The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-13
.SPRAGUE
RESIGNS

I Mr.. Snraguc, instructor In science
the High School, resigned yesterda
morning. the resignation being az
cepted by the Board of Education I
the afternoon as Of the end OF tn
term unless MIR. Sprague wishes t
leave earlier
An alarm clock lies at the bottom @
the resignation, a member OF one of hi
the hands of the clock around Will
| intent on a scientific discourse. Whel
the hour and the alarm came in con
tact, as the hands revolved, the bel
tinl<led merrily, The youth was sus
pended from school by Mr.. Sprague
but his action was not upheld by tho
principal owing to axtenuating cir.
cumstances, and, consequently, Mr.
Sprague Immediately penned his resig.
nation to Superintendent Rabbit,
The Board of Education is facing q
serious problem. There are eight com,
missioners. but rarely more than three
attend the regular fortnightly meet
ings. Mrs. Dowsett, Mr.. Harrington
and Mr. Al are generally present. Some
of the others have seldom been in at
tendance. Mr.. Babbitt prepared a re-
port on attendance-a sort of school
report on the commissioners-givin
the number of meetings held, meetings
attended, and those from which COM
We're absent. Mrs. Dowsett
gets 100 per cent, Mr.. Harrington about
80, Mr. All Sc, and Mrs. Jordan next,
Away down the line are Mr.. Won Holt.
Mr.. Wight, Mrs. Wilcox and Mr..
Dodge. The three highest generally
transact all business.
The action of the teachers commit.
tee in recommending raises in salaries
of certain teachers was approved. This
involves Miss Stewart, Miss Monsar,
rat, Miss Kluegel, Miss Soper, Mrs.
Miss Cooke, Mrs. Kinney,
Mrs. Gum, Mrs. j. n. Bell and Mr..
Nahiwa. The increase is due to in
creased work as general thing.
The following letter from Miss Flem-
lIiS DIlhSS W llSHt ii Stdtt VI
found in some public schools where
poor children attend:
Hamakuapoko, Maui, r. H.,
November !, 1906
Mr. w. H. Rabbit, Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Honolulu.
Dear Sir: / beg to acknowledge the
'eceipt of your favor of October 30
md to thank you for your kind and
prompt reply to the question of which
wrote you last week.
Since the Board wishes to consider
Zach case in which children are al
owed to remain out of school on ac-
cunt of their parents needs, j shall
AVE to ask your attention to two
'ther cases These 1 did not mention
asst week for the reason that ! ex-
'ected that your reply might in a gen.
raj way cover them.
one case is that of a Porto Rican
10Y about eleven Years old. The boys
ather deserted the mother and the
hid some time ago. The mother IA
Id and is not strong enough to do
he work of common laborer.
The other case is that of a Porto
ldest girl in a family of six children,
whose mother has run away from her
ONE. Two sons over fifteen years OF
ge are at work on the plantation.
hey say that the combined earnings
f the father and the sons are not sur
cient to supply the family with food
nd clothing and to hire a woman to
o the cooking and tare care of the
ounger children, one of whom is in
chool, while one is mere baby.
The Porto Ricans furnish us with
eXing questions of poverty and shift
essness. In school. however the chill
rem (of whom we have twenty-five
nrolled) are bright and interesting, in
f good home influences.
Awaiting your decision, am very
yours,
MARY ELSIE FLEMING.
p. S.-Enclosed please find my re-
ort for the month of October.
NJ. e. F.
A letter from Miss TIGER, principal
+ the Kilauea school, Kauai, from
ihich position she was removed at tho
asst meeting of the Board, was read.
he roasted Inspector Baldwin and
harged him with having been mat
entive to her school and with having
allied to make lucid explanations of
lst what he wished to have done. She
tated that the action of the Board
her somewhat, as she had
lade certain arrangements for tina
oming school year and gone to con-
iderable expense in many matters,
The Board agreed with Mr.. Babbitt
owever, that the action of the Board
hould not be changed. Miss TIGER
III be offered teachers position in
mother Kauai school and new prin-
ipal will be appointed to Kilauea.
Mr.. Babbitt stated that he had made
p a list of five names of prominent
here to go over the two
CIV Hawaiian Biographies proposed
y Mr.. Copeland and Mr.. Baldwin.
mo We're TO determine which of the
NO manuscripts was better adapted
, be adopted as an official text book
,r the island schools. These names
al been submitted to both gentlemen,
no replied that the list was satisfac,
)ry Those named are Prof. NJ. M.
colt, DIR. w. T. Brigham, j. f. Brown,
lrs. Nina ID. l., Fraser and Miss
hoda Green ON motion or Mr. Far