The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-12

number who show an aptitude for ac-
curing English are taught the rudiments
of that language, and the remainder re-
ceive good elementary education in
Hawaiian. The lands belonging to the
school are cultivated by the boys, who
likewise do the tailoring for the institu-
ton under the general supervision of the
teachers.
"A department for girls in the Reform
atoiy School is very much needed; but
heretofore it has been found difficult to
secure a suitable teacher or matron to
take charge of it; and to make it an en-
tireiy separate establishment would have
caused an expense exceeding the means
at the disposal of the Board.
There We're enrolled in the Reformatory
and Industrial School at that time fifty
SIX boys and the number of commit
ments during the previous biennial Pc
Rod to December 81. 1873. were thirty-six.
The number of dismissals amounted to
twenty-three; two died, two were sent to
the leper hospital, one ran away and
one was placed in the Queens Hospital.
1t must be borne in mind that the OBJ
ject of this school from its very con-
ception has been always not punishment
but reformation, and with that purpose
in view the different principals have en-
deavored by uniform Kindness and just
the necessary strictness-for children,
like animals, will get the mastery If per-
mitted-"to improve the personal habits
of the pupils in and out of school. The
majority of the boys submit cheerfully
to the disciplinary regulations of the
school and appear Industrious and ambi-
tiouS.
Everything in the educational, indus
tlial and domestic departments of the
institution bears the impress of system
and order; and the excellent economical
management of the principal, Mr.. w.
Of %1,a t,,-
stitution''-so reads the report.
In 1882 there were enrolled forty-nine
names. Only twenty-five boys were
freshly committed and one returned who
had been apprenticed seventeen had
been discharged and one sent to the Mo-
iokai Leper Settlement, and one had died
From the above one draws the conclu-
sion that the apprenticeship system was
in vogue at that period; it was evidently
short-lived and died natural death, as
there are no further entries to that eff
feet.
The industrial occupations of that time
were farming, gardening, tailoring and
domestic work.
Almost every commitment has been for
larceny and truancy, and the ages of the
boys range from ten to nineteen.
In December, 1850, Mr.. Berger began to
give the pupils instruction In instru-
mental music; and Mrs. Tucker has also
kindly tenQereQ ner services at various
times in teaching singing.
At the present time the English lam
guage is the medium of instruction in
. the school and Mr.. F. Northrup the
earnest young teacher, a graduate from
Bryn Mawr, told me there were six
grades.
was present during part of the
, school session and found the boys as or
, derby and quite as intelligent as is the
. ordinary everyday student.
, One little fellow with bright eyes and
: glittering white teeth displayed quick
reasoning power and had a ready. smart
answer for almost every question asked
, him in relation to his lesson.
1t came out that he was in for no
? worse offense than disobedience to his
: parents.
Looking carefully over the different
: types represented in that school room, I
: noticed especially the absence Of sullen-
J, ness or sulkiness. They were smiling
. and endeavoring in every way that lay
t in their power to show to good advantage
: and leave a pleasant impression.
D And it appeared from what Mr.. North
rup said, that was their habitual attitude
( in the school room. They We're anxious
j to learn; easy to manage; quick to ap-
4 preciate praise, and rarely showed tenn
per.
r There was not a bad face among them
e all; not a badly behaved boy among
d those poor lads confined, many of them.
e for truancy, disobedience and vagrancy
no very shocking crimes, after all!
And that brings me to the very bone
t Of contention and explains the attitude of
: the Board of Education in maintaining
that provision should be made for a GER
: tain amount of classification and segre-
: CATION.
: 1t Is scarcely fair to place these boys
: with others committed for serious misde-
J, meanors: for constant associations with
e them is apt to defeat the purpose of the
: existence of the institution.
The commitments to October 1, 1900
f We're as follows: Hawaiians-Disobedien
O to parents. 8; larceny, IA: truancy, 4
: hcuse-break'ne I: vaerancy, 8; malicious
mischief, /; common nuisance, I; assault
t ard battery. 1: burglary, l.
: The five Portuguese. hcwovc-. were
v committed in every instance for larceny
v making total CT thirty-four.
/ ] walked through the carre-ter sbor
[. and Mr.. Marshall Pancoast showed me
:. the work the boys We're engaged on. II
wac thep in a very embrovtir tate. bu
e vii develop into a nice serviceabie book.
l. case and is being made to order. These
l. lads have made the sewing chests ir
n general use in the public schools and
IT was shown one in the Princess Kaiulan
If School which cannot be surpassed any