The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-21
SCHOOL PROPERTY IN HAMAKUA
improvements in Some
Outer Districts.
DR.. Rodgers Wants an Assistant.
Some Changes Among Teach
ers-PringIe Applies.

Present at the meeting of the BoarC
OF Education yesterday afternoon were
Minister Cooper, Inspector Genera
Townsend, Deputy Inspector Scott
Secretary Rodgers and Members Alex.
ander, Bowen. Won Holt. Mrs. billing
ham and Mrs. Jordan
Miss Helen Severance of the HilC
School wrote that she had accepted heI
position on a letter from Inspector
General Townsend offering her a sal
airy of $500 year. Later, she had re
ceived a notification from Secretary
Rodgers, stating that her salary would
be $500. She desired to know where
she was att The board fixed her
salary at 5000.
Inspector Townsend offered a state
ment from Mr.. Scribner of Hanapepe
School, regarding an anonymous letter.
which had found its way to the board
table. A general denial of the COM
plants were made. An agent employ
ed to investigate the matter reported
that he felt sure Mr.. Pringle had moth
ing to do with the letter The board
decided that it was in a large meas
ure responsible for the morality of its
teachers. On this basis the inspector
general was empowered to further IN
vestigate and take such action as
seemed best. Mr. Lindsay. school
agent of Hamakua. made a report CT
expenditures for repairs to school
houses in his district The most i'm
pcrtant feature of the letter was a
request for more money for repairs
The secretary was requested to pro-
cure from Mr.. Lindsay a detailed state
ment of the additional repairs contem-
plated and the probable cost of same.
c. d. Pringle applied for the position
of principal of a new school which lie
had heard the board would open 1T
Kahuku. Postponed.
Inspector Townsend asked for new
lot of school registers.
Referred to Mr.. Townsend. with in
struction to call for tenders.
Mr.. Townsend again recommended |
that the school at Pohakupuku be |
either closed, or the position of IN
structor be declared vacant The lat
-er ordered. A recommendation that
School be closed, and |
hat DR.. Bond be consulted with rega:d |
10 opening another near by; also |
passed.
Mr.. Townsend suggested, not for ac-
ion, however, the introduction of agri-
cultural work among the boys in the |
school at Waimea, Hawaii. Knife WORK
vas adopted some time ago. but Mr.. |
cultural employment would be better.
Deputy Inspector Scott reported that
lie had, as instructed by the board, Wis
ted Mr. Wells Chinese School and as
listed in reorganizing it, Eleven boys
'ver the school age were dropped from
he roll. Minister Cooper said that
Chinese children were being brought
o this country on account of the adj
here offered for education in
english.
Mr.. Bowen moved that room CT
cred by Rev. F. w. Damon for use as
school for older Chinese boys be ac-
epted, and that Mr.. Allen w. Walcott
'e placed in charge of the same. Re
erred TO the School Committee.
Osmer Abbott, principal of Lahaina-
uua. who was present, was called up
N for information respecting the re-
of his school Minister
copper thought a special appropriation
hould be made for this institution.
here was no other school under the
GARD operated in the same way. With
aspect to the various matters effecc-
ng the property, Mr.. Won Holt sus-
ested that Mr.. Abbott be empowered '