The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-04
TO VISIT SCHOOLS
Is What Members Of the Board Of
Education Will Do.
REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING HELD
G. D. Pringle Will be En-
ployed Again.
Beretania School House VIII Have
Lanai Addition-Another
Application to Teach.

| Inc regular weekly meeting OF the
Board of Education was held yester-
| day afternoon with President Smith,
Mrs. B. F. Dillingham;, Mrs. E. w.
Jordan, Deputy Inspector Scott, Prof.
Alexander, w. A. Bowen and Harry
Won Holt present.
The G. d. Pringle matter was the
first under discussion, and it was fin
ally decided that the school teacher in
question be employed by the Board
| whenever there shall be a suitable va
cancy.
An application from Mrs. II. M. Da-
Wis, former resident of Portland, Ore,
for a position as teacher in the public
schools of Honolulu, was read and
placed on file.
1t was learned through the Deputy
Inspector that the attendance in the
highest two classes of the Night
School had diminished quite notice
ably in the last week or so, leaving
only about 20 in ALL
Mr. Scott gave it as his opinion that
the decrease was owing partly to the
fact that a number of the members of
the classes mentioned were employed
in various business houses of the city
where extra help had been found neces-
sary, the approach of Christmas natur-
ally bringing on brisker trade.
The Board decided to consolidate the
two classes and to put this resulting
class under Mr.. Lightfoot, principal
of the Night School.
Mr.. Scott called the attention of the
Board to the crowded condition of the
Beretania Street School, of which Miss
Maroni is principal. Every seat in
the school was occupied by the pupils
and, even with this crowding process,
there were SO many children that it
was necessary to put many out on the
veranda. While this was all right
enough in good weather, it was most
uncomfortable state of affairs during
inclement weather.
Mr.. Scott said that he could put up
a temporary lanai and close up the side
of the house for less than $10O. Since
new house would probably be built
there soon he could see no reason why
temporary structure such as he pro-
posed, would not do.
The Board heartily endorsed the
move, and Mr.. Scott was authorized to
proceed at once, the cost of the under
taking not to exceed s1O0.
Prof. Alexander reported that he had
made arrangements for the lease of the
small portion of land that projects into
the larger portion already obtained at
Pearl City for a school building The
Board endorsed his action
President Smith proposed to the
Board that each of the members take
each number of schools of this dis
trict under his or her supervision and
visit the same once a month In his
opinion, the work would be much bet
ter done, and so much labor would not
devOlve upon any one or two persons.
He did not think. that this supervision
would in any way interfere with the
officers of the Board or the commit
tees.
w. A. Bowen-If such thing should
be done, could people in the outside dis
tricts say that the Board was giving
all its attention to the schools of Ho-
nolulu and none to theirs? People say
a great many such things.
President Smith-According to that
we must not do anything at all, be-
cause we are afraid of the outside dis
tricts.
H. Won HoIt-Haven't we our in
spectors?
President Smith-Yes, we have: but
the work is too great. and we must
divide the burden if we would have