The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-07-30

SIAhNN NhN ant ~ III lldl IL Id dS-
sumed the general direction of Industrial Serv-
ice work on the plantations and has thus be-
come practically an Island-wide institution. The
results and effects of this change are only in
the making but the importance of it cannot be
underestimate and will grow both upon the
plantations and the Settlement as organization
becomes perfected.
This new responsibility and extended work oil
the Settlement has been in effect since February
frst-a period of six months-and a great deal
has been accomplished in that time, though not
as much as might have been done had there not
been a holding off" by the plantations as a
corollary of the strike. This has held up the
improvement of housing, establishing of the
necessary fields and buildings for the recreation
al program, and other moves, with the exception
of improvements on the plantation of the Pioneer
Mill Company, which has gone ahead and is
accomplishing a big work. The Maui Agricul-
tural Company has now employed Mr.. Seabury
Short to take care of this work for them, and is
preparing to make some splendid Improvements
of which they have already made the beginning.
The new status of the Settlement has made
necessary a division of the work, so Mr.. Puck
becomes responsible for the work concerned with
the town of Wailuku-largely conferred about the
gymnasium-whatever probation work the Set
Element does, the secretaryship of the Board of
Child Welfare, such County INDECENT work as
the Settlement does, and the work of the Athle-
tic Committee of the Maui County Fair and Rae
ing Association. Your headWOrKer then De-
comes responsible for the general oversight of
all the Settlements activities, and for direct
supervision of the Industrial Service work on
the plantations.
This latter work includes, in the original plans,
housing, sanitation, recreation, district nursing,
baby welfare, prevention of accidents, and look
ing after the personal welfare of the workers in
the myriads of things that come up and are too |
heterogeneous to be classified. We hope that
during the next year each of the four plantationsI
on Central and West Maui (Hana and Kipahulr
not being in the present arrangement will {
out their staffs and complete the organizauo.
for this work. We he. that each plantation
will at least have a district or visiting nurse and
a man in charge of housing, sanitation, recrea- !
ton and the other features of the work.
In these times of scarcity of all kinds of work.
ers and high wages, we have found it very diff
cult to fill out our own staff. We have been
very fortunate in securing the services, beginning
September first, of Miss Eleanor Langwith to
organize our work for women and girls. Miss
L,angwith comes to us from Kilauea Plantation
and has had a good deal of experience.
Our Kindergarten and nurse have both resign
ed. This leaves three positions open on our
staff-the other being that of a place for a man
to assist in organizing athletics and recreations
on the plantations. 1t is to be hoped that we
will have these all filled before September.
Our different departments have progressed
with their work during the year. In the kinder
garten there have been from 80 to 90 children
right through the year. Mrs. Kunewa has done
a most excellent work in this place and she will
be hard to replace as a worker. Her three as
s~istants, too, have done splendid work. The
kindergarten has been a very potent factor in
helping us on our way toward establishing an
American community, as the children are form
ing habits and traditions of the right kind and
blotting out other habits and traditions of the
right kind and plotting out other habits and
cto of tho bind oil at n YER ImnOrt-
ant age.
Miss Darbie, in her position as nurse, has per-
formed an excellent community service. During
the "flu" epidemic no one worked harder or
longer hours than she, and her services helped
very materially in reducing the epidemic and
keeping a number of people from going across
the Great Divide. In her capacity of school
children's nurse, her treatments for all kinds of
ills and bruises have run up into the thousands.
Her daily visits through the town have uncover
ed many places where she has helped and the
Settlement has thus been of good service to the
town. A comparatively small but yet important
piece of work she has done has been the treat
ment of 65 children in free clinic by DIR. ling.
In passing, we should also like to express our
appreciation of the service which DR.. Ting has
been to the community in this work.
The work of the gymnasium has been very
much hampered by the lack of someone who
could take charge of the details of the work
there. We have filled in as best we could with
[art <fhe work by Miss Wilcox and Alfred Rego.
Miss Wilcox has done very well and Alfred has
done as we'll as might be expected of a young
High School boy. The gym" really fills a big
place in the lives of the boys and girls of Wal
luku and has served as a center to work up COM
p~etitive athletics for the whole Island.
Our tennis tournament was very successful
also; the final game is to be played tomorrow.
We feel that the most successful May Pole
celebration held May first in Lahaina and Wal
luku was well worth while, and as an annual