The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-03
Atkinson Thinks
There Will Be
Money.
Not Necessary to Open
New Schools at
This Time.

I'VE SHOULD NOT SQUEAL UN-
~rII, WE ARE PINCHED."
with the foregoing epigram Acting
Governor Atkinson rounded off sum-
mary of the educational SITUATION
wherein he ventured to show that the
public schools were not yet in a quite
desperate state with relation to sub
sistence.
Mr.. Atkinson did not touch on the
question of the school tax. half OF
wbicb goes to the counties for spend
ing upon anything but schools. Neitner
did he discuss the low scale of pay
for country teachers.
What the Acting Governor talked
about on this occasion was the pres
ent condition of the school funds that
the Legislature provided. with relation
tn the need of additional teachers IN
existing schools and to the deslrapllily
Of rroeuring teachers for new schools
projected Conclusions he reached IN
dicate that there is a goodly margin
Of appropriation wherewith to increase
the teaching staff, and that the next
LEGISLATURE Will be in session carry
enough to relieve any serious pinch
that may occur, covering the last ioui
months of the biennial period.
An opinion that escaped Mr.. Athiii-
son in nassing was that there was no
occasion for any public excitement over
tho fact that the Legislature had ap-
nropriated loan money to erect many
NEW school houses, While neglectihs
utterly to vote appropriations Tor the
-sElaries of teachers to conduct schoois
in snch buildings This. for the pres
ant roav be relegated to the category
of legislative freaks WhateVer IL
iury may be done thereby is a matter
to he settled between the people OF ifie
districts injured and the representa-
tives they elected to look out Tor theli
interests So far as the Departilien'
of Education or the GoVerhlIleli' -
concerned no responsibility 1or .e
anomaly should be accepted Let Tue
consequences be taken home oy the
,,ao,,te themselves, with the chance that
thev NAV elect representatives hereaIt-
er who will avoid such blunders. Such
are the sentiments of the executive
fairly paraphrased.
A BUSY DAY.
IT. was at the close of a very busy
aav with callers and clearing up OF
accumulated business also it was more
tbar an hour past the usual closing
time in the departments, when W. n
Rabbit. SUPERINTENDENT of Puohc IN
.struction. waited on the Acting GOV
ernor yesterday. After beng lhsioe
ahont half an hour Mr.. Babbitt. on
looming out. referred an Advertiser re-
norter to Mr. Atkinson for lnfornla-
4ion on the results of the conference
Acting Governor Atkinson for sec
.ond time within an hour admitted ILiT
seeker for news and. inviting HIM TO
he seated proceeded with the aid OF
,,,en1ora nda to make a statement on
the subject that has agitated the con>
1ounity for a week or more.
..T+ seems to be a we'll inStilled IDEA
in the popular mind" Mr.. Atkinson
heaan. that the question is that OF
.cboice between teachers and Jan1tors. |!
7 think a good many people did not |
road Mr. Babbitt's letter very care .
fully. |
."The real question is whether or not
Mr.. Rabbit can employ all the teach-
erS required III the sueoeo7hN
rnent of our schools.
mn Rabbitt estimates that by the
end of the present biennial perlod,
.T,1ne. 30 1907. on the present basis ana
without any increase of teachers
which is sorely needed-he would nave
a balance of s6323.Ss, this after pro-
viding for the pay of all the present
teachers and janitors.
.'At the present time there are heeo-
ed one teacher at Eva, one at "ala-
Ina one at Hamakua uapoko. one at the
Normal and one at Napoopoo, besides
shortly one at Pahala, according 10
present Indications
NEW. TEACHERS NEEDED
EITHER today or before the oegin-
ming of another school year, new poi1a-
ings are either authorized or have oeeh
erected--at all events will be ready LOT
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