The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
SCHOOL CHILDREN
HELPING WIIN'WAR
Throughout I'D Educational Insti-
buttons Of Hawaii THEY'RE Buy
ing Thrift and Savings Stamps

Gratifying rrrorts Of the resuIts of
the campaign for the sale of Thrift and
War stamps to the students of the vuri-
Gus private schools Of the Territory
arc now commencing to come in to the
committee
Punahou academy is now given
l0"sif'at'o" # on" h""d% percent,
every student in the cHkge has n
hrift card and has bought stamps to
id the government in carrying on tho
ar against Germany.
l.: Interest among the four classes, of
he Pun ahon Academy was aroused, by
-'tarting a competition to see which
'lass would first get one hundred
Z ,ereent standing. The honor was first
AIKEN by the senior class, hut the soph-
mOres, freshmen and juniors soon Sc
'ured 4 like standing, in the order
named
Hmllnr campaign was started Mon
lay for the sale of War Saving Ger
ifiSatcs. This campaign * to be con-
inued throughout the year. l.. C. How
and has been placed in charge Of this
ampaign at PunahOu.
Like the college, the preparatory
EhOOl at PunOhou has attained a one
lUndred percent rating, because every
one OF the younger pupils also has
ought n Thrift, or WAr saving Stamp.
sepOrts Gratifying
Credit for the success of the stamp
ampaign in the Punahou preparatory
heool is given to Mrs. Stuart johnson,
Tho has been in charge Of the one hun
red percent sale, and who il now on
oraging all the pupils to continue tho
God work of saving.
Reports from other schools, both in
honolulu and from the outFiAe Island
ehOols rrH just ~ gratifying, and show
imilar interest.
Plans for the sale of tho Thrift and
Var Stamps ut the st. Louis College
re now being made. part Of the
Ian is to attempt to interest every
tudent in st. Louis College systema-
]ieally to invest all he can spare in
he government investments. Brother
1onis is in charge of this compaign.
Merle l.. Copeland of the Mid.Paeiic
Institute is handling the sale Of the
ptamps in the Kawaiahao Seminary and
We Mills School and good sales are re-
ported with larger ones promised for the
uture
L From Sacred Heart School, Lahaina,
taui, conCs a request for all the litera-
ure securable regarding the stamps
nd n hearty endorsement of the plan
interest children in learning the
tabit Of saving. This request and en-
I,' 0rsement was written by Father Bruno
'ens, principal Of. the. scheol.,. %
Speakers Wanted, &,
Similar interest is manifested, In n
| epOrt from the Sacred Heart Convent
IT Honolulu, which asks that, y speaker,
'amihar with the stamp campaign be
'ent to the convent to address the
'tudentS regarding the need and advan-
age Of buying the stamps. This is to
'tart of the campaign.
L "An0therr report from Maui, from the
l,Catholie School in Wailuku, says that
She sale of tho stAmps was started
there over a month ago and that the
pupils interested are being kept up by
weekly reminders. "The boys do the
rest, - says the principal of the school.
The sale of the stamps was started
in the Valley school, conducted by
Miss Louise Lucas, on February 4 and
rp " February 10 $S7.25 worth of the
tamps had beenataken by the Students,
Who range in age from five to thirteen
| wears old She writes that number
# the pupils in this school are earning
] money themselves which they are in
vesting in the stamps.
She adds that "theIr interest is kent
stimulated by examples in mental
arithmetic, and by keeping before
hem the total amount already sold. "
There are only sixty children in the
"hool, which makes their present show
ing good one.
Mrs. j. b.. Cannon Of Iahaina also
ep"rts that the children of her school
ave the cards for the Thrift Stamps,
which they are now buying.
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