The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-24
SCHOOL MATTERS
Question of Finances Be-
coming More Important.
Assignment of Teachers - Propose
to Change M ethod OF National
Supervision is Made.

Those who attended the meeting OF
the Commissioners of Education yester-
day we're: Minister Cooper, Mrs. Dill
Iingham. Mrs. Jordan, Prof W. D.
Alexander, Geo w. Smith, w A Bow
en-, H. NJ Won Holt, Deputy Inspector
Gibson.
In comment upon report from the
comittee on teachers. Minister Cooper
remarked that it would be unsafe and
i'll advised to consider the engage
ments under the new salary schedules
as fixed and final contract between
the commission and the teachers. The
Legislature might, in its discretion, re-
fuse to appropriate the lump sum re-
CURED. He believed that there should
be clear understanding to the effect
that the Board was not bound to at
tempt the impossible. The instances
in point related more particularly to
principals and assistants.
The following recommendations were
made by the Teachers committee and
adopted by the commissions:
Makakoa to Pohakupuka school.
A Makekau to Re Au Hou.
Miss Mabel Woods to be principal OF
Puuhue school.
Miss Gala Harrison to be assistant
at Holualoa.
| Lee Estep to be assistant at Homo
| kaa.
| r. Plunkett to Kaupakalua for the
| balance OF the school year.
Hol,
F'inckler, for the balance of the year
with the same salary as the present
incumbent.
Miss Finckler to the Chinese Girls
school vice Miss Chang.
D. Kanewanue to be substitute for
Miss Robertson during her two months
leave of absence.
Miss Maronie to be transferred from
Beretania street school to Moiliiii and
Mrs. Frasher of Fort street school to
take her place. also Mrs. Creighton OF
Moiliili to take Mrs. Frasher's place
D. w. Scott to be transferred to Ka-
paa and D. Prigge to AnahOla in place
Of NJ. D. Scott.
Mr.. Creamy to Lihue.
In regard to the matter of the reduc
ton of the pay roll, Deputy inspector
Gibson reported that he had taken al
but two of the teachers from the nigh
school and that some Of the janitor:
had been taken off the force This
was quite a saving.
Minister Cooper then presented {
plan which in his opinion, if carried
into effect, would result in yer.
much better school system and guaran
tee the teachers on the various Islands
quick action on the matters that conn
up from time to time Minister Cooper
idea is to appoint two deputy inspectors
one to have his headquarters on Hawai-
and the other on Maui, each to hav
supervision over all the schools on hi
Island and to take the place of tn
, school agents who would no longer b
required. The Inspector-General wOul
be required to act in the same position
in regard to Oahu and Kauai. o
course, he could, perhaps once year
make a trip to Hawaii and Maui.
There was little discussion on tn
} matter as it was placed before tn
Commissioners simply for earnes
thought 1t was, however, moved an
carried that the recommendation Q
the Minister be approved.
Minister Cooper mentioned MI
! Hardy as fit man for Maui and MI
Gibson for Hilo. He stated also tina
the Inspector-General had espresso
himself as being very much in favo
4 of the proposition.
Mr. Gibson reported that Principe
Wood of the Normal school had spoke
to him of the inadequate space in hi
school for the carrying on of practics
work He had spoken to Principe
5 Armstrong Smith of the Fort stree
school about the matter and Obtaine
permission from him to use the room
of his school for practical work, thi
however with the understanding thu
the arrangement should last during tn
time that it should be agreeable to hi
as Mr.. Wood might in some may seve
his connection with the Normal schot
. and another step in. The recommer
5. dation of the Deputy Inspector We
. adopted and the Commissioners az
journed