The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-11
WAIALEE IS
A SUCCESS
SUPERINTENDENT ATKINSON RE-
TURNS FROM A VISIT TO THE
INSTITUTION FOR BOYS.

The superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton, An T. Atkinson, returned this
morning from a trip to the Waialee In
dustrial School where he made a tho
rough inspection of the whole institu-
ton.
Il can say that the place is in really
excellent condition" said the Superin-
tendent today The boys are healthy,
well fed, well clothed, unquestionably
happy and they are getting just the
sort of instruction with the necessary
amount of restraint to make them use.
full members Of society when they
branch out into the world. In an in
stitution Of this sort discipline must be
maintained at all costs and it was
particularly gratifying to find that
there is no trouble on that score. As a
matter of absolute record there is less
corporal punishment there than there is
in most day schools and even minor
offences are by no means as frequent
as one would expect in a crowd Of
healthy lads.
There are now 10 boys on the books
of the institution. OF these, 1O2 are at
the school, two are in the hospital in
Honolulu. one is in Jail and five are on
parole The parole system we have
found to work with excellent effect for
on only one occasion has it been neces-
| sary to take back a boy who was out
| on parole.
"The boys are employed at many diff
ferent pursuits and as a result they will
leave there with a knowledge Of things
which will be simply Invaluable to them
They are taught UNDERSTANDING dairy
ing. corpentering, gardening, general
farming and now we are doing our own
building there. The work is never so
hard as to be burdensome and some of
the lads show a marked aptitude for
| some of the different occupations. IN
the farming and gardening sections this
| is particularly noticeable. We have 5On
banana plants in, we have five acres
of sweet potatoes partly planted and
two acres of vegetable garden where
the boys raise beans, onions peppers,
melons, squashes and in fact nearly
every variety Of vegetable They also
cultivate the taro patch which is two
acres in extent, and half an acre of
sorghum. In live stock we have nine
cows. a bull and three calves, two
horses two mules and nineteen pigs.
The boys are of course taught to look
after the stock. In addition to this
they get two hours of school day and
are also we'll drilled.
THE Saturday and Sunday routines
which are attended are simple con-
tinued the superintendent saturday
morning after the usual watering has
been done. the boys have to mend their
clothes for they are all taught to sew,
and the rest of the day is practically a
holiday In the afternoon they are
marched down to the sea and do as
they please about the beach and in the
surf Some of the lads are excellent
fishermen and tnev take the greatest
delight in that pursuit, the catch IL
added to the table supplies. on sun
day at ten o'clock there is a church
parade and service is read bv Superin-
tendent Gibson. Yesterday after ser
vice I addressed the boys on the sub
iect of Duty In the afternoon they at
tend Sunday school for an hour after
which thew have drill.
"The boys are kept busy. Their time
is fully occupied and they are given
plenty of time for as much relaxation
as boy requires There is healthy
I feel fully justified in saying that it is
place of which not only the depart
ment but the people of the whole ter
ritory may well be proud. 1t is
standing proof of the fact that the
boys are not bad i'm any sense of the
vord. They are full of life and spirits
and with their energies thus properly
directed they cannot fail to become use
full citizens. The question of race does
not enter into consideration for we
have them all, Hawaiians, Americans
Porto Ricans, Portuguese and mixed
races as well and there is good ma
tured rivalry between them all.
Miss Rose Dawson, school agent went
up to Waialee on Sunday morning and
assisted the superintendent in the in
spection of the school.