The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-07-30
ALEXANDER HOUSE REPORT VERY ENCOURAGING


things that are most appealing to all of us. We
are glad that the Board has accepted Mr.. Puck's
time in that.
The Settlement, too, has donated the time of
both the Headworker and Associate Headworker
to the development of Boy Scout work. Al
though this work rightly belongs under the Maui
Council of Boy Scouts, we believe we are per-
fectly justified in mentioning it in CO. nection
with the work of the Settlement on th'5 account.
The first annual Boy Scout Encp lpment has
been started and the boys are no in camp. The
troops that have been organi~ d helped very
materially at the Fair last fa', and have helped
in many other public ways
Our vision of the Settle tents value to Maui
is a large one; already the need that it is filling
is pushing us hard to keep pace with it. With
an increased staff in the Settlement and on the
plantations, we will be able to push ahead rapid
ly in the next year. One of our coming great
needs will be that of the help of a good many
volunteers in our work for boys and girls, and
we hope that when we come to ask for it the
members of this Association will help us secure
it. A girls club or a boys club can make life
interesting enough to any adult, and our visj n
includes a series of such clubs from one en- /of
the Island to the other which shall be aft Ated
for the stimulation of common ideals, nd the
carrying out of competitions in all fielCs.
Maui heralded as the place wherC people like
to come to stay! Maui heralde as the place
where the children like to gr up and stay
Maui the Island where there is Is~land-wide COM
radeship; where opportunity exists for the com-
ing generations; where home, pleasure, and a
. desirable living are all joined together. That's
what we want the Settlement to play a large part
in bringing about, and it can do it.
That is our vision, and we would like to out
line the concrete channels through which we
hope to accomplish it, the things that we would
like to see developed on Maui towards this end.
Better housing and better sanitation to keep
pace with the better standards of the Hawaiian
raised children, so that they will remain on Maui
and keep its industrial life supplied. This the
plantations are already going into extensively.
, Better and more recreational facilities, SO that
the spirit of play may find expression and help
Is in establishing better health, more satisfied
'ple, and greater comradeship. There will be
a plentation moving picture and vaudeville cir
cult, conferred in Honolulu, which will probably
have its first try-out on Maui in the fall. There
will soon be big play fields on the five plantations
on Central and West Maui and smaller play
fields throughout the camps (villages) of the
plantations. When these are finished, the in
crease in amusement through play and competi-
tive games will be enormous.
We hope that the Fair Association will soon
see its way clear to develop the ball, football
fields, put in the running track, swimming tank
and tennis courts, so that it can become the
center for big public games and competitions.
We hope to see at least two good public parks
and bathing beaches, one at Lahaina, the other
at Kahului, before another year has passed.
With the increased play facilities for the pub
lie schools, which the plantations have so gener-
ously allowed; with boys and girls clubs, Boy
Scouts, the movie" development, and the IN
crease in play facilities on the plantations, Maui
should certainly become even more attractive as
a place to live than it has been before.
The Children's Health Organization will be
fully organized to carry on its work in the
schools next fall, pushing for better health and
happier children. The unfortunate fatherless
children the Settlement helps through Mr.. Puck
and the Child Welfare Board.
Through all these agencies and means the Set
Element will work in the coming year, and we
feel that it does indeed have before it a moment
Gus and strenuous year of Community Service,
and that the Association may well be cOngrat-
ulated on the work it has done and the things it
has undertaken.
A statement of the financial affairs of the Set
Element as reported by the Treasurer is as fol-
lows:
(Read Treasurer's Report.)
To tbs may be added a statement of the re-
sources and probable expenditures for the next
six months. This is given up to December 3lst,
because our budget is based on the year from
January LIST, to December 3lst.
(Read Estimates.)
Respectfully submitted,