The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-18
MAY FOUND
AN ASYLUM
Educate UnCerti6cated
Children.
NO PLACE FOR THEM NOW
Mary Children Who Have no Health
Certificates Cannot Get an
Education.

tu Honolulu AM an about the Islands !
there are hundreds Of children who are
not allowed 20 attend the public schools
because they have been unable to obtain
certificates OF health. The Board OF Edu-
cation yesterday considered the matter
OF educating these children at some length
and after a long discussion II was de-
cided TO call the attention Of the Board
of Health 90 the matter with the request
that some means be taken to gather to-
gether these children into home or
asylum where they can be under control
and given an opportunity 20 obtain an
education.
~ rerintendent Atkinson brought the
matter before the Board. lie stated that
there we're numbers OF children who were
ieper suspects who could not be given
hoaith certificates BY the Board Of Health
aud 30 were refused admittance to the
schools. These asme children. he stated.
were In the habit Of playing with school
children. bathing with them and joining
them az all hours out OF school so that
there was danger OF their transmitting
the disease with which they were sup
posed 10 be infected In this manner as
readily az u they were allowed to go to
school
- thought there was some place where
leper suspects were Kept segregated until
it vas ascertained whether they were In
fectcd with the disease" said Mr.. Won
Holt.
There used 20 be such place at the
The children are not usually kept there.
My opinion IL that the Board OF Health
SHOULD FIX some place where they could
be kept together and then the Board OF
Education could provide means for edu-
eating them. 40 u is now the children
, are scattered all over the Islands. few
here and there. In al there must be a
couple Of hundred of them. n they were
; an brought together We could easily edu-
cate them but as it r. at present they
lnre simply running Wild and growing NJ
lin Ignorance. and In many cases they arc
lnot after all infected with disease but
are simply suspected of Infection"
Inspector Gibson told Of one case that
Ihnf come under his observation where
boy had stayed out of school for severa
. years because he was not able 20 get g
I health certificate and that he had after
: wards grown up and married and has
never shown any symptoms OF disease.
: ~ was finally decided 10 call the matte'
/. o. the attention % the Board OF Healti
and resolution was prepared requestini
trat body 20 see what provision could b
made % congregate all children who werl
suspected Of disease together into som
: stitution. n this were done the Boar
lof Education would furnish the educa
tiouai facilities 30 that the childrei
d miaht not HrUw up In Ignorance.
A Mr Atkinson called the Boards atten
tiou 20 the condition of the school at Wal
.aiua. Iie said that the building ther
was IN the midst of canefeld and ther
was 90 little water that u was impossibl
/. 10 clean the building out In single day
one portion was cleaned one day an
: then ID was necessary 20 wait until som
= other DAY before there was water enoug
Iin the school well TO clean the remainde'
- To stated that he had made arrange
- ulcuts with the bishop Estate 90 eNchnng
= the present site % the school for on
Inc aror the sea. between the railroad an
- the Waialua mill The location was
good one and there was plenty of wate
available The Board authorized him
rake the exchange.
= An interesting letter was received froi
TO- w. Crook. school teacher at Ulupaif
Ikua school Waikiki. Maui II had ~
- uenred that Mr.. Crook had been remi'
ln his attendance az the school and
A. was decided 90 hold back his salary Il
!. the months % June and July until son
word could be received from him. NJ
n
Iauest from the Board for an eNplanatic
,u wherein he asa not deny the fact that
~ had been absent. 10 appeared that he ia
m attended the school but four days In u
lv month of MAY. but he stated that he ha
"a paif "A substitute for that period. lie ha
-. tlrs wise been IN the habit OF not showir
Iup al the school until after noon on mar
DAYS and this he ala not deny. In col
Iefudfrr the letter ne stated that II q
Beard had any special use for his salai
- FOR the two months which had been r
ltained a was welcome 20 the money. NJ
- Atkinson read the letter and stated tn
4, ne dld not believe that there was al
:, res essity 10 reply 20 u. 1T II long sin
have read 80 brazenly impudent Il
ter" he remarked. Mr.. Won Holt stat
ltiat he believed that Crook already n
s. la position az manager Of the Ulupalak'
a. lrareh. The letter was laid upon the tai
t. without further comment. and u u nk
liy that there viii shortly be n new teach
at the Ulupaiakua school.
: n appears that Christian Andrew
teocher of the school al Hauula. KOola
Ioa oahu. has had some differences
= oplnlon with the people OF the distri
ed lIJe started n crusade against the ch
of m hanks that are doing business on n
g. side of the island and II is TO that "
bs ne ascribes hls unpopuiarity with so
II perple. OF late there has been mo-
- M. NJ ON foot 20 start n new school a
a cc,cott Andrews but the latter refus
" a. allow hts pupils 90 leave his schc
,st iThn Hoard has heard word Of the atteu
na a start the new school and II was
= lcided unanimously 10 back Mr.. Andre'
N the tencher for the new school IL n
en- To mas the examinations the school '
cal ne a 70. hut there appears 10 be the
end Andrews expects 70 win out as