The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-07-18
Summer Camp Is
In Fine Shape
Supt. Vaughan MaCCaughey Writes
Of Kilauea Camp And Says Ac-
cOmmOdatiOnS For Several Hun
dred Are Now Ready

The Kilauea Summer Camp which
has been established through the eff
forts of a number of public spirited
citizens of the islands, opened last
Friday with an enrolment of IS
persons In a letter to The Maui
News last week, written under date
of July Z, Vaughan MacCaughey
writes about conditions at the camp
and accommodations for handling
those attending. He says:
l arrived at Kilauea Camp where
our Territorial Summer School open
ed Friday. l am so highly pleased
by what l have seen in my tour of
inspection throughout the camp that
l am writing to you at once, with en-
thusiasm and with the feeling Of as
surance Of the success of the Sum
mer session.
The buildings have been adapted
to the needs of this Camp in a very
satisfactory II and a great deal
of credit is due to the tedious prelim-
mary labors of the men and women
who have brought the Camp into
shape. The commissarist is in eX-
cellent condition and is serving eX
ceptiOnally good meals of q satisfy
ing character. The Dormitories are
well arranged, light, airy, and cheer
full. The lavatories and other facili-
ties of this character are wholly sat
isfactory for the purposes of the
Camp. The tanks are full and there
is no reason not to expect the water
supply to last throughout the Sum
meT.
| am particularly well pleased with
the Summer School building which
has been painted within and supplied
with electric lights. In fact the
whole camp is electrically lighted.
The Summer School building will be
used not only for classes but also in
the evening for assemblies, concerts,
illustrated lectures and entertain
ments.
Accommodations Plentiful
In a word the Camp is in a very
satisfactory condition and how lacks
only the personnel to make it IN UNI
qualified success. There are accom-
modations for about two hundred pco-
pie and it will be a great pity if the
Camp is not illed throughout July
and August. The dormitory accom-
modations, commissariat, water sup
ply, etc, are all fully adequate to
care for, most comfortably, some two
hundred people.
There are only a few, about twenty,
here at this time altho' we are eX-
pecting a great many by the end of
this week. l hope that you will do
us the kindness to spread the news
insofar as is is feasible for you to do
so, of the attraCtivenCss Of this Camp
School. This is particularly desirable
in view of the fact that a number of
II reports have been put into
circulation concerning the Camp,-for
example, that the Camp is already
crowded and that the most of the
people are going to DE non-Caucasian.
Personally l will be very much dis
appointed if we do not have a Camp
full of interested people who are com
bining recreation with their other
activities. This can easily become
one of the most remarkable Summer
Sessions in the world. Please help
us make a success of this Summer
Camp.
l will be very pleased to furnish
you with any further detailed inform
alton regarding the Summer School
or Camp. Please address me care of
The Kilauea Summer Camp.
Cordially and respectfully yours,
VAUGHAN MacCAUGHEY,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.