The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-12
ON NEW WRITING
Vertical System and Education
Board Members.
REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE
Referred-Some Figures-A ResO-
luton on Reports-Secretar
Interrupts-No Action,

At a meeting of the Commissioners
of Education yesterday afternoon quitej
a number of matters were discussed. |
Minister Cooper presided and DR.. C. T. |
Rodgers was secretary as usual.
A new schedule for the salaries of
teachers of a certain rank was sub
mitted by Mr.. Gibson, the deputy in-l
spector. This contemplated increase
for time of service and efficiency as
shown by examination results. 1t was
the first year would be but 1926 over
the present figure. The total would
grow quite rapidly, however. One
group of instructors in the table would
reach the salary of 5000 per annum on
the tenth year. Mrs. Dillingham;
thought this was very little and re-
marked that it was scarcely sufficient
to warrant such worker taking a
wife unto himself DR.. Rodgers re-
joined that he did not think a woman
could support a husband on 5000 a
year. The entire schedule was referred
to the committee on teachers. 1t must
be disposed of before the legislature
meet in February next.
Mr. Gibson happened to mention that
some of the copy books for the new
vertical writing were not quite, what
| they should be. He favored another
| brand. He was an advocate of the
| vertical system and exhibited letter
in the new style. Geo. w. Smith de-
clared it was a poor business" hand
and proved the statement at once by
Mr.. Bowen. The latter said he had
voted alone (before Mr.. Smith came
into the board) against the vertical
writing Mr.. Won Holt failed to see
anything attractive about the system.
Mr.. Bowen continued that his son was
being taught to move the sheet with
| the left hand as he filled the lines with
! the right and wanted to know how a
ledger was to be handled after that
style. DR.. Rodgers, who evidenced a
Willingness to enlighten the members
upon all topics, explained that the vir-
tue of the vertical system chiefly
claimed by it's inventors was the posi-
tion. The writer sat squarely to the
desk and had his work directly in
front.
| |.
Bowen had been engaged in the pre-
paration of a resolution which he now
submitted 1t was written in the very
prettiest Spencerian, such as Mr..
Smith also uses This resolution was
to the effect that while the public had
right to know what the Commission
ers were doing it was best that a report
such as the members desired to be pub
lished should be handed to the papers
by the secretary. This he explained in
answer to question would not exactly
keep out the newspaper representa-
tives, but they would hardly care to
sit through the long meetings when
they knew DR.. Rodgers would have a
real nice account of it all written out
for them.
The secretary interrupted Mr.. Bowen
during the reading of the resolution as
to "a statement of fact" he said. The
secretary was reprimanded by the read
er. couple of minutes after the sec
retary mildly suggested while Mr..
Bowen was talking that the prepara-
tion of the news reports would be new
work. Nothing was said of the new
pun, but the secretary was told by Mr..
Bowen that as an employee of the Com
missioners he would have to do the
work they detailed. DR.. Rodgers was
silent moment and a moment later
Mr.. Bowen said he was sorry in way
and would say so publicly, that he had
spoken to the secretary so sharply
. DR.. Rodgers said he had asked per-
fectly legitimate questions and Mr.
Bowen admitted that this was correct
but that Interruptions were an annoy
ance. This ended the incident.
Mr.. Won Holt said that anythingit wa:
desired to keep secret would be found
out anyhow, even if it did not appear
in the papers
Mr.. Bowen said that even if this wa:
so the presence of the reporters nigh
r at times hamper the Commissioners il
their work. This business was not a
all like that of the Board of Health
At times matters that were simply Gin
sane jealousies" were before the Com
missioners.
Mr.. Won Holt said information of
disagreeable nature was freuuentl.
suppressed by the reporters by request
Minister Cooper was brief He sai'
the theory seemed good enough, bu
he doubted if the plan would worl
satisfactorily in actual practice
Mr. Bowen again stated that he di'
not lose sight of the rights of the pub
lie in the premises.
It was suggested by Mr. Won Hol