Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-19
WORK OF LOCAL
KINDERGARTENS
HIGHLY LAUDED
Annual Meeting of Society is
Largely Attended; Officers
for 1917 Chosen


working out of progressive ideas than
any like organizations she Is &C
quainted with on the mainland, and
that they have a highly commendable
system OF management and organiza-
tion OF children and ie the direction
of individual free play and develop
ment, was the tribute paid to the
Free kindergarten and Children's Aid
Association by Miss E. L. Smith at
the annual meeting of the organization
this morning.
Miss Smith pays this compliment
after having visited Rome and studied
been associated with the Play school
in New York City and with an expert
mental school in Greenwich, Conn.
She has been visiting in honolulu dur
ing the last lew months and has taken
a keen interest in the work Of the
local kindergartens.
REPORTS Cover Much Work
s 1he annual meeting was well at
tended and a number of interesting
reports. covering the work Of the last
fiscal year, were read. The report Of
the treasurer showed the finances OF
the society to be in excellent cOndi-
ton. Officers wore reelected as fol-
lows:
Mrs. F. M. Swanzy. president; Mrs.
Theodore Richards, first vice-presi.
dent; Mrs. We!::cE r. Frear, second
vice-president; Mrs. Sanford B. Dole.
third vice-president; Mrs. Isaac Cox,
recording secretary; Mrs. H. Mist,
financial secretary; Mrs. A. Rasch,
treasurer of the kindergartens and
Fairgrounds; Mrs. E. A. Ross, treas.
urer of Castle Home; James l.. Cock
burn, auditor.
New Committees Named j
Following is the personnel Of COM
mittees: >----
Hvgiene-Mrs. E. d. Kllbourne,
chairman; Miss Christine Kemp.
!, Miss E. Cross, chair.
man; Mrs. Alexander G. Hawes, Miss
Margaret Peterson. -. r..
) Fort street kindergarten-Miss Jen.
ME Parke, chairman; Mrs. A. J. Camp
bell, Mrs. J. L. Mclean, Mrs. David
Thrum, Mrs. John Watt.
Miller street-Miss Elnora Stur-
geon, chairman; Miss Jessie Kennedy,
Miss Pauline Schaefer, Mrs. A. v.
Soares, Miss N. SwanZy.
. Kauluwela-Mrs E. B. Waterhouse,
chairman; Miss Alice Cooke, Mrs. F.
Hedemann, Mrs. George Isenberg, Mrs.
r. c. Walker.
Plama Miss Margaret Hopper,
chairman; Mrs. J. P. Cooke, Mrs. X.
Ishida, Mrs. J. A. McCandless, Mrs.
w. L. Moore.
Muriel-Mrs. Theodore Richards,
chairman; Mrs. Charles H. Atherton,
Mrs. J.. B. Guard, Mrs. o. H. Gulick,
Mrs. James Morgan, Mrs. John Wad-
man.
Kolihi-Mrs. Charles H. McVey,
chairman; Mrs. Theodore Cooke, Miss
Eleanor Gartley, Miss Mona Hind,
Miss Harriet, Lucas.
Beretania-Miss Beatrice Castle,
Miss Harriet Hatch, Mrs,
Arthur Rice, Mrs Arthur G. Smith,
Miss Mary Won Holt.
Buildings and grounds-Mrs. NJ. F,
Prosser, chairman; Mrs. George w.
Smith, Mrs. George Waterhouse.
Training school-Miss Frances Law.
renee, chairman; Mrs. Howard
Bowen, Miss A. HI. Newton.
Castle Home-Supervision Mrs. H. |
C. Coleman, chairman; Miss Beatrice |
Castle, Mrs. Wallace F. Harrington, |
Miss r. M. Goold. Admission. and |
Mrs. A. N. Campbell, |
chairman; Mrs. ]. P. Cooke, Mrs. |
willard Brown, Mrs. A. w. T. Bottom |
ley, Mrs. John P. Erdman.
Fairgrounds - Mrs. William H. |
Hoogs, chairman. Atkinson Park: |
Mrs George Castle, Mrs. C. s. Hollo-
way, Mrs. F. NJ Swanzy. Beretania
street: Mrs. Clarence Cooke, Mrs. A.
P. Taylor, Mrs. A. Lewis, Jr. Kama
malu: Mrs. D. Howard Hitchcock,
Mrs. Gustav Schaefer, Mrs. A. N. Sim
clair.
Welfare Of dependent children-Miss
Alice Winter, chairman; Mrs. A. Cart
ley, Mrs. Franklin Howland. ~
Advisory-For kindergarten depart
nent: Rev. w. H. Fry, Alonzo Cart.
ley. Rev. H. p. Judd, Theodore Rich.
ards. Rev. A. v. Soares, Rev. John
Wadman, DR.. Robert Day Williams.
For children's aid department:
Charles H. Atherton, w. r. Castle, F.
VI. o"duzy, 4. ~. 16QHey.
Affiliated kindergartens-Mrs. Ed
gar Wood, chairman; Mrs. w. r. Cas-
lie.
Numbers Of Cases Investigated
Dlring the year the committee on
dependent children has investigated
q cases and made 25 visits to the
juvenile court Mrs. Swanzy. in her
Innual report as president, gave an in
eresting outline Of the work done by
he organization during the year and
" the opening Of new Fairgrounds,
by the increased number
" children coming under the society's
supervision.
One of the needs of the kindergar-i
ems Is ample and suitable equipment,
Hiss Frances Lawrence, superintend-
mt, said in her report. In her report
N the Fairgrounds she asserted that
interest in the conservation Of child
lood Is very much alive In Honolulu J