The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-13
THE SCHOOL
POPULATION
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER THIS
YEAR OVER LAST-PART-HA-
WAIIANS ARE INCREASING.

At the close of tie fiscal period he
total enrolment in all schools of the
Territory was 1S,415 pupils as against
1751S pupils on June 30. 1902. This
shows a gain of S97 pupils during the
year. OF these 10000 were males and
S3S5 were females, the disproportion Of
sexes among the school population not
being so geat as among the main popu-
lation. The enrolment of the Public
Schools was 13, 1893 against 49, 1S9 in 1902,
an increase of 6O4. and the enrolment
of the private schools was A. 500 against
4,329 in 1902, an increase of 293.
The total number of Hawaiians of
unmixed blood in school has remained
practically stationary. In 1902 there
were 1905 and the present report shows
4S95. This is decrease of ten in a
year. which means nothing. on the
other hand there has been a consider
able increase i'm the number of Part
Hawaians, that is children whose
parentage is partly Hawaiian and part
| ly some other nationality. Last year
these pupils We're reported at 1859. This
| year they number 9,O1S, and it is evil
| IDENTIFY only a question of time when
| the -Hawaiians will equal and
then exceed those Hawaiians of un-
mixed blood. In 1880, when this CLASH
fication was first made, there were only
955 Part Hawaiians in school. in 1890
there were 1873, in 1900 there were 2,6S1
| There has thus been a steady annual
increase. Adding Hawaiians of UNI
mixed blood, and Part Hawaians to-
gether we have 1911 pupils in our
schools of Hawaiian parenage of one
kind or another.
The Portuguese stand next in order
of Importance as to the number in our
schools. On June 80, 1902 there were
$500 pupils of this nationality, June
80, 1903 they numbered 4,243, over four
hundred more in the space of one year.
Another year will in all probability see
the number of Portuguese children in
school equal the number of Hawaiian
children. In 1880 there were So Portu-
guese children in school, in 1890 there
were 1913, in 1900, 1909. The increase
from decade to decade has been enor-
nous. The statement that numbers of
Portuguese are leaving the Territory is
certainly not borne out by the school
statistics. If they are leaving the
Territory, there are enough remaining
to swell the census returns.
Chinese appeared in our statistics of
1880 as only numbering 49, Ten years
later, in 1890 there were only 262 in
the schools. In 1900 there were 1889.
In 1902, June 80, there were 1895 and
at the present writing Chinese in
school number 1854; of whom 11O6 are
in the public schools and AIS are in
private institutions.
The increase of japanese has been
during a much shorter space of time.
This nationality first appears in the
school statistics in 1888, when 81 pupils
were reported. In 1894 there were
only 11S, but from that time there has
/ been steady increase. In 1898 there
| were I3I, in 1900 the thousand mark
was over topped and 1852 were reported
| Last year on June 80 there were 1898
japanese in school, and this year 2521
was the number given at the same
date
Americans and Europeans, other
than Portuguese, number 1913. Add
ing this to the Portuguese pupils, we
get white school population of 1891,
larger than the Hawaiian school po-
pulation, but not so large as the Ha-
waiians and Part Hawaiians combined
On the other hand the white school po-
pulation is larger than the two Asia
| tic populations combined. The Porto
Ricans, though Americans, are of very
much mixed blood, it is interesting to
chronicle apart. There were 53S of
| them in school June 30, 1908.