The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-18
MUST HAVE ROOM
Comes the VGgGlt Cry From Wal
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EDUCATION BOARD ACQUIESCES
Good Work at YeSter-
days Session.
EDUCATION BOARD ACQUIESCES
Matters of Interest About Schools
and Teachers-Inspect Gen.
eraI Townsend Writes.

The Board of Education held its
regular session yesterday afternoon.
There were present President Smith,
Mrs. Dillingham;, Mrs. Jordan, Deputy
Inspector General Scott, Prof. Alex
ander and Messrs. w. A. Bowen and
H. Won Holt
The Teachers Committee recon-
mended that Mr.. Dowdel be appointed
to the post of assistant principal at
Kula, Maui Recommendation adopt
ed.
The Board granted Miss Alvina
Keick raise in salary.
Miss Kelsey was appointed to fill the
vacancy in the Night School occasioned
by the resignation of one of the teach
| ers.
The application of Miss Farr for the
vacancy in the Kanamaulu School,
caused by the transfer of Miss Kelsey,
was acted upon favorably.
A letter from c. Meinicke, school
agent at Kau, was read. 1t referred to
the complaints of one Limo, against
Miss Angela Crook, the teacher at
Waiohinu, and stated that there was
no valid ground for complaint. Mr..
Meinecke is seconded in this statement
by Inspector General Townsend, who
paid visit to the place mentioned re-
Gently and wrote, in letter read later
before the Board, to the same effect as
the school agent.
Mr.. Scott was authorized to negotiate
for the purchase of two 500-gallon
tanks for Haena School.
Mr. Hayselden, school agent for La
mai, wrote that he had made an esti-
mate of expense of repairing the school
house on that island, and found that
an amount not exceeding $50 would be
all necessary. This was acted upon
favorably.
E. w. Estep of Hawaii asked for
leave of absence of two months to at
tend to certain private business. AS
Mr. Estep had made arrangements for
competent teacher to fill his place
the Board granted him the leave asked
for.
A letter from A. H. Crook, teacher at
Ulupalakua, Maui stated that Edward
Dowsett, manager of Rose Ranch, had
offered to build a kitchen addition to
the school building for the sum of $25.
This was acted upon favorably.
The Secretary was instructed to
write Mr.. Yeats for the specimens of
the work of his pupils sent from the
school in Haou, Maui.
Three applications were received for
the vacancy in the Night School, but
as the Board had already made an ap-
pointment, they were laid aside.
Mr.. Scott stated that he had been to
Waianae and had found to be true the
fact which Mr.. Ahrens, school agent at
that place, had written, namely, that
the school building at that place was
totally inadequate to accommodate the
number of children at present attend
ing. There is room for 120 and there
are 165 in attendance The surplus
take their books and states and sit out
under the trees during good weather.
Another teacher and another room
is needed" said Mr.. Scott, ''and the
need is a crying one. Mr.. Ahrens says
he can have the addition necessary put
on for about $40, or not more than
800 at the highest.
The Board moved that the repairs
be authorized, the amount expended
not to exceed 500.
Mrs. Dillingham; made very full and
comprehensive report of the state of
affairs in the Chinese Girls, Moiliili
and Wailupe, Schools. The report was
such a good one and showed such in
sight into the working of schools that
Mr. Smith referred to it as an example
which the remainder of the members
of the Board could we'll follow in their
reports.
Mr.. Bowen reported on the Bere-
tania, Kawaiahao and Kakaako
Schools, and Mrs. Jordan on Maemae
President Smith suggested that it
was not a good idea to change the as
signments of the various schools too
frequently. When a member of the
Board visited a school it was we'll after
a while for that same member to visit
the school again, and to note the adj
vancement, if any.
Referring, then, to the good effect
of this visitation of schools by the
members of the Board, President
Smith said:
Il remember while l was at school
one day, Father Damon came in, and.
pointing his finger at me, asked: Boy,
how do you spell ''separate?"' l an
swered 'seperate,' and he laughed.
spelling the word out for me. Now,
have never forgotten how to spell that
word, and [ never will. A teacher
might have corrected me 40 times, and
the effect would not have accomplished
what that little incident did,
Through Bishop Willis the Board re-
ceived the complaint of A. Salla, an
old man at NapOOpOO, against the ac-
ton of the school agent at that place,
who refused to excuse his boy from
school on certain days to go after the
meat. DR.. Lindley's certificate to the