The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-11
A HEAVY INCREASE.

number Of children attending school in the Ter
Toy something surprising The Department Of Education receives
report end each from the public Schools which enables
to keep general oversight of the number Of children it is providing
the nationality age nationality Of teachers and
forth The last report made of June 1903 The present
figures Of December 81, 1908.
On June &c. I9O there 1898 pupils in the public schools of
Territory December 3d. 1867 showing in
of CO., This apparently for six months but really for three
month and half since the long vacation during the months of
July August and part of September The full meaning OF this per-
hap be gathered when it considered that 6o7 pupils would form
other school large Kauani Kaahumanu and would require
from u to 10 teachers to manage we add the pupils of the private
schools this have the present time pupils going
o school throughout the Territory
The remarkable increase in the number Of children going school
in the Territory be further emphasized when it shown that in
1880 the school enrolment 764 1890 10000 1857
and by present the close OF 1908 is 9o22 That gain OF 4485 in
the space of three years AT this continues by would
have $4,000 $4,000 children they going
TO be housed and taught is problem winch Will take some OF
best solve Concentration and the doing wifi
schools might be solution the problem 1t the small
schools winch run up the expense one apt to think But then how
they be done wh Places isolated Peunu Mak
wena and must have schools and must always be small because
inc population remains almost stationary
OF the natonaies enrolled the public schools 66 Hawaii
part Hawaiian 1907 whites and Porto Rcans giving
practically 1884 American citizens Taking the school enrolment IN
both private and public schools there 800 of Hawaiian blood and
698 whites less 6I6 Porto Rcan difficult by
h" who American citizens Thus will be seen that out OF 1oO
pupils public only 1896 Asiatcs of whom
Japanese and Chinese Most not all of these have
been born the islands and thus by birth American citizens
There very few pupils the Of fifteen educated in
public schools The total number These found the High
School, Normal School, Laanuna the Royal School and few scat
terng larger schools of the Territory These chiefly Hawaii
school which totally different from the Federal school
age. School age in the Territory from IS School in the
and is this which has caused much appre
henOn large number Of abO under school tho
Federal School enrolment and school age entire
y different things What the Star has been discussing school enroll
With constantly increasing population the problem OF provision
for educating the future citizen becomes and difficult
children educated they grow into ignorant and useless c
zens But educate we must buildings
teachers and both of these The school accommodations
of the city have been very inadequate for the last owing
the fact that the legislature 1901 failed appropriate single cent
for the school buildings of Oahu 1t be remembered that
than one of the total public school enrolment is to be found the
island of Oahu While there localities Oahu where there
school accommodation all The of lack of accommoda-
ton Maui Kauai and Hawaii With full accommodation there is
every likelihood that the enrolment would far exceed the estimate al
ready given.