Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIV, Number 2, 10 May 1939 — Lorrin P. Thurston Appeals For Kokua [ARTICLE]

Lorrin P. Thurston Appeals For Kokua

Lorrin P. Thurstou's prujeot<Hl plau to preserve the legeuds aad tvaditions of old are golng ahead very satisfactornj, with nmny of tbe tnost prominont citizens of Hawaii Nel giviui: their hearl,v endorseuient. ! Endorsemetu of tiie territ«rial sienate l>y rest">lufioii, ii friendly lftter I from Oren E. 'l-oiig, «iilWrinteiuleut of tl»e depitrtment of puUlie instruetiou, the l»elpful advice as to probiejus and pUfuHs as outUjied l>y Mary Pukui, Mrs. Laliilahi \Vebb, Kenneth P. Kmory jmd E. 11. Bryan, Jr., all of tlie Bishop M«se«m staff, th«f wholeliearted endorsement of the plan hj - unan_Unous resolutii>n , Si ß 'the Hawaiian CivU> ehih —«U of tliese point towAv<]| the posstl)ilities of making real progress. Johu F. G. Siokes, formerly willi the Bishop M«seum, told Mr. Tliurs--1011 that tiie Ha>vaiians luul a word tor the old historio spots? of inter- ! est wliieli they ealleA "pana."

Mr. Thur>'ton says? in a tw>-page ,story iu Suuday's AUvertiser; 'iVrI liaps the best \vay to proeeed, lnasI luueh us \ve know there Ss sufficient puhlie inierest iu the idea. woukl be l'or a set-togetlier dinner meetins of thoso uiost vlt«lly interested, i ;ii whieh a seiierai diseussion eouUi ! he liekl aiui !i niulually itgreeahle i phm 01' i<roc-edure mupped eut. [ There are apparently iuany great i storebouses of this inforniiitio» I whieh will be avallable, Among | th«Be are, of courso, the IMshop | Museuiu, th« An'hheA, the Hawaiitin Hisiyrieal soeieiy anU the KHuai Htstorical soeiety. -'i* a sehool, say. at Kekaha, Kauai. \vanted to start aetivity on this plnn, perhaps they could ?ave themselves a tremendous amount of liuie an(T duplieation' of effort by \vriting to an agreed-upon souree for a list o£ the legem3> anil also t»f ihe iuteresting "panas" of their ioc«Uty. This woul<.l sjive them iiiueh uuie «u<3 wouhl y«araiHoe iheir g\>ttiU£ the results of the 3abors of many other peoplo. •If tlie.\ eouhl develop new suiies uot eeiuaiued iu the list, tine. "This. proeedure w>uUl. of vourse, iteeessiiate the fonnation of a een-u-al eleari«»ii lu»use of lnforniatioii, us the friendly and favorable atti uule of the school <lopartnient tncllj tnie,* that ihe «nvi<>rity of ihe I wiU l>e set>ki«ig just sueh | iuioiiualiou. } lt is inoeed granfying vhat there j i<as oeeu an entl»usiastie rev

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