The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04
LACE MAKING
IN SCHOOLS
Royal School, Principal
Overruied--.Bo
Meeting.

! Whether lace-making should or should
! ed more discussion than any other item
on the order of business at the meet
| ing of the Board Of Education yester-
day afternoon. 1t was finally settled
| resolution. moved by Mr.. Won Holt and
| seconded by Mr.. harrington:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
, the Board that Iace-making should be
those desiring to take it, and that
the proper officers with the Superin-
tendent take the matter up
On the subject of patriotic exercises
a letter from Senator McCandless, don
or of the prize money in that regard.
was read, approving the Boards plan.
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
Supt. Rabbit announced the result
of his elaboration on the teachers ex-
aminations. He suggested that the
number OF papers be reduced to eight,
that each paper should count 100
credits, parts of hundreds in the old
scheme to be put together for this pur-
pose, that there should be two exam
nations each on Wednesday and
Thursday, and that there be no speci-
fed time allowance, but papers be
handed to candidates first thing in the
morning. There must be some new
subjects put in adding q little higher
arithmetic, also nature study, and
American and Hawaiian history.
Mr. Rabbit submitted the following
lists of examiners and, there being no
rule to require their approval by the
Board they were accepted without a
motion:
Primary-C. w. Baldwin, chairman;
methods of teaching. geography;
Rhoda Green mathematics; Margaret
Mossman, music; w. t. Pope, physical
geography, hygiene and nature study;
Mrs. Marshall, drawing; Mrs. Crockett,
history: Mrs. Creighton, English and
composition.
Grammar-W T. Pope, chairman,
physiology hygiene and nature study;
Mrs. Tucker. music: Miss Zfegler,
mathematics: Miss Snow, history; Mr..
Donagho. English; Mrs. Marshall,
drawing; c. w. Baldwin, methods of
teaching geography.
THE HARRIS PRIZES.
Mr. Rabbit read letter from Bal ,
lou & Marx attorneys for Mrs. Mamie
Rice announcing an annual gift from
that lady of $50 for prizes in the
schools of Kaneohe and Kailua, Oahu.
They were to be called the Harris
prizes''-after the late Chief Justice of /
Hawaii, c. C. Harris, brother of the
donor-and to be given every year so
long as Mrs. Rice was the konohiki of !,
the Kaneohe ahupuaas.
OTHER BUSINESS.
Mr.. Rabbit appointed Mr.. Won Holt
and Mrs. Jordan as committee to
draw up a suitable memorial resolu-
ton on the late A. IT. Atkinson.
Miss Peterman made application for
the teachers vacancy at Waiohinu.
Kau Mrs. Anna NJ. Lennox resigned
her place in Makaweli school. Referred
to teachers committee.
Miss ClayDool wrote for a Hawaiian
first-class primary certificate on the
strength of a similar grade certificate
from California Granted.
Supt. Babbitt reported on visit he
had paid TINS week 10 the SCHOOLS d.
Moanalua, waiau, waipahu, Pearl City
and Eva. I
DR.. A. B. Clark had his written re-
quest granted for right OF way
through the High School grounds for
his automobile, it being understood as
a mere courtesy with a guarantee from
Dr. Clark that the school children
should not be disturbed.
discussion of the question of best
time for Board meetings ended in fix
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