Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 7, 1 July 2008 — Correction [ARTICLE]

Correction

In your lune 2008 issue you credit the wrong school for pioneering in the Hawaiian language. Kamehameha beat St. Louis by 15 years with this effort - while Hawai'i was still a Territory. In 1948, Kamehameha School for Boys initiated the first Hawaiian language class in the Territory of Hawai'i. (You credit St. Louis School as having "the first Hawaiian language class in the state.") The Rev. Stephen Desha was our instructor. He also allowed us students to read the scripture in Hawaiian at ehapel. Never before was Hawaiian allowed to be spoken on campus by students. This was initiated by the new head of the schools, Col. Harold W. Kent, who extolled "the glorious Hawaiian culture." He realized it deserved a more important role at Kamehameha and put alumnus and school ehaplain Rev. Desha in charge of doing so. (This is explained on page 119 of my book.) J. Arthur Rath Āuthor, Lost Generations: A Boy, ū School, a Princess University of Hawai'i Press, 2006

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