Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-20
new TEACHERS
OF MID-PACIF|C
ARE ANNOUNCED
Miss Matte Paine of Long
Beach, CAL, to Be Principal
of KaWaiahao; H. Minor
Blowers to Temporarily Head
Mills School

Dr.. Robert Day Williams. president
OF Mid-Pacifc Institute, today an
nounced the list Of new teachers for
Kawaiahao seminary and Mills school
for the coming year.
Both OF these departments of Mid.
Pacific Institute will be under new
heads. Miss Matte Paine Of Long
Beach, California. will be the new
principal Of Kawaiahao, taking the
place of Miss Katherine n. Adams,
who returned to the states. At Mills
school, H. Minor Blowers is to serve
as acting principal in place Of John
F. Nelson, who is spending his sab
batical year at his former home in
Loyeland, Colorado.
Misst Paine has been an instructor
IN the Long Beach high school for a
number OF years, and has been active
as we'll in church and Y. W. C. A.
work. Other changes at Kawaiahao
seminary are as follows:
Miss Ruth Mylroie, a teacher at the
Korean girls school Of this city dur.
ing the last year, will fill the place
left by Miss Mary F. Kinney, who has
been granted a years leave of absence
for rest and study in the states.
Miss Mary F. Marley of Oxnard,
California, comes to take the place OF
Miss Edith " Currier, who has been
granted a halt-year's leave Of absence.
After Miss Curriers' return it is the
intention of Miss Varley to introduce
some new courses in hand work. Miss
Ferne Haynes has resigned to return
to her home in the states and her
place will be filled by Miss Hazel NJ.
Abel of Berkeley, California. Miss
Abell's speciality is lower grade and
industrial work.
Miss Roselle r. Fast, who has been
absent for two years in California, will
return this fall to resume her work.
Even more changes than ct Kawaia.
hao are to be made this year in the
staff of Mills school, the boys depart.
ment of Mid-Pacific Institute.
Besides the change in principalship
already announced, there will be one
In the farm managership. H. H. Yost,
farm manager for two years, has re-
turned to California to accept an Inn
portant position under the state uni
versity agricultural department. His
place Is already taken by Harry Stone,
q Berkeley man, and brother OF
Robert Stone Of the school faculty.
Miss Edith Cold has been appointed
for year to take the place Of Miss
Elizabeth Jones of the primary de-
partment, who is spending her Saba.
teal year on the mainland.
Miss Cold was q missionary and
educator In Turkey until the outbreak
Of the war, having spent six years in
that country. She is q sister Of Mrs,
Clyde Manley of Honolulu.
Miss Rue H. Beatty of Lead, South
Dakota, a teacher. of seven years ex-
perience, will take the third and
fourth grade work in place Of Miss
Austa McKitrick, who has returned to
her home in Ohio.
Leslie Abel. former instructor in
the Oakland Technical High School,
will be in charge Of the manual train
ing department In place Of Jerome L.
Mears, returned to the mainland
Merit A. Major of Glenwood.. Min.
nesota, succeeds Roy ]. Garfield IN the
commercial department, and Norman
T. Booth takes the place Of George
Bsttin in the seventh and eighth
grades. Mr.. Bettin 10 one Of the sue.
cessful candidates for the training
camp ct Schofield Barracks.
willard G. Ross, coach and physical
instructor during the past year, il
also to enter the camp. His successor
10 not yet announced.