The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-01


be vastly better off in tine reform
school man out of it.
VERY FINE PLACE.
Mr.. Richards remarked that there
was a twofold difficulty. He visited
the Boys Industrial School a few
months ago and found it one of the
best equipped boarding schools in the
country So fine 81 place was it, in
deed, that ne was betrayed into talk
ing to the pupils about their advan-
tages. In some cases parents wanted
to get their children in there, where
everything was so comfortable and
well conducted. The question of
parental delinquency should be taken
up.
Mr.. Babbitt read from Mr.. Gibson's
report some facts and figures about
the institution. The expenses of the
school for last year amounted to $16-
1876. To a certain extent it cost as
much for a few as for many inmates.
Thirty acres of sugar cane were Gull
t1vated, which would yield a goodly
revenue. When the institution got
control of all the taro land coming to
it, it would be able not only to raise
all the taro needed by itself but fur
nish some for other public institu-
tons There are now 81 pupils. Last
year the number ran from 106 down
to 81, the average being fraction over
g.
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.
Senator Dickey suggested that they
should try to have probationers placed
near the officers reporting them.
Mr.. Boyd thought the officers should
have power to arrest truants
s,,f~ l.
Judge Whitney that orders in court to
boys had no force in law, but had
value only in moral effect. In answer
to Lyle A. Dickey, who questioned
the powers of officers without ar !
rests, he repeated his former remark /!
about the proba bility of voluntary sub |
mission to parole by casual truants.
Mr.. Richards again spoke about |
making it an object of keeping boys |
out of the reform school By doing so |
a saving was made for the Territory, |
while the suggestion of committal, in /
case of incorrigibility, would give
them a good hold on the boy. There |
should be legislation of penalties for
derelict parents who shirked their
duties to have their children cared for !
by the state.
AS SPECIAL POLICE.
Mr.. Rabbit asked if it would help
to have probationary officers made
special truant officers.
Senator Dickey questioned if truant
officers could make arrests.
Mr.. Rath said one truant was
brought up before Judge Whitney that
morning by a truant officer.
Here there was a side inspection of
the educational code by Senator
Dickey and Mr.. Rabbit 1t seemed to
show some authority for catching tru-
ants without formal process
Mr.. Rabbit, at all events, said he
would be glad to take the matter up
for full inquiry, and if such power
existed to issue authority from the
Educational department. and then ask
the sheriff to confer the authority of
special officers upon the probationary
officers.
At this stage some personal in
quirfes about certain boys were made,
in the course of which a prevalent
ruse of truants was revealed. This
was to enter a school and get a re-
lease from it on the plea that the
applicant was going to live in another
part of the city. Thus he managed ,
to get himself lost until some eagle
eye detected his game.
Mention was made of boys of school
age to be seen playing hockey or work
ing for wages in many quarters.
Mr.. Rabbit feared that to have
teachers report to probationary Off
GERS would be inconvenfent.. He
thought it would be better to have all
reports made to Judge Whitney.
Lyle a. Dickey thought it would be
better to avoid, so far as possible,
the bringing of boys into court He J
mentioned how Judge Lindsey of Den
yer, through questioning of one boy
before him, got number OF
boys to submit to probation without I
of the court.
Mr.. Richards told of a visit he had t
paid to Judge Lindsey's court and an 6
interview he had with the judge e
Mr.. Rabbit invited the suggestion of c
a. definite plan of procedure. The re- g
suit was an agreement upon the con- Z
elusion quoted at the beginning of this v
report. i,
'.I believe that, by following this sys- g
tenn, we can eventually round up all 5
the truants," Mr.. Babbitt concluded
An understanding having been reach a
ID an the trip to Waialee decided on, | c
he conference adjourned. S
THE PRINCIPLE STATED.
Hon Ben. B. Lindsey, father of the $
Juvenile court and the judge of that t
,ne in Denver which has made I
amous this movement for the rescue
If erran boys. is quoted in a hand Y
,ook on the subject as reprinted partly t
below He is relating the history OF
wo boys brothers, one of whom had r
lot the benefit of the Juvenile court e
which the other one had, and he says: Il
.sFrequent talks with this boy, in
crest and assistance of the right kind, d
ave made him know rightly and I'M
erstand He is a young man, now,
working hard ambitious and proud to
o right He was never IN trouble ;.
gain He is a good citizen. No mat :,
err how cities may theorize as to the IL
fleet of such an incident; TINS Is the w
act. We cannot say the SAINT ,oI ~ 81
rother, who was subJeeIed TO tue Jan w