The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-27
BETTER HAVE
No SCHOOL
At ALL.
Prof. Scott Emphatic in
Expressing His
Views.

eff tie Department of Public In
ssruction can not secure the money to
run the schools properly they should
shut them up altogether and not at
tempt 70 half run them
eff the pupils of the High School are
asked to do any janitor work they will
fatty refuse, and in their place I would
do the same
Professor NJ NJ. Scott, principal of
the High School. can not see the feast
bility of enlisting pupils to do share
of the janitor work around the High
School buildings.
.If we are to ask this work from
one we viii have to ask it from all,
said the principal, 'for there are no
class distinctions here. And do You
think that these girls pointing to a
group of daintily-dcessed young ladies,
@swouId consent to do anything of the
kind. even supposing their parents
were willing? And the parents decid-
edlv are not willing. Already some OF
them have told me that they would
take their children out of school i'm
mediately if they are asked to do any
sweeping.
1--WE have here nearly five acres of
grounds to be kept up, right in the
heart of the city. What would the
Promotion Committee and the I'M
provement clubs, of which we are hear
ing so much nowadays, say to allow
ing these grounds to go neglected ana
IN rack? Would it not be disgrace
to the community?
.Rut this is what will happen If we
are only to have one janitor, AS II Is
we have only two to look after the
grounds. keep the twenty-five large
rooms of the school tidy as well as the
numerous offices, lanais. Easements and
outhouses, and co the work IN tue
grammar and primary departments.
We are getting now only ABOUT haiI
the janitor service we require. IL may
not have anything to do with the
Question. but l understand that there
is a payroll of 1925 a month for the
Executive Building janitor services.
.HThis starvation of the schools IS
the surest way of keeping white set
Tiers out of the islands. One of the
first questions asked by Americans
concerning & new country as place OF
residence is about the schools, and IN |
this question now We can
not say very much to our credit. Since |
the cut of one-fifth in the teachers
salaries, about one-third Of the teach |
ers have left of the High School staff
some of them among the best we had.
They can get better situations ana we
could not keep them.
This school has done much good |
work. During the past year we have
graduated 81 pupils from the CONNER
cial classes ready to take their places
in any business establishment, besides
the number for entering the higher
institutions Surely we
deserve some consideration.
Americans rightly pride themselves
On the fact that the education of the
young is regarded as a first duty. The
keystone of republicanism is the edu-
ca ton of the people is a Jeffersonian-
sm constantly in the minds of our
ading statesmen and the results are
he spIendidly-eq school system |
II America; and the true American
system must be kept UP here. If the
Board of Public Instruction can not |
secure the money to run the schools | !
they should shut them up al ;
ogether and not attempt to half run :
hem. They say that they are try :
ng to save money to engage more
eachers. but they should first support .
he existing schools and throw the re-
for the lack of new teach E
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