Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-04
Educational News Of Special Interest
To Teachers In fiaWaii'S Schools
BY Vaughan Maccaughey, College of Hawaii
cALIEoRNlA SUMNER SCHOOLS

CALIFORNIA SUMNER SCHOOLS
Our nearest neighbor. the state OF
California, affords an excellent ex
ample Of the growth Of the summer
school idea. At the present time the
following summer sessions or summer
schools are in full swing:
Cathedral Oaks School Of Art, Alma.
Humboldt State Normal School, Ar.
cata.
Missionary Education Movement,
Asilomar.
California School Of Arts and Crafts,
Berkeley.
University OF California, Berkeley.
Carmel Summer School of Art, Car.
mel
Pomona College. Claremont
Fresno State Normal School, Fres.
nc.
Pomona College Marine Laboratory.
Laguna Beach.
Donaldson Summer School of APP.
piled Art, Los Angeles.
Krotona Institute OF Theosophy,
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles School OF Art and De.
sign, Los Angeles.
Y w c. A. Summer School Of
Physical Education, Los Angeles.
University of Southern California,
LIS Angeles.
Y. NJ. c. A. Summer School, Los
Angeles.
Marine Biological Laboratory. Pa
cific Grove.
Outdoor sketching and Painting
Piedmont
State Normal School. San Diego.
Francisco.
State Normal School of Manual
Arts and Home Economics, Santa
Barbara.
Camp California Summer School
of Surveying, Swanton.
EMERGENCY FOOD GARDENS
The National Emergency Food Gar
den Commission of Washington, D.
c., has sent out very widely cir
cular letter, as follows:
The commission, knowing you are
interested in food conservation, asks
your cooperation in doing what you
can to aid in this patriotic work.
Probably you have already made your
plans to help in teaching the people
how to can, preserve and dry fruits
and vegetables now for winter use.
The commission has issued a home
canning manual for vegetables and
fruits, and a home drying manual for
vegetables and fruits, and / am en-
closing a copy of each. We can send
you a number of these free If you can
use them. Write for them at once.
In, large quantities we will have to
charge you SO a thousand for them
the cost of printing.
These manuals have been adopted
by state departments, by educational
institutions, women's clubs, food con-
servation committees and scores OF
other bodies working for food pro-
duction and conservation.
Our food garden primers were dis
tributed by the hundreds of thousands
and We inspired the planting Of over
1000 900. food gardens.
This important commission is al
fiIiated with the conservation depart
ment of the American Forestry Asso'
citation, and comprises the following
members:
Charles Lathrop Pack. president;
Perciyal 8. Ridsdale, secretary;
Luther Burbank, California; DR..
Charles w. Eliot, Massachusetts,; DR..
Irving Fisher, Connecticut; Fred H.
Golf, Ohio; John Hays Hammond
Massachusetts,; Fairfax Harrison.
Virginia: Hon. Myron T. Herrick,
Ohio: DR.. John Grier Hibben, New
Jersey; Emerson McMillin, New York;
Charles Lathrop Pack, New Jersey;
A. w. Shaw, Illinois; Mrs. John Dick:
inson Sherman, Illinois; Hon. Carl
vrooman. Illinois; Capt. J: b. Wnte'
Missouri; Hon. James Wilson, Iowa
TEACHERS in Hawaii who are inter
ested in school and home gardens
win find much material Of interest
IN the manuals which may be OBJ
tanned gratis.