine weaving and
!. sewing
/ Olas schools neediework was par
! ticulsrly noticeable for neat perfect
|. workmanship.
EXHIBITS Eagerly Purchased
t That the school exhibit was OF the
3 practical nature was proved by the
q large amount Of the exhibits said tho
S lzvisitors. II was necessary to sell ex
i hfbits. as the school department hai
A no funds for displays at the fair II
!. many instances the entire entries
were sold; in other cases, all coult
J. have been sold If visitors had beer
: allowed to take them on the first day
e For instance, the HiIo Union scii0o
l. sold huge quantity OF dressed doll
aid could have disposed OF man.
h more
< Seventeen schools, with about 300
IS pupils, were represented. To be e1
n hibited, goods must have been con-
h pleted within the period since the las
Ie county fair.
It is worthy Of note that the II
IS struction which produced all thes
n exhibits were by regular teachers, no
8, by special vocational instructor
at Many of these teachers are produC
ID of the Territorial: Normal school a
in addition to their teaching Of res
IT, lar studies carry on this vocation
m work
a Most of these trained school gil
IL are able to make all or nearly all
le their own clothes, to cook. to tri
he hats and to do other very useful a
go practical things, and great many
ti them marry and begin at once TO 10
after their own homes competent,
Committeeman Capellas told the ST
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