The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-24


Such was the synopsis of the situa-
ton the Department of Public Instruc-
ton finds itself in, as seen by Superin-
tendent Babbitt, the above being
quotation from a long communication
on the subject from him to the Com
rnissioners of Public instruction, pre-
sented at their meeting yesterday. The
lack of funds to properly carry on the
work of their department, the neces-
sity of opening more schools to pro-
vide for the increasing school popu-
lation and the difficulty found in rec
onciIing the teachers on the various
staffs to accept additional duties after
reduction in their salaries were the
topics around which the business of
the commissioners revolved, every
fresh subject eventually drifting back
to them
Early in the meeting it came up.
Among the recommendations of the
Teachers Committee was the refusal
of the request of Miss Yoder for an
increased salary.
'Is she getting as much now as she
is worth?' asked Commissioner Won
Holt
'sNo; nor is anyone else" was the
answer of the superintendent.
TEACHERS COMMITTEE.
All the recommendations of the
Teachers Committee were endorsed, as
follows:
That John Kanekoa be appointed
principal of the Waimanalo school at
a salary of $40 per month.
That Miss Rose Peck be appointed
assistant at the Kaupakalua school in
place of Mrs. Pa; salary $3.50 per
month
That the request of Miss Yoder for
increase of salary be not granted.
That Miss Mary Kaui be appointed |
assistant at the Girls Industrial |
school from April 1; salary s25.
That the resignation of w. A.
Yeats be accepted.
That Miss Julia Kapihae be appoint
ed principal of the Kaaawa school; sal
ary $40
That the salary of Miss Maud Love-
joy be placed at $40 per month; cut
from $50. following the general cut.
That the application of Miss Dillon
for life certificate be granted.
That the application of Miss Maud
Jordan for leave of absence be granted
That the salary of Mrs Bergstrom
be placed at $50. after the first two
months of teaching.
That a new principal be appointed =,
for the Moiliili school.
RAIN EVERY THIRTY YEARS
The superintendent reported that he
had given orders for the removal OF
the water tank at the Makena school
to the Keokea school, where it would
be of. use. At Makena, he said, there
was a rain only every twenty or thirty !
years and the tank was falling to 7
pieces.
Commissioner Won Holt thought that {
there should be an attempt made to
find water at Makena by boring
A communication from E. G. Keen,
asking on behalf of the Builders and
4
the proposed agricultural {
was read. In connection with
this the House Concurrent Resolution {
IN the Agricultural College question
was brgught up and the superintend- Z
.nt renlindsd the commissioners that
The dag of preparing a report for the
[.ezislaasre devolved on them. The re- {
ply to fhe letter of Mr. Keen was left :
o the Superintendent.
Commissioner Al gave an oral report 2
m his recent visit to Waialee Indus =
rial School, where he found everything D
II first-class shape. There were 81 boys
,t the school, of whom 81 were HaWai- :
ans. The health of all was excellent .
With one exception, there being one 4
ase of pneumonia. He had arrived Z
and had had good op- =
.ortunity to watch the classas at their