The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-20
ANNUAL REPORT OF
PRESIDENT GR|FF|THS

The following is the annual report of
President a. +. Grifiiths, to the Trustees
of Oahu College, for the school year
ending June 80, 1906:
To the Board of Trustees of the Oahu
College.
Gentlemen: / submit to you my
fourth annual report covering the school
year l9O5.1906. 1t consists very largely
of the reports of the teachers and the
summary of conditions made by your
president which were presented to you
at the joint meeting held in May. This
report contains also some additional in
formation in the form of tables of sta.
tistics and comments on noteworthy
conditions.
We have been working this year with
the smallest possible teaching force.
All of the teachers have had their time
well filed. The pressure has, of course,
come at the close of the year when ex-
ira classes for college preparatory stu
dents are necessary. Next year, if our
plans for new teachers carry successful
ly, the work on the individual teacher
particularly in the college ought to be
materially lessened. l shall be glad to
have this so as it will give the teachers
not only time for more thorough work
but also opportunity for the perform
ance of so many of the extras which
contribute SO largely to the successful
running of the school.
1t is my plan to have the teachers
have as many points of contact with
the pupils as possible. 1t works to the
advantage of both. The teachers who
enter most into the life of the students
are the ones who, other things being
equal, have most influence with the
students as individuals and as a student
body. This close association with the
students has long prevailed in athletics
where it has been good for all concern
ed. My plans are now to extend this
system in all eXpedient ways. The dra-
matte club is a beginning, as are the
volunteer classes in Parliamentary Law
and Debating, and the excursions afeld
in Science. The faculty have formed
teams and played the regular school
teams in various sports usually with
disastrous results as far as the score
was concerned, but with beneficial re-
suits as far as the establishing of cor
dial relations is concerned. / am glad
to be able to report most harmonious
year with cases of discipline few and
unimportant and with teachers working
quite generally in accord with the stu
dents and among themselves. :.
GAIN IN REGISTRATION.
may be pardoned if / refer again
to the satisfactory registration in all
departments. The catalogue shows
gain of more than 25 per cent. over last
year. In the Preparatory School there
has been a gain of SO per cent. in two
years. 1t is not possible that this can
long continue. We are approaching a
point where we shall have as many as
we can comfortably accommodate, espe-
cially in the college. The great advant-
age in numbers will be that we can ex-
ercise process of selection in those we
take and those we keep. As we in
crease in numbers, too, it must be re-
membered that an increase in teachers
will be necessary. give herewith two
tables of statistics. Table A shows for
the school year l9O5-1906 for all de-
partments the total registration, the
total income and the average attend
ance, determined by dividing the in
come of the department for the year by
the tuition charge for the year.
Table B gives in tabular form the
main facts about enrolment for six
years, beginning with the last year of