Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIX, Number 29, 8 November 1944 — News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School [ARTICLE]

News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School

Tbe Junior eight and ■ninth gra<fae, are fonowlng a plan «lndiar to that of previous years, Tiicir progiiuua Luiwiat u£ En&n>usit, scU n< v, »oci«l Btudies and j»re vocaUOnal ] ahop training, i TJtiis y«ar tiiere arc no classVs on Saturday morningj with th'e ex-' ception of driU. B«dft , use these is no haJf-day on Wedaesdays. After <kili uu Saturday ipornings students w!th good standing are allowed to leave the campus at 0;3O. There are now eight recitation and study per|oda eaeh day from Monday through Friday. From to 7;JO <Jaily nioroing work period are hel#. ' Eaeh afternoon from 3:10 to 4:00 an activlty period haa heon »et a«ide to aliow t|me for and club mectings, supervised study hall and work peri<?d on certa|n daya for day students. Drilia wili be on ,Tuesday and Thursday nights, song assembly will be held on Mqnday nights; Wednesday . nigLls will be set aside for outsidc and etudent j>rograms will he given on Friday nights.

By Fletcher ī\leong This year seats are reserved at the Honolulu atadium for the alumni of the Kamehameha schools for all the football games Kamehameha partāclpates sn, Thcac re»erved sections are to the. rear of or those occupied by thē student body. Kamehameha is on the makai side of the stadium for five games and on the mauka side for the St. Louis game October 20. Price of the tickets i&. &eventy-five cents.

Ticketa must be secured one week before the game so that an estimate may be piade of , the number of seats needed. The foliowing men ere responsible for tius pian and will gell tickets at their offices: Mr. Miiton Beamer Sr. at the Hawaiian Trust building, Rev. Stephen pesha, school ehaplain; Mr. Gus Sproat at the Federal building, and Mr. John Desha at the City Hall. Loyal supporters of the team will be together when they join in on the songs and yells. In previous years many alumni and parents have had to sit elaewhere. This year's plan o f reserving section for the school graduates at football games is new at Kamehameha.

FREP SCIIOOL ENKOLL • By Abraham Cochett Kamehameha Preparatory schou Kamehameha Preparatory school for boys and*girls, headed by Mrs. Lela B. Brewer, began its schodl year in September with an enrollment of 295 students. The preparatory <Jepartment is divided into two sections, primary and . elementary. The primary grades from kindergarten through third grade, under the direction of Mrs. Biossom Nary, are housed in the Me-Neil street buildings. Thirty-two students are enrolled in the kindergarten; the first grade boasts 71 pupils and the second grade 40. The third grade is composed of 50 students.

The eiementary division, grades four thrcmgh seven, occ.upies the buildings oh the King street campus. The fourth grade eonsists of 40 students; £he fiftli and sixth gradc have 20 students eaeh, and 22 are enrolled in the

seventh. New teachors for the primary division are Miss ,Barbara Reid, a kindergarten instructor; Miss Jean Bardwell, Misa Gail Price, Mrs. Julia Young and Mrs. EHa Kamana, first gra&e teachors. Miss Ruth Fitch and Miss Ade- , iine Gilbert are new third gradc !nstmctors. New teaohers with special assigxunents are Miss Elizabeth Collms, Miss B<3tty Wostc"ott, Mts. Marie Clark, Mrs, Ellen Chang and Miss Carolyn Curtis, GRAjDIN<« SYSTEM By Edgar Bell Parallel to changes in tlie curri eūlum at the Kamehameha school for boys is a new plun of gradiiui, i Since there are now three courses, j comrrterei9l, industrial or collogo preparatory, pupiia are graded aecordinglyy. Betore. tliere wjis only 1 a general course offered. eon |

tairling' somp industrial training, t*ikā Uie boys were graded every * t\vo \vcrks in achivn-omcnt, cffort, «nd attitude. i JNow, bōys takiog. industrial or oooimercial courses are graded «very six weeka, while Btudents I who are taking college preparutory work are gradcd cvcry two wwtoi. feported every two weeka to the study heip and program advisory commlttee for study ai(2 or posaihle program revisīon. Students are graded upon aetual achievement, effor exertcd and general attitude. Honor students are presented with awards of »ilver an dgold pins at the end of eaeh term. The «ighth and ninth grade classes are gradcd every two weeke so that th<> teachers may have & closer eheek on thelr pro greaa. NEW CCRRICI LUM AT RBG By £lmo Ching Kamehameha School for boys has introduced a new curriculum this year whieh allows those in the tenth, eieventh and twelfth gra4ee to choose one of three couraes, general, vocationaī, and |

j college preparatory. i Course I. is of a general nature similar to those offered in tho past The five required subjects are Eng-lish, chemistry, m-athe-matics, social science and music. Elective subj£cts whieh may be chosen are business English, geometry, algebra , physics, bookkeeping, typi n g. meehanieal deawing, foreign. language and »hop. All students taking this course will have a sufficient number of credits to enter college after graduation. '

All students who desire to enroll in the vocatronal program are registered in Course 11, There is an increase of twenty periods of shop training this year. In addition to shop work these student are given instruction in English, aeienee, remedial and related mathematics a n d meehanieal drawing by the vocationai inistructors. All boys in this course I have elective subjects whieh are lgiven in evening classes. These |include music, physical education, art, wood carving, and Hawaiian language and culture. Anyone in this course may attend advanced technical or industrial co!lege lafter graduatiing.

Students who are interested in preparing for college have enrolled in Course 111. English, algebra, geometry, aoeial science, mupie, chemistry and physics are the required subjects. Typing, meehanieal drawing and foreign language are electives. No vocationāl training is included in thfs course.

MRS. ROULAC By Wiiliam Haina Mrs. Ēlizabeth Roulac, daughter of the adviser to China's finance minister, has joined the Kiamehameha staff as secretary to the K.SB. pnneipal. Mrs. Roulae is a native of California, but she has lived and studicd ir many interesting- parts of the world. Mrs. Roulac attended high school at the Shanghai Amerigan School, Shanghai, China, graduating in the class of 1933, She gra duated from Occidental College, Los Angeles, California with an A. B. degree and has also attended Genega College for Women iu Geucva, Switz,eiiand; School of Busi"ness, Pasadena, California and Pierce Secretarial School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Arthur N. y<JUiig, Mrs. Roulac's )father, is adviser to the minister Jof finance with the government Jof China, H. H. Kung, a direct descehdant of the great philosopher "Confucious." Mr, Young, who has been in China for th« ! last fifteen >:ears, reeentiy reI turned to the United States to attend the InteriKitional Monctai-y Conference a Woods, Hampshirv. H« uosv m Wa- [ shington, D. C.. \vith lns wife. I Mrs. Roulac , is married to Mr. | Phil Roulac, ;N.A,T,S., who isj wiUi Uie Paii 4Viuericau Airwa>'s. j Mr, Roulac attended tJie Tjniver- j slty of Eoulheini California aud was a niember of the traek teazu whieh in set tlie UniteU Statos record iji tlve Long Eeaeh Medley Relay for the half mile. Mr. Koulae also won the Helins 01ympic i'or Uie ĪOO meter run. Mr-s. Roulac's \vas prevLousl^'^

seoretary to Dr, Kan Lee of the Ctxinese £lmbassy in WasMiigtori, D. C., as well as having Keen secretary to axecutivcs in Caiifornia industries.

Her brothers, Williani and Allen Young, are now in scrvice overaeas. Wiliiam ia in China Berving as weather observer for the Army Air Oorps Tenth Weāther Squad, and Allen has just returhed after three years in Uie Aleutians.

SENIOR CLAS§ OFFICERS By Joshua Akaaia William Gaspar, of Honolulu, was elected to preside over the largest senior class in the history of the Kamehameha School for Boys. This class, numbering Cl, is composed of the former low and high-eleventh grade students, William is also president of the 'Btudent Council, a member of the |National Honor Society and iserved as president of hia class ! during his tenth grade year.

Arthur Fitzsimmons and Thomas See were elected vice-prēsi-dent and secretary respectively. Arthur is %. probationary member of the Committee 'of Six while Thomas is a member of the National Honor Society. Both boys i are on the varsity football s<juad.

Treasurer fo,p the senior class is Raymond Aea who is servmg this positign for his second eonsecutive year. Raymond is a member of both the National ] Honor and Quill and Scroll Societies. He is also the K. S. B. ēditor-in-chief of K-a Moi, the ! school paper. Mr. Donald M- Mitchell was elected faculty advisor for this class. This is the sixth year that he has served in this eapacity. Thomas Kekaula and Randolph Monte were chjosen to represent the class in the Student Council as councillors. COLONEL AJJNA G. CLABKE By Arthur Seto

Colonel Adna G. CI-arke, is again head of the battalion at Kamehameha School. In 1920, he ■was in eharge of Fort Kamehameha. Receiving a bullet wound oii his right arm during the 'Spanish-American War, he was !asked to retire. Beca'use of the bullet wound, Colonel Clarke has permission by presidential decree to salute with his left hand. He is one of the few men in the United States who has this privilege.

Ag a retire officer, he was offered the job of Professor of Military Science & Tactics of both Kamehameha and Punahou schools. Later the University of Hawaii and McKinley school adopted the military system whieh ther, put four schools under Oolonel Clarke's suf)ei , vision.

During his first year of directing, Oolonel Clarke took 11 Kamehameha students and nine Punahou students to Camp Kearney in Califomia, Throughout their 11 week stay, Colonel Clarke's boys entertained the army eamp in varioi.is ways such as having two quartets si n g Hawaiian songs.

i In drill matches, the Hawaii |boya took three places. In tlie |rifle match, Kamehameha placed |all 11 and Punahou four out of the 20 most accurate riflemen who were present in a eamp eonsisting of 1500 men.

By Act of Gongress in 1923, a iaw was passes to relieve all retired of£icers from their work. Colonel Clarke left his job then and has now returned to resume the saune position.

Thfe Colonel has plans for improving the battalion. He \\ill give basic training to older eadets in the eyent of their inductlon into tlie service.

SHOP PROGRAM IMwaiA ¥oan| Kamehameha Schobl for Boys has organt»»d a n«w vocftttonal progrōum with modern developments in shop trasriing. Thc sl\op proj?ram has been enla,rged o\er «it « p*l« >N»ars to gt\-e boys who want to spedali«e īn a |tra<3G more opportunvties to do so. (The aims are to give instructk>n that will «nable boys to «nterl and isuccee<i in trades including agrtculture. disel engine<?riri£ an.l auto mechanics. e«rpentry, wtldtnjr. eleotrioa\ and maoliine shop wortc, This cotirse also inrlndes £&vgli3h, m«ehanic«a dr&vrlߣ, aeieueo, liie a4I«stmer»t gheet metal w*ork .nd airpl«u\e m«chanics will be intixduced Aftor Uie \vur. Weventh t\wl{th gra<3^ tt«de stud«nts de\t»te a large parl of their time to their chosen vooat!v>ns. Mornitvg-s atv «ivnt in th* sltop doinsr prt>etkv vw>rk. wttfle aftemoons giveu over to cooriy rel<nte\i academic aubv

jects, such as, trade theory, shop science, related n>atliematics aud English. Ewuing classes a?-c H&w&iwui language, musie, physical education, &rt and wood carving, A prevocational i.rograin is arranged for Uie nintii <and tentli grades boys to give Uiem ex peiienee in every shop and to heljL them make tlie choictf of vocaUoa, they ihūik is besL ; Mr. Herbert Bowexs, iormer, | leader ot supcrvisory trauūn£ at | |Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, is direc- j itorjpf the program. j

\VEL<X)MES XE\V eilAl'LAlN . By \YiUi*m Cfaai Rev, Stoplun\ I* IX>sha, aluinunus of Kiimclwn\olxA Sc!uvls, xa Uie new ehaplain for Kaiuohaiue|ha> Thc Rovcivn<i *s also Uio j »e\vly &ppouited faculti* advīser |of tho schx>ors Hi-Y Club. His jfirst d»p«i servic« \vas hold oa Sept«mber l*k Previousiy Rev. Desha scrved ehAplalii at KailiKi, and Kona, HawAii, for & niunb<?r o£ years. The Deslus h&ve otsje .d&ughtei; Mary. attendißg th<? Kameh&nieha Schooi for <siris smd aiK>ther, E\'cjii», «i,U«ading Ufc? L" i)Liversit>- oi Ih»vv4Us, Their sons, JoJw ana |St«ph«ii Jr« me*nK»rs of thc fot\XNs, , _V' " 1 _