The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-12
REPORTED ON
OUR SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT BABBITT HAS
STATED THE STATUS OF THE
PtBLIC SCHOOLS.

superintendent Of Public instruction
Babbittt has received his report from
the printer, covering the period from
December 81, 1904 to December 81, 1906
His report is exceedingly interesting
and is Illustrated by means of pictures
and colored diagrams. one table that is
especially significant is that which
shows the relative proportion of the
nationality of children attending the
public schools during the year, 1906 1t
shows the proportion of attendance in
the public schools to have been Ha-
waiian % per cent, japanese % per
cent; part Hawaiian 10 per cent; Chi
nese 9 per cent; Portuguese 10 per cent
American 3 per cent and all other ma
tionalit.es 6 per Get.
Tables showing the percentage and
nationality of the pupils at the
various schools are given Embraced
/ i'm the report are such reports from
Charles w. Baldwin, Charles r. King
| Edgar Wood. NJ. NJ. Scott, c. A. Mac
1 Donald f. A. Richmond, r. II. Gibson,
Sarah Dexter, Anna g. Tucker. Nina
| J. Adams, Mrs. Wilcox, Hiss Apana,
/ Lltitia NJ. Walker and w. McCluskey,
as is a supplementary report by the
! department of education on the con-
current resolution relative to educa-
tion i'm the territory, adopted by the
legislature of 1905, and also a report
by w. Y. Pope on the status and flu
ture needs of the industrial and train
ing department in the Hawaiian
shcols,
The opinion from the attorney gen
erals department relative to the right
of the school authorities to enforce a
supervision over private schools in the
territory has not been completed. II
had been expected that the report
would be ready to be considered at the
meeting Of the board of education yes
terday but the opinion had to be de-
layed and will not be ready until the
next meeting of the board, which will
occur about February 25.
The issues presented by Superinten.
dent Babbittt for the attorney generals
department to determine. form decided
! ~ complex proposition and have en-.
tailed far more work and study thar
does the average opinion asked of that
department. Heretofore the particular
sections of the statutes under which
the board of education was supposed tC
secure its authority in this matter
were supposed to be a sort of dead
letter so far as the various details OF
their enforcement We're concerned. but
now that a careful consideration Of
the statutes is to be required, a large
amount of study has to be given to the
case.
There are some sections of the laws
that will undoubtedly, be found to. be
tinopeIstiYe for the reason, that they
provide no punishment for any viola.
ton of the provisions of the law 9th.
er parts of the laws may be held to be
waldo But there is such an amount OF
chaff to be sifted from the wheat, thai
the department has found it necessary
to proceed carefully.
Indeed the conditions between japan
and the United States are in such ar
acute stage that it would not be sur
Iprsing If the attorney generals de-
partment. to a certain extent, allowed
itself to be considering this feature OF
the affair and be endeavor ng to render
an opinion that would be both within
the law, as well as would serve the
best interests of the nation at the same
], time. Both Attorney General Peters
and NJ. F. Prosser the chief deputy
have been giving this question atten-
ton.