The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-02
KAUAI HIGH SCHOOL
iNFINE CONDITION
Principal Avery Writes interest.
ing Paper On Leading Gar q
den Island institution
BY w. O, AVERY.

Since the opening Of the Kauai High
and Grammar School in September,
1914, there has been consistent in
crease in attendance and correspond
ing development along other lines.
The high school now has an enroll
ment of thirty.thrce pupils, of which
eighteen are in the freshman class, ten
in the sophJ more class and five in the
junior year. 1t is expected that the
full four years course will be covered
the coming school year. There are
i forty children enrolled In the grades.
The people of Lihue have built and
equipped a fine dormitory for the nc.
+, commoiation of students who live in
other parts of the island This dofmi.
| tory will accommodate about forty stu
dents and represents an outlay of more
! than ten thousand dollars. Board Il
provided at $3.50 per month While the
dormitory is under the supervision OF
| the Japanese Christian Church, il Il
open TO students of any nationality and
affords-a proper protection as we'll AZ
a comfortable home. This building
! furnishes ample room for outside stu
dents and is the most important factoi
in the future growth of the school. %
The courses offered in the high schoo
aud in the grades are uniform with
those of other schools under the depart
ment of public instruction. In the higl
school sixteen Pupils'are enrolled in tn,
commercial course, twelve in the gen
eral course and FIVE in the college pre-
'lparatoty. a number of pupils expec
to enter the Normal School after finish
ling the regulhr high school course.
4 The boys OF the grades all receive in
4 struetion in carpentry and gardening
and are greatly interested in the work
4 The girls have q class in bnsketry an,
have produced excellent results will
native materials. About four hours pc
| week is required of grade pupils and /
4 provided for outside of the regula
II school, requirements.
!. All the children are encouraged +
take part in athletics and group games
y Baseball, soccer, basketball and tracl
athletics are carried on under facult
supervision, while volley ball, dodg
ball and playground games are also pre-
i vided. There are two literary societie
which hold regular meetings and pre-
pare programs of literary nature in
cluding debates, readings, music and s
forth.
During the past two years three bur
galow schoolrooms have been added an
a ,teaehers' cottage has been bull
which accommodates FIVE teachers. On
of the bungalows is of special construC
ton; three sides of the room hav
desks for commercial work, while tn
center has regular seats for recitation
There are windows also on these thre
sides instead of the open air construC
ton Of the ordinary type.
The school library has been added t
and is now a fairly serviceable workin
library. II contains about four hui
dred volumes. The commercial depart
meht he's six typewriters and mimeC
I. graph of the latest design. There ar
: laboratory accommodation for six pr
pills in chemistry laboratory with equiI
:, ment for carrying on the work.
The teaching staff consists of tn
, principal and five assistants, one @
4 whom is paid by tho patrons of tn
school, Every effort is made to kee
the standard Of work at the very higl
est and very creditable results hav
been obtained. The school seems to b
meeting real demand and there
every prospect of steady and sui
stantial growth