The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
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} The Board OF Education held Its reg
ular meeting yesterday afternoon a
$3.50 o'clock In the office OF superin-
: tendent Rabbit. who presided. Others
In attendance were Commissioner
Mrs. ]. NJ. Dowsett. c. l.. Wight, Davit
All and w. Il. Harrington.
Leave Of absence for two months was
granted Principal Taggard, of the Kali
, hi-waena school. Mr.. Taggard's health
is bad and he will visit Kona to re-
cuperate. In his absence Mrs. Taggard
will be advanced to the acting princi-
palship.
The principalship of the Laupahoehoe
school was not filled. as Mr.. Swain.
who recently resigned that position.
may be induced to return to the school
again.
Inspector King advised the board
that he had closed the Kamaoa school
on account of lack of attendance. only
Ieight scholars being enrolled.
Mr.. Irish, School Agent for Kau, has
by Mr.. Eaton, who was endorsed by
Inspector King.
The Superintendent announced that
Miss Allie Felker, the able principal
of Kaahumanu school. Honolulu. had
succumbed to nervous prostration and
for a week past has been confined in
ha IF Oh
was asked for Miss Felker. The board
! granted the leave of absence. and Mrs.
Creighton, one of the teachers at Kaa-
humanu, will be the acting principal.
| Announcement was made that Rev.
Mr.. Macintosh had recuperated from
his recent illness to such an extent
that he might be able to teach again
in the near future.
Work has been started on the Kali
hi-waena school building.
The charges preferred against Teach
er Plunkett, of the Nahiku, Maui,
school, were discussed. These involved
drunkenness and immoral conduct. The
inspector of the district reported to the
drunkenness charges and found them
to be true. He had therefore sus-
pended Plunkett on October s, his pay
also stopping at that time The Board
of Education sustained the Inspectors
action. If Mr.. Plunkett desires to make
an explanation to the board he will be
privileged to do so. although it is like
ly that he will be dismissed from the
service.
Mrs. Mesick of the Kappa, Kauai,
school wrote the board concerning the
water supplied the school, stating that
1t had it's source in rather doubtful
surroundings. where cattle drank of it.
The water then ran through taro
patches before reaching the school. At
times there was no water. She asked
for water tank, which will be fur
nished her. She asked permission to
open a night school and was granted
the privilege.
Leave of absence for a brief period
was granted Mrs. William K. Anahu,
of the Kaluaaha Molokai, school.
Miss Bertha Ben Taylor, principal Of
the Waiohinu, Kau, school wrote from
Virginia asking that her leave OF alb
sence be extended for a few days long
err than originally granted. She expects
to leave San Francisco on November
3 for Honolulu and will take the Mauna
Loa for Kau the day of arrival here.
In the case of the Japanese girl at
Waikamaulu, Hawaii, wherein the par
ents desired to have her transferred to
another public school, so that after
hours she could attend a Japanese
school at Hakalau, the board decided
that the young lady could have her
release from her present school. The
superintendent stated that under SINH
lar circumstances releases of a like
character are granted in Honolulu fire.
quently Some objection from Hawaii
had been made to the desired release.
The mention of this Japanese school
caused Mr. harrington to ask whether
all the private schools in the Territory
had conformed to the law; that is, had
they made application to the Depart
ment of Public instruction to open such
schools, as laid down by the law.
Superintendent Babbitt said he knew
of none that had. He read that portion
of the law relating to private schools.
There was some question as to whcth-
err or not these schools be notified that
they violated the law. Just what final
action will be taken has not been de-
cided, although in future proposed pri-
vate schools will be required to observe
the letter of the law.
A question of the relations between
Miss Bond. principal of Makapala, Ha- !
wall, school, and Mrs. Mckenzie.
teacher, was discussed. 1t was shown
by letters that Miss Bond, a Smith
College graduate, desired Mrs. McKen-
zie to instruct the girls in the art of
weaving. The request was not COM
piled with by Mrs. Mckenzie and the |,
matter was taken up with the depart |
ment headquarters. The board yester-
day sustained Miss Bonds position in !
the premises 1t was stated that here
was an opportunity to set an example |
of obedience to the authority of prin-
cipals, to be shown not alone In the
Makapala school. but for the benefit
OF all schools in the Territory The
board members were all agreed that
any show of INSTRUMENTATION among
teachers toward principals must be
dealt with efficiently, otherwise the in
fluenCe of principals would cease