H V § 37 , H3 1707 * * T H E KAPIOLANI GIRLS' HOME HONOLULU, T. H. AND PROPOSED BOYS' HOME WAIMEA, HAWAII. ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH 1 9 OTZ G. A Z ETTE PRINT, 'AAGHIA （IVRIGINGIO ‘O HVO "OTIOTIONOH-GHINOH „STIRII“) INVIOI， IVYH THE KAPIoLANI Girls' Home HONOLULU, T. H. AND ProPosBD Boys' Home WAIMEA, HAWAII. ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH 1 G O TV 6sº * iYſ ls ! | Honolulu, January 30, 1907. To the Members of the Board of Health: It is to be most sincerely hoped that the coming Legislature and all succeeding Legislatures will make the titles of appropria- tions for the Girls’ and Boys' Homes read: KAPIOLANI GIRLs’ Hom E PAY ROLL; tº e º 'º e º 'º e º 'º e a Boys' Hom E PAY ROLL; SUPPORT OF KAPIOLANI GIRLs’ Hom E ; SUPPORT OF. . . . . . . . . . . . Boys' Hom E ; and forever discard the title of “Non-leprous Female (or Male) Children of Leprous Parents.” I very much doubt if it is fair to place such a stigma, as is at present the case, on these children of leprous parents. * We have now had an experience of twenty-one years and three months with girls at the Kapiolani Girls' Home, and of one hun- dred and five received, but six have been returned to the Set- tlement. It is more than probable had these six been promptly taken from their parents after birth and been brought up in a nursery until old enough to be transferred to the Kapiolani Girls' Home, most of them would not have developed the disease. In order that, in the future, no chances may be taken we have purchased the materials and are about to erect a most complete and up-to-date nursery at Kalaupapa, Molokai, wherein all babies born in the Settlement will be immediately cared for. This was under- taken with the approval of the residents at the Settlement. The girls now at the Kapiolani Girls' Home appear very healthy and happy, as much, if not more so, than average children, 227 84. 4. KAPIOLANI GIRLS' HOME. This institution was opened November 5th, 1885, and was then located at Kakaako, Honolulu. Later it was removed to grounds adjace; it to the Kalihi Receiving Station, and still more recently its location was changed to a spot on the beach about half a mile makai of the Kalihi Pumping Station. This institution is a marvel of what can be done with a little money, and what giris themselves may accomplish when willing to work. I see no happier faces anywhere than those in this Home. At present the place shelters: - Three Sisters in clarge, forty-five girls and six employees. * Sister M. Benedicta is Matron. - Sister M. Boneventure is Assistant. Sister M. Albina is Assistant. It would be superfluous for me to praise these Sisters and I doubt if they would thank me for so doing. Thev ask for little, but a new chapel is nearest their hearts, for the little old one is outgrown, and I am quite sure the Legislature will grant and the Governor approve of an appropriation of money sufficient to cover , this object and the increased sum necessary for maintenance of the increasing number of girls. - HOME FOR NON_LEPROUS MALE CHILDREN OF LEPROUS PARENTS. The Legislature, session of 1905, appropriated the sum of $6,000.OO with which to establish such a Home and $3,000.00 per year for its support. .. Neither sum was stifficient to establish the Home or maintain the fifty-six boys designated, of whom thirty-two are under six years of age. These very young boys require motherly attention, which can only be secured by consecration, rather than by hire. After consulting the Mother Superior of the Order of St. Fran- cis and the Right Reverend Bishop Libert, we found these Sisters, (heretofore our reliance in the care of the young), were so few in Inumbers they could undertake no new work. For over a year a " V RIO LIIN （HOCI MAGHIN %ſ\ \ N（s）} | - |× ſ.|-ſ.ºſ） . .}ſ - . . . （~~~~ Xº^（;}}§§|×|×~ |- . . .- - ſi|-…*= *（…）---- |- .----- ſ.*ſº|-|-----|R.№|-|（-） ：-）|- ¿ $¢ ‘O HVO "OTIOTIONOH ‘GHINOH „STIRII O INVIOIA WYŁ "„\\13-IS（HITN-CHONGHOI ISGIRI ,SİNGHALSIS • • • • •|׺º！ ：） ： ， ,§©®. - - · · - | |×ſae，|- --…---- A ſi HVO "OT^^IONOH "GHINOH SINIO INVIOIaw xi 5 search has been made, both in America and Europe, for Sisters suited to this responsibility. Recently Sisters have been found who will consent to take charge of these boys until they reach the age of between eight and nine, after which they must be passed on to their practical education and training. The Territory, in undertaking to bring up these boys, should clearly outline its purpose and accept its responsibility to the legal age limit, that they may be sent out fully able to take their place in the world. The Territory should not contemplate supporting these boys in- definitely, but, as their education progresses, gradually oblige them to work until they become self-supporting in the Boys' Home, that they may cease to be a burden to the community. It is to be assumed that the Territory wishes to make healthy young men of them, capable, when dismissed, of actually, not theoretically, making a living as becomes a good citizen and useful member of society. $ A prominent Territorial educator stated recently, “It is the duty of parents to point the way to a livelihood, not that of the schools.” Schools and modern civilization have largely usurped the authority and opportunity of parents, particularly in common life, to either train or direct their children to means of livelihood. Much of present education ill-fits for the inevitable conditions of life that must be the lot of great numbers of school children. No greater blessing could come to those who must earn their live- lihood by physical effort than some rational adaptation of the old apprentice system, which insures practical skill and experience. and leads directly to an adequate livelihood. I have visited in the past three years nearly all the arable land on the six larger islands of the group, and, in order to advise with great care, have, within ten 1months, again visited all localities that could concern the subject in hand. I have also inspected every institution on the islands giving manual or agricultural training. I place before you five remarkable maps loaned by Mr. Wall and am prepared to reply to such inquiries as you may choose to make, -- 6 Agriculture is the mainstay of the Hawaiian Islands, and so far as Hawaiian boys can be induced to accept agriculture I believe they should be urged to do so. Certain classes of agriculture, falsely represented as profitable occupations for independent individual farmers, are rapidly being absorbed by great organizations of capital and labor reduced to Oriental standards. Such a tendency is depressing and discour- aging to individual effort and independence. - Dairy farming, with allied products, is one of the greatest, pos- sibly the greatest, support of the American farmer. This occupa- tion requires the care of animals of which the Hawaiian is fond, hence with proper training it might be an agreeable occupation for them. Dairy products are in demand in this Territory, but nowhere is the business properly organized to meet the demand. The only remaining area of government lands capable of sup- porting a community of dairy farmers are the lands of Puukapu, Kohala, Kamoku and Nienie, Hamakua, and possibly other lands extending toward the southeast. A milk producing community is necessary to employ a first class creamery, ice and cold storage plant, without which a market standard for butter and cheese cannot be secured. - Here is an area of suitable land that could support quite a population, and a demand right within our Territory not supplied. It would seem the government could inexpensively set an example, that would cause the 11tilization of these lands for our own people. It is not necessary to discuss the subject at length in this memo- randum. Subject to your advice and correction I would suggest the following plan for the establishment of the “Home for Non- Leprous Male Children of Leprous Parents”: That a branch of the Home, for the boys under nine years of age, be established in Kalihi Valley, Oahu, on grounds owned or to be acquired near the proposed orphanage in that valley, where they are to remain under the charge of the above mentioned Sis- ters, until the stipulated age and then to be transferred. That a large area of land he set aside near Waimea, Hawaii, within the lands called Puukapu, and thereon be established a : Home wherein a good plain common school education shall be * * * 7 taught and such manual training as would make a handy man for home requirements. That agricultural labor and occupation be taught and performed in an increasing degree as the boys mature in strength and years. That the care of domestic animals be taught and their profit- able utilization be demonstrated. That on reaching mature strength each youth be required to take a certain practical area of ground, cultivate it, care for the live stock upon it and conduct it as if it were his own and his sole means of livelihood and profit, until the habit of work is firmly fixed and successful results regularly assured. The government having assumed parental authority will then have discharged its full duty, at possibly small cost to itself. Other details and variations need not now be discussed. I have gone far eriough in these suggestions for the Board to approve, disapprove or criticize, and for others who may be inter- ested, and the executive and legislative authorities, to express themselves, should they feel so inclined. Respectfully submitted, L. E. PINKHAM, President, Board of Health. s sº , A 3 A 3 14 of T H E KAPIOLANI GIRLS’ HOME HONOLULU, T. H. AN D PROPOSED BOYS' HOME WAIMEA, HAWAII. ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH 1 9 OTZ GAZETTE PRINT. 'AAGHIA （IV RIGINGI O|- 'Q HVO ‘QTIOTIONOH-GHINOH „STIRII“) INVIOI, IVYI T H E KAPIOLANI GIRLS' HOME HoNoLULU, T. H. PROPOSED BOYS' HOME WAIMEA, HAWAII. Cº. & f 90° */ $oo? §º J2 & tº Issued BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH 1 9 OTZ taka. i. |9.2 A/ 2. |-2-3 ; ! ſ Honolulu, January 30, 1907. To the Members of the Board of Health: It is to be most sincerely hoped that the coming Legislature and all succeeding Legislatures will make the titles of appropria- tions for the Girls’ and Boys' Homes read: A KAPIOLANI GIRLS' HOME PAY ROLL; dº º is tº º ſº dº tº $ & & BOYS' HOME PAY ROLL; SUPPORT, OF KAPIOLANI GIRLs’ Home; SUPPORT OF . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys' Hom E ; and forever discard the title of “Non-leprous Female (or Male) Children of Leprous Parents.” I very much doubt if it is fair to place such a stigma, as is at present the case, on these children of leprous parents. We have now had an experience of twenty-one years and three months with girls at the Kapiolani Girls' Home, and of one hun- dred and five received, but six have been returned to the Set- tlement. It is more than probable had these six been promptly taken from their parents after birth and been brought up in a nursery until old enough to be transferred to the Kapiolani Girls' Home, most of them would not have developed the disease. { In order that, in the future, no chances may be taken we have purchased the materials and are about to erect a most complete and up-to-date nursery at Kalaupapa, Molokai, wherein all babies born in the Settlement will be immediately cared for. This was under- taken with the approval of the residents at the Settlement. The girls now at the Kapiolani Girls' Home appear very healthy and happy, as much, if not more so, than average children. 4 KAPIOLANI GIRLS' HOME. This institution was opened November 5th, 1885, and was then located at Kakaako, Honolulu. Later it was removed to grounds adjacent to the Kalihi Receiving Station, and still more recently its location was changed to a spot on the beach about half a mile makai of the Kalihi Pumping Station. This institution is a marvel of what can be done with a little money, and what giris themselves may accomplish when willing to work. I see no happier faces any where than those in this Home. At present the place shelters: Three Sisters in clarge, forty-five girls and six employees. Sister M. I}enedicta is Matron. Sister M. Boneventure is Assistant. Sister M. Albina is Assistant. It would be superfluous for me to praise these Sisters and I doubt iſ they would thank me for so doing. They ask for little, but a new chapci is nearest their hearts, for the little old one is outgrown, and I am quite sure the Legislature will grant and the Governor approve of an appropriation of money sufficient to cover this object and ſhe increased sum necessary for maintenance of the increasing number of girls. HOME H () R NON-LEDROUS MALE CHILDREN OF I_EIPRO US PARENTS. The Legislature, Session of 1905, appropriated the sum of $6,000.OO with which to establish such a Home and $3,000.00 per year for its support. Neither sum was sufficient to establish the Home or maintain the fifty-six bows designated, of whom thirty-two are under six years of age. These very young boys require motherly attention, which can only be secured by consecration, rather than by hire. After consulting the Mother Superior of the Order of St. Fran- cis and thc Right Roverend T3ishop Libert, we found these Sisters, (heretofore our reliance in the care of the young), were so few in numbers they could undertake no new work, For over a year a 'ANHOJLIINNOCI AAGHN º |- - | – |×， ， ¿¿.* 4%\， ‘O HVO ºſnº IQ， IONOH ‘GHINOH „STIRII“) INVIOI， VYH " W NIGH SRIſ) N−1C) NGICIIS， INI ,S（1） I LSIS | –ſ. |-|- O HVO "OT^^IONOH ‘GHINOH STIXIO INVIOIą w XI 5 w search has been made, both in America and Europe, for Sisters suited to this responsibility. Recently Sisters have been found who will consent to take charge of these boys until they reach the age of between eight and nine, after which they must be passed on to their practical education and training. The Territory, in undertaking to bring up these boys, should clearly outline its purpose and accept its responsibility to the legal age limit, that they may be sent out fully able to take their place in the world. The Territory should not contemplate supporting these boys in- definitely, but, as their education progresses, gradually oblige them to work until they become self-supporting in the Boys' Home, that they may cease to be a burden to the community. It is to be assumed that the Territory wishes to make healthy young men of them, capable, when dismissed, of actually, not theoretically, making a living as becomes a good citizen and useful member of society. A prominent Territorial educator stated recently, “It is the dutv of parents to point the way to a livelihood, not that of the schools.” Schools and modern civilization have largely usurped the authority and opportunity of parents, particularly in common life, to either train or direct their children to means of livelihood. Much of present education ill-fits for the inevitable conditions of life that must be the lot of great numbers of school children. No greater blessing could come to those who must earn their live- lihood by physical effort than some rational adaptation of the old apprentice system, which insures practical skill and experience, and leads directly to an adequate livelihood. I have visited in the past three years nearly all the arable land on the six larger islands of the group, and, in order to advise with great care, have, within ten months, again visited all localities that could concern the subject in hand. I have also inspected every institution on the islands giving manual or agricultural training. I place before you five remarkable maps loaned by Mr. Wall and am prepared to reply to such inquiries as you may choose to make, 6 Agriculture is the mainstay of the Hawaiian Islands, and so far as Hawaiian boys can bc induced to accept agriculture I believe they should be urged to do so. Certain classes of agriculture, falsely represented as profitable occupations for independent individual farmers, are rapidly being absorbed by great organizations of capital and labor reduced to Oriental standards. Such a tendency is depressing and discour- aging to individual effort and independence. Dairy farming, with allied products, is one of the greatest, pos- sibly the greatest, support of the American farmer. This occupa- tion requires the care of animals of which the Hawaiian is fond, hence with proper training it might be an agreeable occupation for them. Dairy products are in demand in this Territory, but nowhere is the business properly organized to meet the demand. The only remaining area of government lands capable of sup- porting a community of dairy farmers are the lands of Puukapu, Kohala, Kamoku and Nienie, Hamakua, and possibly other lands extending toward the southeast. A milk producing community is necessary to employ a first class creamerv, ice and cold storage plant, without which a market standard for butter and cheese cannot be secured. Here is an area of suitable land that could support quite a population, and a demand right within our Territory not supplied. It would seem the government could inexpensively set an example, that would cause the utilization of these lands for our own people. It is not necessary to discuss the subject at length in this memo- randum. Subject to your advice and correction I would suggest the following plan for the establishment of the “Home for Non- Leprous Male Children of Leprous Parents”: That a branch of the Home, for the boys under nine years of age, be established in Kalihi Valley, Oahu, on grounds owned or to be acquired near the proposed orphanage in that valley, where they are to remain under the charge of the above mentioned Sis- ters, 11ntil the stipulated age and then to be transferred. That a large area of land he set aside near Waimea, Hawaii, within the lands called Puukapu, and thereon be established a Home wherein a good plain common school education shall be 7 taught and such manual training as would make a handy man for home requirements, That agricultural labor and occupation be taught and performed in an increasing degree as the boys mature in strength and years. That the care of domestic animals be taught and their profit- able titilization be demonstrated. That on reaching mature strength each youth be required to take a certain practical area of ground, cultivate it, care for the live stock upon it and conduct it as if it were his own and his sole means of livelihood and profit, until the habit of work is firmly fixed and successful results regularly assured. The government having assumed parental authority will then have discharged its full duty, at possibly small cost to itself. Other details and variations need not now be discussed. I have gone far etiough in these suggestions for the Board to approve, disapprove or criticize, and for others who may be inter- ested, and the executive and legislative authorities, to express themselves, should they feel so inclined. Respectfully submitted, L. E. PINKHAM, President, Board of Health.