The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-27

! entities us TO draw upon the approprla-
! tion s22,916.67 a month. Anything
drawn over that reduces the available
balance for the remainder of the bien-
nial period. The payrolls for Novem-
ber approximately equaled the monthly
pro rata. For December the monthly
pro rata was overdrawn by s13.79, thus
necessitating reduction in expenses
and this was accomplished by reducing
, the force in two schools from four to
three and three to two teachers re-
spectively and also diminution of
salaries paid to some substitutes for
regular teachers. BY this means there
was obtained a balance of $115.51 on
the credit side. The February balance
will be considerably smaller.
BETTER TEACHERS WANTED.
More and better teachers are con-
stantly in demand and, with present
contemplated building operations COM
pleted, not less than 10 teachers will
be needed. With our present pro rata
and salary list. it is going to be i'm
possible to supply them and the ques-
tion suggests itself-How shall we ar
range to get more teachers?
| That the present force is exceedingly
poorly paid is admitted without argu-
ment. That as a whole they are doing
their work willingly and WELL under
the meagre salaries, is cheerfully
granted. And yet the fact stares us
in the face that we need more teach
ers as well as better ones and that
there are no funds with which to pay
them under the present arrangements.
AS the salaries paid the teachers in
the summer vacation are variable,
owing to their length of service, there
Is always something saved from the
monthly pro rata and this balance to-
gether with the balances of the one
or two months of the school year
amounts to $4,769.3S which can be ap-
piled at the beginning of the next
school year for salaries of teachers.
1t does not seem wise to draw on this
balance until we see exactly how we
are coming out.
MAKE TEACHERS SWEEP.
The only solution that presents it.
self is to reduce or wholly cut off the
janitors in the various schools in the
district of Honolulu. This unques-
tionably means an added burden on
the teachers and 1t may be an open
question whether 1t is wise method.
We are at the present time employ
ing:
2 Janitors, Kaahumanu School. .$55 90
l Janitor, Pohukaina and Hawai-
anao. ........................ 25. 90
Janitor, Kaakopua ............ 20. 90
Janitor, Maemae ............... 10. 90
Janitor Kauluwela ............. % 90
Janitors, Kaiulani ............. 81. 90
Janitors, Normal ............... 60 90
Janitors, High .................. 55 .0O
z Janitors, Royal ................. 80 .00
Janitor, Kalihiwaena .......... 12 sc
making total of 1872. so per month for
janitors for ten of the schools in the
district of Honolulu or a total for the
biennial period $S940 for these ten Ho-
nolulu schools while outside of Homo
lulu, so far as l know, there is but
one janitor employed namely at Hilo,
who has charge of four different school
buildings at Il salary of $50 per month.
1t has been argued that the condi-
tions of the buildings and the char
, acter of the students differ from the
outlying districts. That if this extra
, work be imposed upon the children
their parents will ask for their release
from school or transfer to different
schools where they will not be obliged
to work The argument has also been
; advanced that the teachers are sc
poorly paid now that we have nc
moral right to ask more of them
Granting that this last argument has
some force, the fact remains that the
Honolulu teachers as a whole are bet.
ter paid than those in the outlying
districts and this work has been ex,
5 pected of them whereas 1t has not beer
required of those in Honolulu.
The matter practically resolves 1t
y self into the question of teachers o.
4 janitors. We need more teachers. w,
> have not money to pay for them un
: less we reduce or dispense with tn,
janitor service.
E TEACHERS FEEL IT.
D There is among some, and I feal
e among many, of the teachers a feel
e ing that If the department can furnish
s material for manual training work
:, school supplies, flags, etc, that tina
: money might be used to pay the teach
n 6rs better salaries, They do not re
, alize the fact that the amounts ex
a pended for these various things ar
n under specific appropriations by tn
8 Legislature, and that the department
has not the power to divert none
from one appropriation to another.
The only one from which we ca
pay teachers, 1anltors, ETC., Is the ap
preparation Payroll. Support c
- Schools" and this. as / have shown /
e the figures above, is drawn almost tC
u and in one case over, its monthly pr
'e rata,
'e SALARIES TOO SMALL.
In support OF the assertion that sal
aries are all too small. beg TO sub
lie NIT the following table OF teachert
salaries:
No. Salary
l. Teachers, Per Montl
f'''''.''''''''..'','., lOOo
81 l.,,,,,,,.,.,,.,..,..... 1890
er l..,.,.,,,.,,,..,....,. 1000
of s.,.,.........,....,.,. $500
IL 2.,.,,.,,,,.,,,,,,,.,. $500
y s''''''''' '''s'''','',.,,'.,,'', 5000
he n,.,,,,,,,.,,..,,,,,,,,, $500
nj s...........,.,,,,,,,.,, $50
20 S,.,,,,,,,,,.".,,,,,, to.oo