The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-01-23

and she has been working there for years, occupying a building which was.
be rebuilt: Kihei School for example. would advise you to visit Idhe
School, spend m hour there sometime and look around, and you will under
stand; and there are very many local places that you might visit and see
what is necessary to be done; but l prefer not to enumerde these, because
your local committee an do that effectively.
MRS. E. E. BoYUM: Mr. MacCaughey, I have been looking for the
members of the Legislative Committee. l I'M a member Of that committee
Some months from now the Legislature will be meeting again, and it seems
o me it is not too early for organization and making plans. Can you give
me any idea Of what lines We can accomplish something.
MR.. MacCAUGHEY: There are two lines of attack. First, those
things that you wish from the Legislature for Maui. There are certain
things that you should get: for example: additional money for the local
High School I speak of that because I just learned there is not sufficient
money for hat purpose as the bids were above the original appropriation
Secondly, your moral support and backing Of the larger educational things.
t u = oois,stnro r. wow, Wis., Information concorninS those ,arger odncoton
al matters, we will be pleased to supply that from our central office, be
cause we have a definite list o matters we wish to present, for example:
an increase in salaries for the teachers; and we have a twenty-five or thirty
percent increase.
MRS. SARAH X BUCK: I think one of the most important things that
the Womens Club should get after is to raise funds to feed these under
cent of all the school children on Maui IRE undernourished, and need to get
food to help them in their work.
Mr.. MacCAUGHEY: am glad that question of manutriOn came up
It seems to m e to attack a fundamental issue. We must go to the homes
from which the children come. The important thing is not giving hot choc
oate and crackers to the children who come to school. Though that is nee
essary at times and is a good thing for the children. But it does not solve
the problem know a community OIL another island where certain children
the benevolence of n Of the wealthy ladies interested; and it was a splendid
piece of benevolence; but the thrifty mothers of those children when they
sv atTohodiod mn cam feed his cbiIdror. and tbs at nhont 800 - -
moonshine. Any ableboded man IA get plenty of work at good wages to
feed his family and much of this malnutridon is not malnurition at all,
it is just plain brute, abysmal ignorance Of the fundamental facts IF diHetics.
It is amazing that a mother does not know how to feed her children. We
don't find that among any of the animals; yet there are thousands of mothers
in this Territory who don't know how to feed their children; and the cam
pagn should be the education of these mothers rather than the feeding of
the child. Feeding the children is excellent as a temporary device in a time
of need, but the permanent solution must come with the training of the
mothers, as long IS the mother doesn't know enough to feed her own ctnd
What is wrong with the mother? Why is it that She cannot get milk
to feed her children? OF course, in SOM communities everybody lives out
N a tin can But there is land. / don't blame the plantations They will
give land to those who require it. The manager of one plantation said to
me "f can get these people to work they ca have all the land they want"
The basic problem is to properly educate the children. And as to this NAL
nutrition problem, we should feed these hungry children, because it is a
waste of time and power and money paying a teacher s125OO a month to
stand before 1875 children and try to teach them. You are lot getting edu
.catonal results; it is just a vacation.