The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-03-04
Roosevelt Memorial
BY E. S. Goodhue

1t will, l think, be of interest to
my readers to have me state here
that the wish of the residents of the
leper settlement to contribute towards
their own Roosevelt memorial, has
resulted in a movement to establish
on leeward Molokai a Roosevelt mem
orial in the form of a children's park,
a location for which we have petit
toned the governor. This consists of
about W. acres of government land,
now unused, at Ualapue, not far from
the Kaluaaha government school. At
n time a sort of park or baseball
field was maintained neal here at
county expense, but this was turned
into a place for stables.
Such a park as we want is to be
sodded with grass, set out to flowers.
shrubs and trees, and equipped with
seats, a bandstand and apparatus for
the amusement of small children. 1t
would be a great thing for midway
Molokai, that is, the district between
Moanui and Kamalo. AS it is, chill
dren play in the road or in private
yards, without protection or privileges.
The Civic Improvement Association
VIII Inv bhC hidllCl III hullbs anu II
is expected that the county will aid
in improving and fitting up the park
after the land is turned over to us.
In order to secure funds, private
contributions will be accepted, and
may be sen for the purpose either to
j.. d. McVeigh, superintendent of the
leper settlement, board of health, Ho-
nolulu; the Hawaiian Trust Co., Homo.
lulu, or E. E. Conant, treasurer, Civic
Improvement Association, K~aunakakai
1t will be remembered that while
Mr.. Roosevelt was president he hon
ored all Molokai by sending part of
the u. S. fieet to our shores, firing a
salute in honor of Bro. Dutton and the
lepers. We are grateful for this, and
the commemorative tablet to our great
ly loved American would be placed
Conspicuously in the park.
To aid this fund, l may say that l
am collecting for publication in book
form tributes (chiehy in verse) to Mr..
Roosevelt. Proceeds from the sale of
this volume is to be devoted to the
establishment and maintenance of the
park, under the ~trusteeship of a COM
mittee of the association.
Already several contributors have
sent in original poems for the com
p~ilation in which l have been assist
ed so far, by Messrs. Rudyard Kip
ling, Kermit Roosevelt, John Bur
roughs, Hermann Hegedorn, G. f.
Butler, Mrs. Corine Roosevelt Robin
son, Mrs. Gene Baker and others.
Among those asked or to be asked
to contribute tributes or suggestions,
are:
Lord Morley, Rev. p. r. Frothing-
ham, Chas. F. Clemens, Henri Louis
Bergson, Cardinal MERCER, Mrs. Edith
Wharton, Julian Street, Geo. r. Cart
er, Rev. f. c. Iglehart, j. r. Garfield,
Rev. U. G. B. Pierce, Mary Siegrist,
Jens A. Anderson, Josephine Stricken,
Peter Dunno, London Punch, Grit
ford Pinchot, Chas. ]. Bonaparte,
Henry J. Allen, Henry Watterson,
Mrs. Van Worst, VIM. Draper Lewis
+. F. Lewis, Hamlin Garland, Arthur
J. Balfour, Albert, King of Belgium
VIM. Hard, Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Geo. B. Cortelyou, VIM. Loeb, Jr.
Geo. Harvey, Henry Cabot Lodge
Elihu Root, DR.. Albert Shaw, Henry
w. Taft, Rodman Wanamaker, Gen
Leonard Wood, Chas. Phelps Taft
Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, Brander Ma
thews, Booth Harrington, owen Wis
Ter, MIS-. mary DllllnSudH riSai, iiSh
ry Bordeaux, Able Dimnet, H.. j
Whigham, Sir Geo. Trevelyan, Jas
Morgan, c. G. Washburne, f. E.. Leupl
Lyman Abbott, w. R. Thayer, H. L
Stimson, DR.. Richard Derby, Edmun'
Heller, Edw. Stratemeyer, j. L. Leary
w. r. Harrington, DR.. Woodbury., ant
many others.
The object will be not to secur'
poems of the highest literary excel
lence (although there will be such)
so much as those like that of Jan
Anderson, expressing the admiration
and love of the people. A collection
of this nature must appeal to TIL
hearts of all true Americans.