Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-29
{. J, HUI(H|NS' FIRST
EDUCATOR SESSION
wCommissiOner Starts
In On Duties OF
New Office

NtW UIllUS
Commissioner Clinton j iutchins,
the newly appointed Commissioner ct
Public Instruction. made his FIRST np-
pearancc az the meeting Of the Board
held yesterday afternoon. Others pres
cnt with the Superintendent and SeCr"-
tary were Commissioners Mrs Duwsett
Al. and Harrington
superintendent Rabbit greeted the
new Commissioner, who responded
briefly that he had never taught school
or attended college but has a deep in
tcrest In education and the public
schools and will cudcavor to IN the
position accoptably The appointment
Of iiutchins Is highly satisfactory to
other members Of the Board
The regular business of the meeting
was short. Miss Paris of Kona wrote
in behalf of MIR Pohina, teacher get
ting the munliccnt salary of SIS per
month who thought he ought to have
more. II appears, however. that Mr..
Pohina made no effort To take the
teachers examination last summer
though specially requested to be on
hand Had he made the struggle and
Jailed he could have appealed To the
Board To better advantage. Under the
circumstances It was believed best 10
let him wait
Inspector King sent In a list OF tranr-
fers and appointments made necessary
by designations and death among teach
ers on the island OF Hawaii. His action
was approved.
Mrs. NcttiC l.. Scott has asked for
q diploma. The granting or not de-
Ponds ON the technical standing Of tho
woman's college she attended This
matter will be looked up by the Super
intcndCnt
The resignation of Miss Helen Smith
Of the Royal School was accepted.
Superintendent Babbitt read his let
| ter to the Attorney General asking for
an opinion on the private school law.
When all the questions are answered
the Commission will know all about
the law.
Robert Law OF the Royal School re-
| quesled the Beard to grant him the
! privilege of exchanging positions for II
time with some teacher IN Australia.
1t was deemed advisable To stick to the
usual method OF filling vacancies and
granting leave OF absence.
Mrs. DOwsCtt reported that there
were members Of the Geography COM
mittcc yet to be heard from. After
discussing the matter, she decided to
call meeting OF this committee some
time during the week In order 10 get
more definite and prompt action from
the slow ones.
Superintendent Babbitt announced
the arrival of Edward N. Blanchard for
the position of science teacher at the
High School. Blanchard started In at
the school Monday. lie III n graduate
of Worcester Academy and Harvard,
and promises well.
The request of Miss Mary +. Potter
a teacher In the Hilo High, for leave
of absence on account of III health was
Granted, subject to the approval b"
the Superintendent of her substitute.
1 During the meeting Superintendent
Babbitt read report from Inspector
King on the Japanese private schools
in and about Hllo. II seems that the
Japanese were pioneers at Kaumana.
They had the first school In the place
When civilization" arrived In the per.
son ana character of the public school
the japanese children attended accord
ing 10 law. and went to the japanese
school after regular hours. There are
! private japanese schools at Wainaku
Kukumi, South Hilo; the Shire
school, South FIilo; Waiakea, and TIVE
at Olaa Nine miles.
The children of all these schools at.
tend after the hours OF the pablo
schools, and are taught principally IN
reading, writing, geography and his
tory. None of the schools interfere
with the attendance at the public
schools.
On query being made as to the con
ditIon of the Hilo High school, Super
intondcnt Babbitt read from the report
of Principal Richmond. The school Il
growing and proves that Hilo IL "A good
field for such an institution. When tho
Legislature appropriates for the fur
nishings, the school will move into Ia
rev building