The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-05
SCHOOLS Of
TERRITORY
Proceedings of Board
of Education OF
Hawaii.

The Board of Public instruction met
at $3.50 yesterday afternoon. Present
were Territorial Supt. Babbitt, Com
missioners. Jordan, Wilcox, Wight,
Harrington and All, and the newly
elected Secretary of the Board, Miss
Daisy Smith.
The Teachers Committee recon-
mended the following matters and in
each case the recommendation of the
committee was adopted:
That resignation of James Oliver,
Ulupalakua school, be accepted
That Mr.. J. F. OConner be appoint
ed principal Ulupalakua school vice
James Oliver, at a salary of $500 a
year
That resignation of Miss Laughlin
from the Waiahole school be accepted
to take effect February Ist.
That Mr.. Baptist be transferred
from Pohakupuka to be assistant at
Honomu without change in salary.
vacancy caused by Miss Farquhar's
resignation at salary of $50 a month.
That Mrs. Swain be appointed assist
ant Pohakupuka school at a salary of
$50 per month.
That the position made vacant by
the resignation of Miss Marcos be not
filled until number of pupils warrant
the appointment of third teacher.
That the staff of teachers at the Wa
iohinu school be reduced to three.
That resignation of Miss Patty be ac-
cepted
That Miss Clement be appointed as
month.
That Miss PHI be transferred from
Honokowai to be assistant at Lahaina
in place of Miss Newnes, transferred.
That Miss Ivy Richardson be ap-
pointed as teacher at Honokowai at
salary of $35 per month.
That application of Miss B. B. Tay-
lor for Life Certificate be deferred
That resignation of Geo. J. Kauhai
hao at Alae be accepted.
That Miss Iona be transferred from
Napoopoo to Alae school to fill posi-
ton made vacant by resignation of
G. J. Kauhaihao.
That no teacher be appointed at
present to vacancy caused by Miss
Iona's transfer.
That Miss M. E Douglas be appoint
ed substitute for Miss Anna Sorenson
while she is out on leave of absence.
The reginatior Of Mrs. Rice as school
agent at Lihue was accepted and Miss
Mabel Wilcox appointed instead.
An exchange of land was reported at
whereby the department
comes into possession of the land on
which the new school house is built.
Peter PascaPs salary was fixed at
$3.50.
The board declined to be drawn into
any investigation of the religious be-
iefs of it's teachers.
The appointment of Miss Smith as
and of J. K. Stillman as
book clerk and stenographer was ap-
proved.
Considerable school land controver-
'1eS are penang.
1t was decided to turn the High
school cottage over TO Mrs. Tucker as
Dr.. Rodgers is no longer an employe of
he Board. It will be merely case OF
andlord becoming tenant and vice YER
a, for Mrs. Tucker and her son have
or years rented part of the cottage
rom the doctor and now the doctor
will have a chance to rent from them.
Mrs. Kate Phillips was granted an
xtension of leave
J. a. Perreida had his certificate re-
ewed.
The Hilo high school plans go on
pace. New plans are being prepared
0 suit the new site. The land Is an
Id grant and the original deed gives
inc different directions and lacks 200
let of joining. 1t may finally be ne {
essary to condemn the land to get r
lear title.
A teacher VINO was troubled with
the stopness of the clock wrote to l
ate that petitions against her in h
were becoming less frequent :
nd she thought she could hold down
lie job. From other sources, it ap~
Jared that the chief petitioner" was
wv rusticating in the county jail for h
sving committed larceny.
Mr.. Babbitt was of the opinion that
.e Legislature should appropriate a v
I'M sufficient to enable the depart o
ent to locate and survey all the
hool properties When Prof Alex
lder was head of the survey office, L
. had al the school lands entered in t
special book but it had not been c.
.pt up for years and the changes >.
ere many and needed looking after -
'om $1,000 to $4,000 would cover the r
pense. h
The board may not meet two weeks ?,
om now as Supt. Babbitt is going to
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