The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-24
HAWAII Schools
DOING THEIR BIT
ReyisWof Patriotic Effort III Ter
ritoriaI institutions OF Learn
ing Most Interesting & /

TICS OF hawnn'e, publfe schools ~ given
N the May number Of the HaNtAi
Eduettioaaf Review inst from thu
nreea 'IHasmuck MS II Is of general
interest, the article is reproduced
below: ~. liz --. :, Ak
Early in March. l9Is, aigreduest
chine frsim fthc National Educational
Association. Washington, askiag for "a
report Of the work done in tho schools
Of the Trrritory to aid the Nation in
war time The sang request was made
% all the States and, Territories Of the
Union. q *, go n
A number Of lines OF activities were
suggested and 4 minstionneire was pre-
pared, which would allow the DEPART
mont TO tabulate the results aud which
would make; as little extra work for
the principals rs possible. II, q Z. 20 \
With the exception of about dozen
schools. the questionnaires were return.
ed. A few reported no activities, hub
the vast majority showed that they
we're taking an active part In this time
Of national effort, e.. q ~, ~, ~
n The letters received with, the
nurstieDrairns indicate that the schools
are DOING much better now ewes than
they have done before, and q number
~ schools, which had done little Mp to.
the timetof the report. have expressed
themsclvess as determined TO make a
better showing aIt1isi of courses quite
generally fun dersteod that truayfnr the.
canfpaign has been one of. education
Ind that these various workers are now
able to accomplish much more than
they could at the, beginning, beeause
fhex understand the needs of the
Nation. u i"~9' 49,. ~ .as e. 80
II is an inspiration to see what the
totals for the public schools amount to-,
as n teacher Of n single room or q
principal of a single school il inclined
70 think that her part in the brepara-
tion Of materials end the aiding of
vdvernmrnt projects is insignificant.
But when these various items are
brought together, it is found that they
make handsome contribution TO the
cause of humanity and liberty. I'd e
In reading this report, it must be
borne in mind that these records are
only to March 20; they do not include
the great third Liberty Loan OF the
second Red Cfess drive, nor do they
include the sale'aRd purchase Of Tbr' f.
present school term. It is also i'm
portant TO, rememher that the private
schools are not inoluded III this report.
That jthete has. been a WONDERFUL show
ling on the part Of the student populn-
ton of the Territory is. emphasized by
this. incomplete report.
Government seouritiss,& .,.,.
One hundred and thirty-two public
SCHOOLS reported on war securities and
school and home gardens. The total
an0upt subscribed in Thrift. Stamps,
/ SAcetera, was $24264. 68t and Of Liberty
Bonds first and second loans only,
s59, 105.e0, making o grand total Of
$83, SG963. An estimate of known sub
Iiscriptions among school officers and
several schools not reporting, shows
there was a total Of more than 800.
1000 in government securities held by
the teachers and pupils of the public
schools ON Match go, 1879
School and Home Gardens
\ The total Of homo and school gardens
in these l32 schools was 1909. This
large number is made up principally
5of home gardens, as many schools re
ported their school gardens as a single
WI lHS tWuulC pCHuOl'
7 u Is, not possible to give the area
covered. but from statistics taken on
Oahu and Kauai and from what the
writer has seen on the other islands,
lit probably represents between seventy
AMI 100 acres of land cultivated in
ltensively. Where the products from a
small individual school garden have
been computed on the basis Of an acre,
\ it has been found that the result is ex-
ceedingly large, sometimes being AZ
\ high as 5000 or 5000 to the acre.
\ There is no doubt that the contribution
to the local food supply has been of
n great value.
\ Tin Foil
The amount of tin foil reported from
eighty-eight schools amounts to 1873
LOUNGES, or S67-3 pounds, - When we
think, that nearly hRlf-ton of tin foil
worth at least twenty five cents n pound
has, been collected, we eau see the value
Of eselh school, doing even a small part
Shipping Boxes ~
Six schools made a total Of 1872
packing boxes for shipping Red Cross
supplies to the Front
h0thsrf Activities tz.f %,
\ 3UItt IL nOI ipOsslpB 10 go lhtO DethlI
inc all the lines of activities followed
by the schools, but we might mention
one or two that stand out. Among
other supplies there we're 52S Nooler
sweaters. enough To provide sweater
fer two complete rifle companies and
their officers, or. three machine CUR
companies, There were over 10000
hand kerchfefs; almost enough for q
division; more than 4,009l handages an
surgical dressings, which does not in
clude work doneaby pupils and teachers
at the various Red Gross headquarters
There were nearly 1000 pairs of socks
and 1000 wash rags, and nearly 1906
maga lines were collected and sent tC
the soldiers. A total list, of tho activi
ties will be given below
Several activities undertaken were
fonnd to be. Impractical. For example
over 100000 cancelled postage stamp
were collected before IL was learne,
that they could not be used for dyes
About 1000 trench candles had heer
made When it was found thit it wa
not advisable to use shipping space 70
these articles" AbDnt ton Of ncws
papers were collected and sold hnt Thu
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