The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-08-28

ton, their labors might have been
deemed praiseworthy as having solv-
ed the problem with which the
House had been wrestling for sew
cral days and the clucidation of !
which was the principal work assign |
ed to them.
In the tabulatcd statements sub
mitted by the committee, there is
very conspicuous want of data on
which the House can reach sound
conclusions on the veXed question
of aid to Independent schools. The
exact number of pupil boarders at
the several schools named is not set
forth and this is really the first
statement that ought to be clearly
before the Assembly when appro-
priatons on behalf Of these institu-
tons come up again for considcrn-
ton. The total number of scholars
in lolani College, Kawaiahao Semi
nary, st, Louis College or the 1ilo
boarding school may be an entirely
different matter from the number of
bona tide pupil boarders and it is
only in so far as these institutions
are veritable boarding schools that
they can be said in the language of
the committee "to fill a gap in the
educational sysrcm. With respect
to the day scholars in attendance on
any of the Independent schools,
these institutions I'LL no gap" tina;
cannot I've filed equally well by
government schools. 1t is only ON
the ground of the social conditions
that exist among the people of these
islands at the present time rcnder'
ing boarding schools indispensable
TO proper training Of the youth in
modes of life peculiar to civilization
that state aid to such schools has
been claimed and justified, This
being the case, grants for boarding
schools should be measured Ivy the
extent to which the schools claim
ing participation in them arc board
ing schools, and no farther. An
Independent school composed partly
of boardcrs and partly of day
scholars is entitled to a special sub.
sidy for its boarding department on.
". Outside of this, any special
grant is a manifest injustice
to the government school. Tt
pass special grants 10 indie
pendent schools for teaching
branches comprised in the course OF
study prescribed by the Board Of
Education for the public school:
would be about as foolish policy as
that of merchant who would pay
! a large bonus to his rival on Tho
other side of the street to undersel
him and break down his business
This is precisely the course recon-
mcDded by majority of the com
mittec Of thirteen III their proposed
grant of 500 to st, Louis Col
lege in connection with the other re
commentator adopted unanimously
of disbursing moneys TO all indie
pendent schools in proportion TO thu
number of pupils attending them
In so far as the boarding school pro
, per of st. Louis is concerned, il i
: entitled to the same consideration q
, other establishments of like char
acter, but when the majority of tn
committee of thirteen come bcfor
Q the House and the country with a
: apparently honest proposition fo
t equitable allowances to all ndcpend
5 ent schools and couple it with 81 pro
t jected raid on the treasury in behal
, of one of said institutions, the
} certainly show that it is something
J else than consistency and all roun
justice that they have in view,
, SCIo.
: Honolulu, Aug. 2G.