The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-03-05

has mad TO contend Win IrOm ldck OF IuIluS
but we maintain that not everything has
been done that should have been done.
The town is left unduly unprotected, and
when we wake up some morning and find
great crime has been committed and
there have been no police within call, the
volley of indignation which will be poured
forth will be of little use TO those who have
suffered. We would say of the department
what Hamlet said to his players: "Oh.
reform it altogether
The attention of the public should be
directed to the country schools In Ho-
nolulu, in Waikiki, in Kohala and other
centers, the schools,-by no means perfect,
the ideal school being yet a thing of the
future,-are good, and large amount of
excellent work is done in them. But there
are places where the school children are
neglected. We are informed that some
times the school doors have been closed
without sufficient reason and that in conse
quence the children have had the day to run
loose. 1t is in little out of the way districts.
where there are few or no foreigners to
take up the matter, and represent it to the
Board, that this has occurred. The fact
is that there is far too much work for one
School Inspector and the Board should
provide salary for at least two gentlemen
to do this work According to the report
of the President of the Board of Education
to the Legislature of 1882. there were 134
common schools and 26 select schools, a
total of 160 schools, entirely under gov,
eminent control. Surprising the School
Inspector to visit one school day, and q
day is the very least that ought to be de
voted to school, it would be absolutely
impossible for him to visit every school
t1icc during the school year. The schools
are in session five days week for AZ
weeks, making in all 30 days, and it would
require 800 days session to allow the In.
spector to make even a semi-yearly visit tC
each school. OF course the present In
spector does his best, and we believe util-
ICES his time to the best advantage, but il
is practically impossible for him to do all
that he ought to do. Besides. his arrival
on an island is soon bruited about and dur.
ing his stay school matters are made tC
appear to run smoothly One remedy
would be to have an Inspector for the
island of Oahu, and another for the rest OF
the islands. There is ample work for one
man III lAOAAgAAAu tNfllT anu IL ltSb vi
the island be added, his time would be
fully occupied. Better still would it be tc
have an Inspector for each of the islands
of Hawaii, Maui and Kauai. These gen.
tlemen might meet in Honolulu, agree
upon methods of examination and apply
them personally on their respective cir
cults; we would have some standard by
which the value of the school work in the
various districts might be judged Al
present we have none. Above all we should
not have the complaint which was made
to private gentleman the other day, who
when asking bright little native boy il
he went to school, received the reply: Yes
when it is open" why, is it not open
all the time, my little mani" He shut
sometimes too much brandy An In
spector resident on the island would soor
learn all about hat.