The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-06
BEAUTY IN
EDUCATION
Children to Be Taught
to Improve School,
lots.

At its meeting yesterday afternoon
lead of Commissioner c. L. Wight
took up the matter of making the
public school grounds beautiful, and
while there was no definite action
there was the revelation of the ex-
istence of a very commendable spirit
/ in the Board in line with public senti-
ment
| The discussion grew out of the re-
port of Superintendent Rabbit on his
late visit to Kauai, and the asking OF
| a question by Mr.. Wight as to wheth-
er school principals had been made to
understand that they were responsible
for the cleanliness of school premises
as well as for the entire discipline OF
their schools
| Mr. Wight proposed a resolution
making them responsible for c1eanli-
mess of buildings and grounds, but
Superintendent Rabbit suggested that
it might be wiser to reach it in anoth-
er way, without publicity. His plan
was to embody these matters in the
reports of the normal agents, along
| with reports on discipline and the
general conditions in the schools. Some
of the principals had been somewhat
surprised even to know that they were
responsible Cor discipline in all the
| rooms, that it was part of their duty
to see that discipline was preserved.
| There had been too much of a DISPOSE
ton on the part of principals to merely
make polite suggestions to teachers.
That was being done away with, and
the matter of cleanliness would be at
tended to in the same way.
Mr. Wight let it go at that, as to
| cleanliness, but he spoke once more
upon the matter of making school
grounds beautiful. These yards might
as we'll be beauty spots, instead of
looking like a cross between drunk
ards door yard and deserted home"
Then he proposed the offer of some
kind of a premium for the best kept
land prettiest school grounds, but the
Superintendent said it would be al
most impossible to make fair award,
owing to differing conditions
MAKE THEM BEAUTIFUL
| He favored improving the school
premises, as the entire board did, but
said there was no money available for
the purpose. However,, the teachers
and the children were coming to work
in the school yards more and more. He
had supplied garden tools and seeds
to most of the schools, and he hoped
the time would soon come when he
could get them carpenters tools as
well.
IT think they ought to be encourag-
ed to plant nasturtiums. and red lilies
and ferns that they can go out and
get beside the road said Mr.. Wight
THE red lilies grow right in the
ground, and would improve the school
yards very much"
| And the whole Board agreed again
/ So there will be a spirit of making
beautiful awakened in the schools. I'll
does as much good as anything they
get out of books" said Mr.. Rabbit.
You can learn as much out of doors
as in said Commissioner Harrington
There were present at the meeting
yesterday Commissioners Wilcox, Jor-
dan, Al, Harrington. Won Holt ane
Wight. and the superintendent.
The minutes were read and the re-
port of the school committee taken u,
and approved, with the exception tina
| Mrs. Knight was appointed assistan
at the Normal with a salary of $40 in
stead of S35, and Miss KlIegel was ap
pointed additional supervisor of tn
training class during Mrs. Woods alb
sence at a salary of $1S33. These tw
twill divide Mrs. Woods work betweel
them.
SHEEPSKIN DIPLOMAS.
The resignation of Rosalie Weir a
assistant teacher at Waipahu was ac
cepted, to take effect at the emu o
= | the term.
1
- the patriotic program and sent it a
81 a mark of respect to Senator L. L. Nc
Candless, who had paid for the worl
1t was agreed that the Superinten
dent should be authorized to order on
81 hundred parchment diplomas for hig
81 school graduates from Payot, Uphar
81 & Co, of San Francisco, these diploma
to be paid for by the graduates then
ia selves when they were received. ON
81 hundred will last the Board for sewers
"a years. They will cost pupils from ST.
81 to $500 each.
Ia Authorization was given for the ir
ID stallation of an electric power plant
ID be sufficient for all needs, present an
8 to come, in the manual training dc
E partment of the normal school, sue
81 plant to cost SIS per month for powe
IS OF this. the training class will pay fiv
81 dollars a month from its own fund
as long as its money lasts. The insta
"a lation is to be by the Hawaiian Ele'
trio Company. In this connection, tt
81 Superintendent reported continued II
"a terest among the teachers who ha
ID taken up the manual training cours
@ with a view to teaching it hereafter
81 A petition was read from Nahiku fl
ID the location of the school in a certai
IS place the Superintendent saying tia
"a he would take up the matter later.
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
"a 1t was reported that the plantatio
y had given a desirable lot for a scho
= house at Paauhau. and agreed to Ian
y | the lumber and haul it to the site.
the land ceases to be used as scho
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