The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-02
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Yegrancy in Honolulu took shape yes
terday afternoon at the Education Of
ice. A conference was held there by
Superintendent w. II. Rabbit with the
revolutionary officers serving under the
Juvenile Court Act.
Senator c. H. Dickey, father OF the
law. and JAS II. Boyd, Rev. j. II.
RYDER. Theodore Richards, c. r. Hem
enway. Rev. f. B. Turner, Rev. Fam
er stephen, Rev. J. A. Rath and Lyle
A. Dickey, probationary officers, at
tended.
In the course of remarks giving in
formation. Mr.. Babbitt produced lists
Of city schools showing their respect
i've capacities, numbers in attendance
and vacancies for pupils at present
existing. There is accommodation al
together for about 100 more pupils.
After a long conversational discussion
Of various phases Of the question In
the large, the following conclusion was
reached:
That the lists be distributed among
the different school principals and that
the principals furnish lists of truants
10 the probationary officers of their
discretion about taking action with re-
gard to bringing the truants under
probationary surveillance"
1t was agreed, further, at the sug-
gestion Of Father stephen, that the
principals should be directed to use
their discretion so as not to report
children absent from school merely for
day or two
Another outcome of the meeting was
an agreement Of the probationary ON
rers to visit the Boys Industrial
School at Waialee in a body next Mon
day. Superintendent Babbitt UNDER
took to try to make special arrange
ments for transportation of the party
by train. This expedition was also
Father Stephens idea.
THE CONFERENCE.
Mr.. Rabbit, in introducing the BUSH
ness of the conference, explained
system of merits and dement's which
Mr.. Gibson had put into successful
operation at Waialee. He had asked
Mrs. Dexter to frame similar system
for the Girls Industrial School Under
Mr.. Gibson's system the parole papers
Of boys paroled from the institution
were placed In the hands of the man
ager of Kahuku plantation. The plan
worked well, nothing but favorable re-
ports of the boys having been receiv-
ed. 1t might be harder to find homes
for the girls In town.
Answering Senator Dickey, the Su-
perintendent said that habitual tru-
ancy or vagrancy cases should be
brought into court, but there might be
cases of casual truancy where the pu-
pills would place themselves on parole
without legal proceedings. At this
point he submitted the lists of schools
above mentioned.
Senator Dickey said he would be glad
TO do all he could in aiding the move
ment He explained that the object oil
the law was to keep children out OF
the reformatories rather than TO get
ahem into those institutions.
Mr. Rabbit thought, all the same,
that there were many boys who would
be vastly better off in the reform
school than out of 1t.
VERY FINE PLACE.
Mr. Richards remarked that there
was a twofold difficulty. He visited
the Boys Industrial School a few
months ago and found II one of the
best equipped boarding schools in the
country So fine a place was II, in
deed, that he was betrayed into talk
ing to the pupils about their advan-
tages. In some cases parents wanted
20 get their children in there. wher,
everything was so comfortable anC
well conducted. The question o
parental delinquency should be takei
up.
Mr.. Babbitt read from Mr.. Gibson
report some facts and figures abou
the institution, The expenses of tn
school for last year amounted to SIG,
4S6l6 To a certain extent it cost a
much for a few as for many inmates
Thirty acres of sugar cane We're cul
tivated, which would yield a good.
revenue. when the institution go
control OF all the taro land coming 4
II, it would be able not only to rails
all the taro needed by itself but fur
nish some for other public institu
tions. There are now 81 pupils. Las
year the number ran from log dow
to 81. the average being a fraction owe
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GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.
Senator Dickey suggested that the!
should try to have probationers place.
near the officers reporting them.
Mr.. Boyd thought the officers SHOULD
have power to arrest truants.
Mr.. Babbitt had been informed b
Judge Whitney that orders in court I
boys had no force in law, but ha
value only in moral effect In answe
to Lyle A. Dickey, who question:
khe powers of officers without ar
tests, he repeated his former remar
about the probability of voluntary sub
mission to parole by casual truants.
Mr.. Richards again spoke abou
making 1t an object of keeping boy
out of the reform school. By doing s
n saving was made for the Territory
while the suggestion of committal. 1
case OF incorrigibility. would Civ
them a good hold on the boy. Their
should be legislation of penalties 10
derelict parents who shirked thei
duties to have their children cared 70
by the state.
AS SPECIAL POLICE.
Mr.. Babbitt asked II II would hel
10 have probationary officers mad