The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-09-20
The Rerormatory school.

This School, which is ordinarily know
as above, is an Industrial as well as Re
form School, The pupils are sometime
committed there by the magistrates, an(
sometimes sent there by their parents o.
guardians. 1t does not follow that tn,
boys who are there are radically bad; i
may be that they have fallen into tempta
ton for petty sins; it may be that they
have had no one TO care for them, ard il
some cases the parents are unable to gov
ern them for want of frmness, in them
selves, or a knowledge how to govern
other people The school has grown
constantly in public favor, and at the
last report of the Superintendent had
seventy inmates or pupils, some of whom
have been in the institution ever since its
establishment
Whenever any persons are sent there by
their parents, they are generally surren.
dered to the Board, whilst the law gives
the Board the same authority over those
who are committed by magistrate. OF
course, as the boys grow towards man.
hood, the necessities OF the school, as well
as their own interests and the public ad-
vantage, require that they should be put
out to learn some respectable business.
By the words necessities of the school,
we mean, in preventing its being over
crowded, as well as enabling the teachers
to give their care to those who, being
younger, are more in need of it.
The Board have always been DESTROYS
of apprenticing these boys to mechanical
trades, and whenever they have induced
masters to take them, they have done
very well; because, in addition to their
obligations to their masters, they are
aware that the Board still retains its
authority over them, and if they are
found untractable by those to whom they
are apprenticed, will re-send them to the
school. Yet, it is very difficult for the
Board to induce gentlemen to assume the
responsibility of the care, guardianship
and board of young boys. Upon this
point we may have something to say
hereafter.
Early in July, the Superintendent of
the school urged upon the Board that it
would be to the interest of the institution
that, say, ten of the larger boys should
be sent to commence the duties of life
The Secretary was instructed to seek such
employment as would be most improving
to the boys. At the same time, the Board
took into consideration that it would be
advantageous, both to the boys and the
public, if some gentleman could be in
duced to take some of them and cause
them to be instructed in the management
of q sugar-house, and, as far as possible,
" in all the art and mystery of making
sugar" The proprietor of the Kaneohe
Plantation, himself member of the
Board, stated that he would rather that
the boys should be distributed, provided
that those who might take them, and
whose offers should be approved by the
Board, would undertake in their linden
lures, to use all the effort possible to
perfect them in the cultivation and man
ufacture of sugar, and to employ them in
the sugar-house as much as possible; his
view being to try to raise up class of
sugar operatives. This view
was concurred in by the Board, entirely,
and we are advised that they win APP
prentice any of these boys to persons
applying for them who viii meet their
requirements. Mr.. Harris said that if the |