The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-20
MUST
Be PUNCTUAL
Board of Education Opposed
to Dragging Out of
the Vacations.

The members of the Board or Edo-
cation put their feet down yesterday
on two or three things. AT their meet
ing, for one thing, it was decided that
the practise some Of the teachers have
Of going abroad for vacation and then
asking for an extension of their leave
of absence would have to be checked.
so a resolution was passed that in case
a substitute was asked for 1t would be
for the whole fall term, and in case
a teacher failed to appear on time
without notifying the board another
teacher would be put In the position
permanently.
This was brought up yesterday
through the application of Miss
Blanche soper for an extension of her
leave. although there We're other cases
in point. Miss soper had been granted
a leave of absence before school
closed and asked that a substitute be
provided until she could return The
substitute for the Normal School VIII
be appointed for the term, therefore
In the case of Canon Macintosh 5
request for leave of absence, the same
/ was granted for the fall term. but no
+ salary will be paid during that time.
I A leave of absence for three months
was also granted to c. F. True.
The resignation of Miss III. J. Cour-
sen of the Central Grammar School,
was accepted, and the former action
of the board regarding the appoint
nent of Mr.. Muller 10 the kallua
school was sustained, in spite OF tne
letter of Thomas Aiu Of Okana-
An opinion from the Attorney Cen
/ eraI in the matter of the buildings and
/ improvements put upon the ground:
! of the Puunene school by T. P. Rose
Grams and the request OF Mr.. Rose
Grams for compensation for the sarns
was read. The Attorney General SAID
IN response to your request for the
/ opinion of this department as 10 tn'
power of the Department of Public In
strt,ction to pay TO Mr. f. F.. Rose
Grams of Puunene. Maui, certain sun
for improvements which he has placed
upon school premises there located
during the time of his occupanc!
thereof as a teacher, and, further, a.
10 his right TO remove the building
referred to in your letter, and as I
the right of the department TO gran
him permission to remove the same
We give you the following advice:
where additions have been mad
To school premises by the occupant
thereof. and such additions are OF suci
| permanent character as TO becom
axfures. of course they can not with
| ont the consent of the Department o
P,rblic Instruction be removed iron
the PREMISES controlled by the depart
mant. There is no legal reason wh
the Department of Public instructor
sho;YId not be permitted to pay for I'm
| movements placed upon its property
the department believes that such i'm
provements are of value TO 1t.
"As to the question whether or no
: n is a wise precedent TO permit teach
ars RI make improvements upon puol
nronertv. and then claim the valu
thereof from the Territory, we do nc
advise you; but so far as the improve
r,an+s referred to in Mr. RosecranS
letter are concerned, 1t would seem tina
Won should be somewhat guided by IN
: corrsa Won would have pursued ma
Mr. Rosecrans applied to the Depart
ment Of Public Instruction for the i'm
movements which he from his CIV
means supplied for himself The de
nartment has the power to permit i'm
; movements upon school premises
nlaced thereon by the occupants Q
teachers. to be removed provided tina
such removal does not cause injury |
! | tt,e school premises"
: OPPOSED TO SIDE JOBS.
The following resolution, passed @
August 5. is being sent to each teacher
gentle intimatiOn that the sooner tn
teachers drop their outside work IN
: better pleased the board viii be- IN
resolution is:
Resolved. That the board go on rec
ord as being opposed to the practis
of its teachers engaging in pursuit.
s which may in any way tend 10 tas
T | time or interest from school work
! is felt that. with the restoration
salaries. the board is entitled to tn
hest efforts of all its teachers and TIA
recreation time should be used ft
rest and recuperatton rather than 4
other vocations.