Hawaiians Study Abroad

Hawaiians Study Abroad In 1880, the Legislative Assembly appropriated funds for the “Education of Hawaiian Youths in Foreign Countries, to be expended in the actual education of the youths, and not traveling and sight seeing”. This was a program designed and implemented by King Kalākaua. From 1880 to 1887, 18 young Hawaiians attended schools in six countries where they studied engineering, law, foreign language, medicine, military science, engraving, sculpture and music. The ‘studies abroad program’ was designed to ensure a pool of gifted and highly schooled Hawaiians who would enable the government to fill important positions in the foreign ministry and other governmental branches.

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