The Hawaiian star. [volume], July 08, 1911, SECOND EDITION, SECOND SECTION, Page ELEVEN, Image 11

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THE HAWAIIAN STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1911.
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CURIOUS TREES IN JAMAICA.
Trees that actually boar a flno
grade of cotton grow in tho Island of
Jamaica, Tho cotton Is very short,
and cannot bo used very successfully
In tho manufneturo of cloth, but for
pillows and cushions It Is pronounced
line. Tho manufacturers of thQ high
cxploslvo known as guncotton aro us
ing considerable to help make tho
body of tho dangerous substance.
Tho trees are very largy often
reaching a holght of 250 to 325 foot,
and their long branches often spread
over nearly an acre of land.
AUTOISTS!
Honolulu Vulcanizim
V.
Business Phone 1823
KAPIOLANI BUILDING
We are installing the very latest types of machinery, which
with our thorough knowledge of the business, enables us to
GUARANTEE PERFECT SATISFACTION.
Bring
LET
We Repair Automobile, Motorcycle and Bicycle Tires
FREE AIR FOR TIRE INFLATING
Prices Reasonable Work Delivered Promptly
There're a
Says
Things around the place will suffer from wear and tear.
And after a while they get so shabby that we feel obliged to
chuck 'eni away and get something new in their place. But it's
a mistake and if we only all had the "Brighten Up" habit we'd
keep things spick and span all the time by having a pot of paint,
a tin of varnish and a brush handy. Just read this and do some
"Brightening Up" right away.
nj
Porch Ctulrs
Screens
Paint your porch chairs In bright colors with
S-W Porch and Lawn Furniture Enamel or
S-W Buggy Paint. ( S-W means Sherwln
Willhms the name that stands for good
quality In Paints and Varnishes.)
The screen doors and window screens will
look bright and new after a coat of S-W Screen
Enamel. Makes them wear longer, keeps the
screen from rusting.
Cupboards inside and out made fresh and
sanitary with S-W Family Paint 21 attractive
There're a hundred
of the dingy things
E. O.
One very notlconblo feature of thoso
trees Is thoro is n marked scarcity
of foliage, and It is thought It is duo '
to this fact tho trees have withstood 1
tlin tntrlf1n irnlnn tl,nl r. f, I
this section, doing so much damage.
The roots are deeply Imbedded In tho
deep soil, and arc In hugo masses,
holding fast to sustain tho great
weight that Is kept swaying to and
fro In the southern winds.
The cotton in grown In a pod Blmllar
In slzo and shape to a large cucumber
and when It Is ripe the pods bursts
and tho creamy white cotton falls
s
ATTENTION !
Work
V. NEWELL, Manager
Will be prepared for business
ABOUT JULY 10th
in Your T
US EXAMINE THEM
lot of things
the Little 'Paint Man.
Cupbcu rds
Floors
il
colors. Fine for touching up woodwork.
Old, worn floors made clean and attractive
with a coat of S-W Inside Floor Paint. Or a
stained and varnished finish at one operation
with S-W Floorlac.
Revarnish the front door with S-W Kopal.
It stands the weather. Repaint the doors in
side with S-W Family Paint.
No matter what you have to fix up, we have
a Sherwin-Williams Finish that will do the job
well.
other things that need touching up. Make a list
and come to us and well tell you what to do-
Hall & Son, Ltd.
cut and Is carried for miles In tho
wind as It is wrapped in this silky
cotton fiber. Tho natives gather the
product, disposing of It at what they
consider a very liberal figure.
NEW RICE MILL.
Tho K. Yamamoto Rico Mill Is tho
largest as well as tho finest In tho
Islands. All machinery Is of tho very
latest pattern. Tho famous Tongu
Rico is cleaned nt this mill. With tho
largo cleaning capacity thoy aro abla
to handlo considerable outsldo partic
ular work which thoy guarantee.
Residence Phone 3358
ALAKEA STREET
ires
need fixing
Doors
XY776
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T
BE
On a large tract of ground nt Kal
inuki, tho building of tho now Honolulu
School for Hoys Is rapidly Hearing com
pletion, under the direction of Pro
fessor L. G, Hlacktnaii, principal. Pro
fessor Blackmail wns former head of
Alllolanl Collage, and came hero about
eleven years ago from England, hav
ing been sent for to take a position in
tho faculty of lolanl College.
Tho now school has fourteen acres
of ground, adjoining Eighteenth nve
nue, and is so located as to get tho
benefit of the famous Kalmukl breeze
and command n fine view of the ocean.
It will open In September, and already
has nearly forty boys enrolled.
"It Is to be what one might call a
residential high school," said Pro
fessor Blackmail, "and Its trustees
and supporters think that It will fill
a need here without In any way com
peting with the existing institution.
As a teacher, my life has been devot
ed to the study of management of just
such schools, and I feel that I know
something about boys andtiow to
train them properly."
. The school will havo accommoda
tions for eighty pupils, and will give
the general educational courses cus
tomary In preparatory schools. It will
also give practical Industrial courses,
and the fourteen acres of ground pre
sented to tho school by the C. M."
Cooko estate will bo cultivated, partly
by the boys.
Trustees and Faculty.
The trustees and faculty are:
Trustees President, Leopold G.
i31acknian; secretary, C. Montague
Cooke, Jr.; treasurer, A. Lewis, Jr.;
auditor, Johu Waierhouse; John Wat
erhouse, A. B., term expires in 1012;
James II. Judd, M. D., term expires in
11)12; Hon. Antonio Perry, term ex
pires In 1913; Abraham Lewis, Jr., A.
ti term expires in 1913; Hon. Stanford
B. Dole, LU D., term expires in 11)14;
C. Montague Cooke, Jr., Ph. D term
expires In 1914.
standing Committees, 1911-1912.
Finance A. Lewis, Jr., John Water
house and the president, ex olllcio.
Education S. B. Dole, James It.
Judd and tho president, ex olllcio.
Building and Grounds C. M. Cooke,
Jr., Aiuonio Perry and the president,
ox olllcio.
Faculty Principal, Leopold Gilbert
Blackmail, associate of St. Nicolas
College, England; vice principal, Harry
Blackmail, associate of St'. Nicolas
College, England; instructors, Miss
Beatrice Holdsworth, Thomas Cockett,
Frederick Claude Fiold; matron, Mrs.
Ada Stone; science, .Mr. L. G. Black
mail; mathematics, Mr. H. Ulacknian;
preparatory department, Miss Holds
worth; medical advisor, Dr. James II.
Judd; business course and office sec
retary, Mr. Cpckett; domestic depart
ment, Mrs. Stone.
Plan of the School.
The llrst catalogue of tho new
school, just issued, contains the fol
lowing: "The Honolulu School for Boys has
been Incorporated In response to n
general demand for an undenomina
tional boys' boarding school In Hono
lulu to which parents of. moderato
moans may send their sons in order
to removo them from the associations
of plantation life and to secure better
educational advantages than aro af
forded by the country schools.
"In addition to presenting a well
dellned course of study up to and In
cluding high school and college prepar
atory work, the Honolulu School for
Boys will direct particular attention to
the development of character and man
liness and to inculcating habits of In
dustry and self-help. Such qualities
nr. ready and cheerful obedlonco to con
stituted authority, courteous manners
and deportment, lovo of justice and
fair play, habits of regularity and
punctuality, loyalty to a common
causo and to one's .fellows, nre among
tho most valuable advantages to be
derived from resldenco at a boarding
school, and these will bo carefully in
stilled. It Is believed that after at
tendance at the Institution for a few
years, no student will depart without
being woll grounded In such habits
and principles as will make him an
elnclont citizen.
"Although no rostrctlon will bo
placed upon admission to. the now
school, a well-directed effort will bo
maintained to exclude all those whoso
influence may appear undesirable or
whoso character does not conform to
tho standard laid down by tho trus
tees. Pnronts entrusting their sons to
tho Honolulu School for Boys may
therefore do so with tho assurance
that tho companionship and associa
tions to be encountered thoro aro such
as thoy would approve.
NEW
T
SCHOOL
BEING
BUM
mi
OPENED
FOR
KAIMUK
NO
SEPTEMBER
"Tho religious teaching, although
undenominational, will no positive in
character. Great stress will bo laid
upon the development of right con
duct as exemplified In the New Testn
mont. Every student of sufficient ago
will bo expected to attend tho place of
worship approved by his parents or
Euardlnn.
Campus,
"Tho Honolulu School for Boys Is In
debted to Charles M. Cooke, Limited,
for a splendid campus of nearly four
teen ncres, situated at Ocean View,
Kalmukl. The land possesses a well
elevated slto for the school buildings
and also sufficient level area for
spacious campus and for gardening
and agricultural' work. The surface, to
a great depth, consists of rich alluvial
soil, beneath which lies a deposit of
disintegrated lava. Ideal conditions
for drainage therefore obtain, insur
ing the health of the students and af
fording excellent agricultural advant
ages. "The school Is indebted for Its build
ings and equipment to Mr. G. N. Wil
cox of Kauai, who mado possible tho
founding of the school.
Curriculum.
"The now institution, educationally,
may be described as a residential
grammar and high school for boys. At
tention will also be given to college
entrance, Annapolis, West Point and
such other examination requirements
as desired.
"Through the courtesy of Professor
Scott, the curriculum of. tho high
school department has been drawn up
to conform to that of the McKlnley
High School of this city as great ad
vantages aro derived from harmoniz
ing as much as possible the academic
work of the schools of the Territory.
General Departments.
"For purposes of instruction the in
stitution will be divided into three de
partments: the Preparatory, tho
Grammar School and tho High School.
"Throughout the whole curriculum
stress will be laid upon the teaching
of tho rudiments of education before
passing to the more advanced branches
of Instruction. The pupil In his early
years will therefore be required to se
cure a thorough knowledge of spell
ing, an Intelligent grasp of the use of
the English language, facility in read
ing, a practical business handwriting,
and n ready application of the elemen
tary rules of arithmetic. Until boys
have qualified In tho above require
ments, tho study ' of higher subjects
will not be encouraged.
"To complete the full course as laid
down, a period 'of about ton years Is
required; of this, about two should be
spent In tho preparatory department,
four in the grammar school and four
In tho high School. Boys commencing
at tho age of seven should enter the
grammar school not later than the age
of ten and the high school at the age
of fourteen graduating between the
ages of seventeen and nineteen.
School Life.
"With a view to making a boy's life
and school interests complete, great
importance will bo laid upon all out-of-door
occupations. Expeditions to
tho beach and mountains will bo ar
ranged at frequent intervals. Ath
letics and fiold sports will bo encour
aged and matches arranged with other
local schools. Besides tho. sporting or
ganizations of tho senior and junior
students, a separato club Is to be ar
ranged for the smaller boys, who will
play apart on a special campus.
"In order to sufficiently occupy a
boy's timo and to Instil habits of in
dustry and utility, a certain amount of
Industrial work will bo allotted to all
capable of performing It. As It Is In
tended to produco enough vegetables,
fruit and milk for the dally use of tho
fcchool, n kuowledgo of practical gar
donlng and elementary agricultural
operations will bo acquired by all stu
dents. Flower gardens will provide In
terest for thoso who will undertako
their care. In conjunction with these
occupations, instruction will bo given
to the senior boys In tho cultivation of
fruit and farm crops, tho constituents
and tho chomlstry of tho soil, elemen
tary botany and like appropriate sub
jects. "As tho development of the Institu
tion pormlts, opportunity will bo given
for Instruction In practical carpentry
and other useful occupations.
"Work In tho kitchen nnd dining
room will bo performed by boys who
aro paying their own way, either
wholly or in part, through school. All
laundry and cooking operations will
bo performed by regular Chlneso em
ployees. "Tho amount of Industrial work re
quired each day Is forty minutes In
tho early morning and one hour on
each of four nftornoono a week. Tho
school day is so arranged as to glvo
dvery hoy two consecutive houra
every afternoon for games. Two aft
ernoons each weok Wednesdays and
Saturdays aro known as "play after
noons," when no Industrial work Is re
quired and organized games or outsldo
expeditions take place.
Endowment Needed.
"It Is Intended by the founders of
the Honolulu School for Hoys that tho
Institution shhll, so far as possible,
become in time Independent of flnan
clnl aid except that of the rovenuo de
rived from fees, scholarships and Hko
sources. In order to effect this, much
of tho work of the school will bo dono
by tho boys themselves, and an agrl
rultuial department will supply all
vegetables, fruit and dairy products
Rorvod at tho table. By rendering the
Institution self-supporting In this and
other ways, It Is bollovcd that a prac
tical character will bo imparted to the
educational work of tho school.
"Until a, sufficient number of stu
dents Is obtained, however, it will b
necessary to recolve contributions to
bo applied towards running expenses.
At present about $2500 per annum will
be required, which sum will diminish
as the number of students Increases.
"At this time no endowment fund
exists, but It is hoped that provision
will be made for this ns the work of
the school becomes moro widely
Known. Donations for specific pur
poses, such as "library fund," gym
nasium apparatus" or "agricultural
equipment," would bo of great benefit
at this time. ,H
"The establishment of scholarships
will eventually assist In the mainte
nance ot the Institution. For an en
dowment entitling the nominee to
board, residence, tuition, and the full
benefits of tho school, a sum of $2000
is necessary, which will yield an In
come of $120 per nnnum."
Prof. Blackman's Aims.
"It is our aim," said Professor
Blackmnn, "fo establish a school that
will earn an enviable reputation as a
training place for boys. The problems
that confront a teacher are not easy,
but I have given my life to tho sfidy
of them, and have an ambition to see
this school fill creditably a need in tho
community. Boys committed to our
care will receive the kind of teaching
and training that will make them clean
men, educationally well-grounded and
c carefully kept from Influences of evil.
"Tho contributions made towards
tho establishment of the school havo
been very generous, and have mado
possible the start so far accomplished.
As tho matter now stnnds, further help
Is needed to mnko success certain. An
endowment of $10,000 would put the
school on a safe basis."
FORSAKES RETIREMENT TO
SING FOR OLD FRIENDS
LONDON, June 24. Patti forsook
her retirement from tho concert plnt
icrm to sing to her old friends nnd
colleague, Wilhelm Ganz, at tho Albert
Hall recently..
Tho famous singer norself organ
ised the concert on behalf of tho vet
eran musician (who has been disabled
since Inst December), and in addition
to obtaining a number of royal patrons
for the occasion, was able to provide
n program to which many of tho lead
ing singers, Instrumentalists and mem
bers of the dramatic profession con
tributed. Naturally the chief Interest cen
tered In Pattl's own appearance, and
when cho came on to the platform,
wearing all hov many medals and dec
aratlons, she was given an enthu
siastic welcome. Her first solo was
"Vol cho sapell,' 'which slio sang with
the grace of style and easo that has
always been so characteristic of her
art, and which almost made one forgot
that time had taken Its toll of her
voice. At the end of the aria Mmo.
Patti .was presented with some beauti
ful flowers, and of course an encoro
wns domnnded. Thereupon sho sang
Lottl's "Pur dicesti," which hns ever
been ono of her favorite songs, and
which sho always sings to perfection.
Tho audience would have had yet
more, but Mmo. Patti did not appear
again until the second half of tho pro
gram, when sho sang To.stl's "Sere
nata," which also was encored.
HOLIDAY WEEK.
Tills is about tho time peoplo who
can, want to tako their holiday and
It Is also tho timo to go to Halelwa
whoro there Is good bathing. The
beach Is absolutely free from coral
and tho wntor is not contaminated
by sewer outfall. That Is something
to think about whon bathing Is tho
subject under discussion. Tliero is
everything the heart can wish lor at
Halelwa and tho most exnctlng patron
of hotels could demand In tho manage
ment of Halelwa. Golf links aro In
lino condition nnd tho tennis court al
ways ready for a tournnment. Ar
rangements may bo mado with tho
managoniont for long or short sojourn
and tho rntos will bo satisfactory.
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