The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-23
WILSON
GIVES HIS VIEWS
OF AGRICULTURE
DOUBTS THE NEED OF AGRICUL-
TURAL COLLEGE FOR HAWAII.

The Board of Education held meet
ing this morning at which the maps of
the lands and the plans for the build
ings for the Industrial school for boys
at Waialee were presented and care
fully gone over. The maps show all the
Kuleanas included in the boundaries of
the school lands, as well as the springs
ponds and other features of the land
which may be utilized in the general
plan of the school work.
Some time ago the Superintendent of
Instruction wrote to the Secretary of
Agriculture at Washington in relation
to an Agricultural college for this terri
tory. The reply of the Secretary was
read to the board. The part relating
to such an institution is as follows
Without doubt institutions for agri-
cultural education should be establish
ed in Hawaii as soon as practicable. 1t
is however, question well worth con-
sidering whether an agricultural insti-
tuition of college grade is at present
needed in Hawaii. Experience under
similar conditions elsewhere would
seem to indicate that it would be better
to establish agricultural schools of Sec
ondary grade in which along with the
studies ordinarily pursued in high
schools a considerable amount of in
structiOn in the theory and practice OF
agriculture may be given. Such schools
should have farms well equipped with
live stock and farm machinery, and
instruction in agriculture should be
along practical lines, with special re-
ference to local and agricultural needs.
| The principals of such schools should
be men trained in our agricultural COL
leges and in thorough sympathy with
Industrial education"
Applications for leave of absence on
account of sickness in each case veri-
fed by the certificate of the attending
physician were received and favorably
acted on, from Mrs. Haze, Mrs. Amalu
and j. X. Burkett. The letter of DR..
Moore respecting Inspector Burkett was
| as follows
Honolulu, T. H., October 49, 1902. A.
T. Atkinson, Superintendent of Schools,
Honolulu, 7. H.
| Dear Sir: After carefully considering
the case of your Inspector of Schools,
| Mr.. Burkett, l find that he stands in
| need of a change of climate and a
| cessation from work, far more than
medicine. He is just at the point of a
breakdown, and would be greatly bene-
! fitted by six months trip to the States,
to recuperate for further work. =
l am, respectfully yours,
w. H. MOORE.
A list of changes in the teaching force
made by the superintendent on the
! instructions of the Board was read and
| approved The revised rules and regu-
! lations relating to the examinations for
| teachers certificates and the issuance
of such certificates was presented and
approved. This is in effect a modifica-
| ton of all the existing regulations OF
the board on the subject.
! A communication was received from
Mrs. l.. G. Lyman, Josephine Deyo AND
c. c. Kennedy, as a committee asking
the Board for aid in the establishment
| of a kindergarten at Waiakea. The
need of the kindergarten at this place
was set forth. On motion of Harry vor
Holt the Board expressed it's approval
of efforts to establish schools and kind
ergartens at places where they were
needed but do not now exist and re.
GREETED the inability of the board fol
want of funds to render aid at this time
and expressed the hope that an appro
prtation for this purpose would be mad,
by the legislature.
Those present at the meeting were
superintendent A. T. Atkinson, Mrs. E
w. Jordan, w. d. Alexander, G. I
Hopkins, Harry Won Holt and A. B
Wood.