Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-18
BULLETINS PRIZE
OFFER ACCEPTED
Board of Education Votes
To Endorse The
Contest

The Board of Education, at the
meeting held at o'clock yesterday
afternoon, voted to accept the b u l.
letin S offer of five prizes of S26.
each, to be awarded to the five
schools, one on each of the Islands,
which shows the best results during
the 'school-year in manual training,
especially along the line of agricul-
ture.
This matter was the first one taken
up by the Board. Superintendent
Babbitt brought It up, and stated that
the more he had thought of the prop
osition, the better he liked 1t. The
offer, he said, was in line with his
own previously expressed wish that
the people of the Territory should be
kept as fully informed as possible of
what is going on in the public schools.
The only conditions imposed by the
Bu e t n were that at least five
schools on each Island must enter into
the competition, and that some pupil
from each school must write letter
to the h u ] @ { n each week, telling
of what goes on in the school.
Through the publication OF these let
tiers. Mr.. Babbitt said, the people
would have an opportunity to know
what the schools are doing. He rec
commended that the offer be accepted
with the hearty thanks of the Board.
Mr.. Hutchins agreed with Mr.. Bah
bitt in what he had said, and made
motion that the Board accept the Of
fer. Superintendent Rabbit put the
motion, which was carried unani-
mously. Those present at the meet
ing were Superintendent Babbitt and
Commissioners Hutchins, Warehouse
and Garden.
The only other matter considered
by the Board was the applications of
The various private schools through
out the Territory to be officially rec
ogniZed by the Board of Education as
private school{ within the meaning
ri the law. THIS means that those so
recognized have the same standing as
| public schools so far as compulsory
attendance Is concerned, attendance
| At them counting the same as attend
cnce at the public schools.
There were fifty applications pre-
sented, all Of which were passed upon,
md all but about half dozen were
| approved. The following is the list
| Of those to which certificates were
| granted
Iolani College, st. Louis College,
| Oahu College, Punahou Preparatory,
Kawaiahao Seminary, Mills Institute,
| Grove Farm (Lihue), Hilo Free Kin
| lergarten, Chinese Mission (South
| Hilo), Valley School, Hilo Boarding
school, Waikiki Private School, La
naina Kindergarten, st. ,Mary's
School, Maunaolu Seminary (Paia,
MAUD, Sisters of the Sacred Hearts,
| st. Anthony's, st. Joseph Girls
school, Fort Street Kindergarten, st.
Peters, Vineyard Street Kindergar-
ten, Honolulu Free Kindergarten, Pa
lama Kindergarten, Miller Street Kin
'iergarten, Echo Hill School, st. An.
| mes, Kohala Girls School, Fenton
Smith School, Kamehameha Schools,
It. Raphael School on Kauai, Hawai-
ahao Kindergarten, Henry and Doro-
thy Castle Memorial Free Kindergar-
ten, Kona Orphanage, st. Andrews
Priory, Aala School, Paia Plantation
| kindergarten, Alexander Settlement
Kindergarten (Wailuku), Kaiulani
Home, Paia Private School, Central
Kona Private, Bishop Home (Kalau-
1apa), Baldwin Home (Kalawao), Sa.
cred Heart (Waiohinu), japanese Pri.
vate School (Puunene).
The Lahaina Chinese School and
the japanese school on Nuuanu street
were refused certificates on account
Of the fact that the English language
Is not used most in instruction. Ger.
tifcates to the Japanese school al
Puunene and the Moiliili japanese
,chool were held up pending further
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