The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-05-04
BOARD OF
EDUCATION
-a..H.a
A Lively Session Held
Yesterday
RAISING TEACHERS PAY
Session OF the Normal Instead Of a
Summer School, Shalt Con.
sumptives Teaoh 2

At the meeting OF the Board OF Edu-
matters which have been pending for
long time we're put in the way OF SEA-
tlement. 1t was decided that there
shall be summer session of the nor
NAL school instead of summer school
as usual. Those present at the meet
ing, which was moIe lively than usual,
were Minister Mott-Smith. Professor
Alexander, Inspector-General Town
send, DR.. Rodgers, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs.
Hall. and MIR. Won Holt.
The first question taken up was that
OF raising the salaries of the teachers
and restoring the schedule which pro
yides for the regular increase OF these
for long terms OF service, and for
other sufficient reasons. Minister
Mott-Smith mads Il clear presentation
of the whole subject, stating that the
BoaI members were all ANXIOUS TO IN
crease the salaries OF the teachers II
they could be increased. The best way
TO manage the matter was 10 re4er all
applications FOR increase OF Salaries 70
Lne leaeheiS Goiiiini''oe, w." '''",o,,'a
heSs 1t "as " ueo.a . upo" w., tacos,
III .,he pieso4. tiia'ano ' - "' ~ ,ho
say 70 le-eI ths muoie w, ,.it'an'.a
cnali lidn u the on on, inat,>r,
III oiueI ma - 49, annronriatIon
mo 'ne st"tNS u 'Ae .'O'1'
wheh II NJ " a,a''a az ,o "'u ,tA 30
nlurn WIZ pe le't ~ use 49, &c IL
saia'teS aitei 'DS ,oS ut'ii pS' lnA',nl
inc tho scheduIa nrovidlng for period-
icaI risea in salary LAST April was a
radical nrorpedjnp which was rendered
unavoidable nv STERN necessity. and 1t
was bieblv desirable to mt It in opera-
tion aeain os soon IA possible. but II
wac absolutely necessary FIRST to find
o,If how tho Bosr,j stood In relation to
Snances aIsa thew might find that they
had snent more money than was avail
able Tho facts could he cleaned from
Tho 'e,cretarv NJ fhe Councij of State.
tbe Minister Of FINANCE. the Auditor
General and other sources. The basis
NJ tho concentration must h. Inyesti-
gated before thew could go ahead: also
president LlcKinley's approyal must be
obtained The beat Way. I'm fact the
only xyay waa ia nutify Mr.. Won Holt,
the chairman of the Finance Commit
tee and ask him Il, report at the next
meeting (Mr. Won Holt had not then
come ia). Heretofore the practice had
been TO vote the rise in salary recon-
mendeo by the Teachers Committee,
making Il conditional upon the appro-
priation. This sort OF action Is hazard
Gus. The Board desires that all teach
ers having claims for an increase OF
salary should present them and have
them investigated.
One of the members suggested that
the Government was at umes penny
wise and mound foolish in its manner
of remuneIatlng its employees, and cit
ed the case of the watchman at the
Eieclrlc Light works, VINO receives $40
a month and does not have to work by
any means every night. The work Is
not skilled labor and requires no edu-
cation and no knowledge of electricity.
To teachers. ON the other hand, VINO
have spent a good deal of money and
many years educating themselves tor
their work. la given $40 q month and
thew board themselves. This was CIV
en- as an example of the dIscrepancies
in salaries paid by one employer, to
wit. the Government.
Minister Mott-Smith said that the
same sort of thing Is found in all the
walks OF lie, and showed by statistics
that whereas the average of the Gala
rles paid to male teachers In the Unit
ed States la S475. In Hawaii IL Ia $3.50. !
In the case OF female teachers the fig
ures are respectively S4O2. 40 ad $3.50.
In Canada they are lower still: but In
California they are higher than in Ha-
wall.
Mr.. Won Hot came In, and the deci-
sion about referring the matter of Inc
status of the appropriation was en-
planned to him. He promptly and in !
dignantly announced that he did not
propose to do it, He had too much 10
do already. and he did not propose to
devote any time to 1t: 1t was not worth !
a busy mans time to go Into 1t. He
certainly did not intend to devote a
month to an inveatigation and then hnd
out II was no good