The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-23
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closely, very carefully. You must un
derstand that no money passes through
our hands. All that we allow is that
they can spend money for repairs to
schools, say $75 for example. That
SD IS drawn for from the Auditors
once: The Auditor aud1ts it and then
the Treasurer pays it. Of course, the
signs 1T. He says this or that has
been done. Then that comes to me
and as / cannot be in two places at
one time l have to take the word of
Mr.. Hofgaard or Mr. Goodale and so
on, that that work has been done ana
thereupon / sign my name. Then it
goes to the auditor, is there audited
and the draft is drawn which goes
down to Mr.. Goodale, or it NAV be for
the carpenter who did the work.
Then it is the school agent that
You rely uDon when it is necessary to
repair or improve buildings, and not
the Inspectors
1t is not the Inspector business. -
Then the school agent would be
the officer directly incurring the ex-
pense2'
. Yes, that is the phraseology
. How are the teachers appointed?"
By the Commissioners and my
self.''
- How are they removed?''
have already told you that they
can be suspended by action of the in
spectors of schools and the school
agents. After tat they can make
complaint to the Board. The Board
takes it under consideration Then it
is deliberated unon by the Board and
myself and either the teacher is rein
stated or loses his or her position, or
sometimes 1T is found that it is only
disability of temperament in one
district, and we remove the teacher
to another place, that is, when we
know there IS nothing immoral in the
case.'
"'You think it would work well for
the efficiency of the department that
any teacher could be removed without
hearing or public investigation
81 decidedly do not think 500
You thinh it would be a mistake
to so fix things that it would be i'm
possible to remove a teacher against
whom any charges couid be brought,
but simply that the teacher was not
able to fill the bill. not able to keep
discipline or impart instruction to them
capablyf'
~ should certainly think So If
you have Toung man in your office,
Mr.. Judd, who was a perfectly good
boy, but you find he is not capable of
conducting the business that you IN
trust to him, do you think that it would
be right to have him charged and duly
discharged upon a DrocessR What would
you do7 You would say, George,
here's your So for your week s work.
i have no further use for you. -
From your experience as a man
long connected with educational mat
tiers you would say that any step that
would bind the department to keep
teacher incapable of carrying on his
or her duties, would be a distinct
step backwards7''
81 think so, > (after much thought). |
81 would like to guilty that state J
ment: There are positions in these is
lands which are far out or the way,
where it is impossible to get people of j
the highest class in educational mat |
tiers, to go and teach, and we have to
take what material we can get. con
slider my first answer on the broad !
line The narrow line would be where
we are obIige,. to do the best we cam
Recurring to the question of the !
improvements made in school houses, !
say Waianae, Kauai, tor instance, and !
YOU have available for the improve
ment of the school-house, 800. Is
there any check under the present sys-
TEN with reference to the expenditure
of that 800. Say the school agent !
should report the necessity for expend- |
ing the whole 800. There might be a !
difference of opinion as to whether 1t |
was a necessary improvement-have
YOU any way to find out except by |
RELYING on the school agent or inspect
or. -
sFNo other way; of course, / would
correspond with both Of them.
WOULD they have any authority to
90 ahead with a contract for the paint |
ing of a school-house, say, without ask
ing you nrst9,,
.IMafters of that kind are then re- |
ferred by you to the Board, or do you |
decide them YOURSELF"
eISmall matters 1 decide myself, the |
larger ones by the Board. !"
"a job of 500"
that, but there is nothing IN the la"
which requires me to do 1t.
e.Then as | understand it, all author
nations for improvements would appear |
in YOUR letters to the school agents'
Yes. or I might instruct my see
retary to write the letter for me- we
have a very large amount OF cores
pondence. o,,
yes
would that include the school DIS
trict in which Honolulu is situateds
This district is generally done by |
verbal consultation, where people are
in constant touch every day: ana II Is
not necessary to have a written con
munication-at least 1 never CONSIDER
HThen the school-agent in this dis
+rict would differ in that respect 10
any other districtF' I'D
S.Wen, don see how you WouIu
make it any different. I am IN con
slant touch with the school-agent IN
Honolulu. but I am not in constant
touch with the school-agent at hama
kua.' o;rs in
Improvements, and r n1lP,I,, Trorid |
school-house outside OF HonoluIu 49,, 49,
Have You any records kept OF the