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WOMAN'S  NATIONAL  RIVERS  AND  HARBORS 
CONGRESS. 
During  the  last  month  a branch  society  of  the  Woman’s 
National  Rivers  and  Harbors  Congress  has  been  organized  in 
Honolulu  under  the  vice-president,  Mrs.  Augustus  Knudsen, 
appointed  for  this  Territory  at  the  National  meeting  last  De- 
cember in  Washington. 
The  first  meeting  was  called  at  Governor  Frear’s  under  the 
auspices  of  the  College  Club, when  addresses  were  made  to  a 
large  and  representative  body  of  men  and  women.  Such  in- 
terest was  aroused  that  at  the  close  of  the  meeting  over  fifty 
headed  a membership  list  for  the  islands,  that  has  been  steadily 
growing. 
The  subject  of  Conservation  was  next  taken  up  by  the 
Teachers’  Association,  who  were  addressed  by  Mr.  Ralph  Hos- 
mer  and  Mrs.  A.  Knudsen.  A committee  of  principals  of  pub- 
lic and  private  schools  was  appointed  to  bring  the  matter  be- 
fore the  whole  body  of  teachers,  that  they  might  consider 
methods  most  effective  for  the  schools. 
On  invitation  of  Mr.  Wood,  Mrs.  Augustus  Knudsen  ad- 
dressed the  students  of  the  Normal  School,  and  the  pupils  of 
grade  eight  from  the  Central  Grammar  School. 
Their  interest  and  enthusiasm  were  expressed  by  the  or- 
ganization of  a Normal  School  Conservation  Club,  which  is  an 
auspicious  beginning  of  a campaign  of  education  through  the 
schools  of  the  Territory. 
For  the  more  efficient  organization  of  the  Territorial  work 
Mrs.  Knudsen  has  appointed  two  large  committees,  on  Edu- 
cation and  on  Publicity,  with  Mrs.  Harmon  Hendrick  and 
Mrs.  Philip  L.  Weaver  as  chairmen.  Chairmen  are  also  being 
appointed  on  the  other  islands ; Mrs.  John  Scott  on  Hawaii 
has  charge  of  the  Publicity  work,  and  Miss  Josephine  Deyo  is 
arousing  the  interest  of  the  schools  as  chairman  of  the  Educa- 
tion committee.  Mrs.  George  P.  Cooke  is  in  charge  of  both 
departments  for  the  island  of  Molokai. 
Interest  in  the  movement  is  growing.  The  first  club  to  join 
the  Woman’s  National  Rivers  and  Harbors  Congress  is  the 
Kumuwela  Camping  Club,  composed  of  thirteen  teachers, 
whose  members  spend  their  summer  jn  camp  in  the  forests  of 
these  islands.  The  Normal  School  Conservation  Club  has 
joined  as  an  organization,  and  also  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution ; one  hundred  and  eight  individual  mem- 
bers are  now  enrolled  bringing  the  total  membership  in  Ho- 
nolulu up  to  two  hundred  and  thirty-two. 
The  first  regular  meeting  of  the  members  here  was  held  on 
the  31st  of  March  at  the  Pleasanton,  Mrs.  Augustus  Knudsen 
presided.  The  meeting  was  addressed  by  Mrs.  W.  W.  Hall, 
regent  of  the  Aloha  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
