Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-26
Crook Tells Board
OF Education
PilikiaS OF Schools
SHORTAGE OF SUPPLIES CAUSES TROUBLE

Inc Board OF Education held a reg.
uiar meeting yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. Superintendent Davis and
Commissioner Mrs. Jordan. Mrs. vii
COX and w. r. Harrington being pres
sut.
The report Of the Committee on
Teachers, which has already appeared
In The Bulletin. was read and approx
I'd.
Miss Decamo stated that she had to
90 to Puunene on account of the
death Of her mother and would there
fore be two days late at her school al
Nau. She was granted q leave of alb
sence for these two days.
| A cablegram from G. F. True from
San francisco asked that substitute
be appointed for him In his position al
the kauluwela school. This had al
ready been granted.
Resale r. Weir wrote from Oakland
asking for position as q teacher.
Miss M. Angus, the second teacher
at kauluwela. was promoted to the
principalship Of the school as a sub
btitute for Mr.. True at Q salary of So
month.
Mrs. Weir and Miss Douglass were
suggested for the place Of Miss An.
gus. This was referred to the Teach,
ers' Committee,
L. G. Lyman wrote from Hilo, Offer
Ing two rooms at the Hilo Boarding
school as temporary quarters for the
Hilo High School.
message had been sent to Mr..
Severance of Hilo asking him to look
Into this matter and advise the Board
Of what would be necessary. Davis
had also asked Superintendent of
Public Works Holloway for informa-
ZION.
A cablegram had been sent to Miss
Marie Rasmussen of San Francisco to
come to take the position Of teacher ct
the school Of Waimanalo.
deed from Alexander & Baldwin
TOR the Puunene school lot was &C
cepted with thanks
harrington stated that A. N. Haysel.
den had written him about his con.
tract to deliver poi to the Lahainaluna
school. Hayselden stated that he was
under $1,000 bond for the perform.
ance of the contract.
Principal Crook of the Makawao
School gave the Board an interesting
talk showing the difficulties with
which the schools in the country dis.
appointed to the Makawao school In
1880, the school having been built that
came year. Since then neither the
newed, 1t being practically the same az
It was twenty-five years ago. The
building had been painted with red
roof paint some ten years ago, but now
this coat was falling of In spots, SO
that the building looked as II 1t was
pockmarked. The appearance Of the
school was a disgrace.
Crook stated further that he ought
to have one more assistant. as he had
had to turn away thirty pupils last
year. There was a spare room avail.
able but no teacher to take charge of
II. This year the plantation was con.
centrating still more laborers in the
Vicinity Of the school, and Crook estl.
mated that as q consequence there
would probably be about sixty chill
dren who could not be accommodated
" new teacher was not added to the
force. Crook has been In Waiohinu
recently. The school at that place had
been enlarged and one teacher added
to the force In the hope that this
would accommodate the pupils of the
district. The Catholic school had,
however, met the move by making i'm.
trovements also. so that the extra
teacher at Waiohinu would probably
not be needed.
The trouble which he had had In
getting school supplies was another
point brought out by Crook. His pu.
pills were all the children of plantation
laborers, the children of the white en-
ployees attending a private school.
During the past six months Crook
had been able to get no paper not even
Manila paper, and there had been q
shortage OF other supplies also. The
Japanese children were willing to buy
their own paper, but the Portuguese
would not. Crook had complained to
Superintendent Atkinson, who referred
him to the school agent. The school
agent was willing to give, but had
nothing. and could procure no paper,
ETC., from the Board.
Mr.. Wells said that many schools
did not get even Manila paper. Super
lntendent Davis added that the time
would probably come when no paper
of any kind could be furnished on &C.
count of the small appropriation al.
lowed by the Legislature.