WORLD'S PEACE INSTITUTE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15563, 21 March 1914, Page 6 (Supplement)

WORLD'S PEACE INSTITUTE

WHAT HAWAIIAN WOMEN APE DOING. In these days of wars and rumours of wars it is encouraging to hear of a move ment among women towards promoting peace among the nations. On the outskirts of the beautiful City of Honolulu the headquarters of this great movement have been established, under the name of the Mid-Pacific Institute. It is really a combining of three important Hawaiian schools. There are industrial and agricultural courses besides the regular studies.

Its location makes it peculiarly able to do the work of welding tht youth of the Pacific lands into a mutual understanding and that fellowship which the right sort of school always means for both scholars and teachers. Theodore Richards, manager of the oldest paper west of the Rockies, has instituted the Friend peace scholarships in this mid-Pacific school. They aj,e awarded to students from the Far East who write the best essays on peace. Five scholarships have already been awarded in Japan for essays on peace between America and Japan. Others will follow in China and Corea and the Philippines. Count 0. Kuma, president of Waseda University. Japan, is co-operating enthusiastically in the plan and leaders in the peace movement all over the world are observing the experiment with high hopes.