Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-04
MEETING Of BOARD
Of EDUCATION HELD
Superintendent 8abbitt
Tells OF Proposed
Eastern Trip

ing the open session, at least only
ioutine business was transacted and
no matter Of any especial moment was
brought up. The Board went into ex.
Ccutivc session before adjUurning, to
discuss some matter which Mrs Dow.
sett with an air of deep mystery said
was no matter for the newspapers.
The resignation of Miss Kaahanui.
the teacher at Kamalo, MOlOkai was
presented by Superintendent Rabbit
and was accepted by the Board. The
matter of the appointment of sue.
cessor went over to wait for the report
of the school agent. Mr.. Tullefson.
Miss McCorriston applied for the DO.
sltion, saying she would take 1t pro-
yided the salary were raised to S3j d
month. Simon X. Kalua was also az
applicant.
The Superintendent read letter.
signed by a number of Hawaiiaps and
Chinese, complaining Of Mr. anu Mrs.
McGregor, teachers at Hauula. The
complaints were that the MCGregOrs
talk too much and too loudly, quarrel
with one another, insist too strongly
ON the attendance Of the children in
all sorts Of weather, etc. A letter
from Mrs. McGregOr was also read, in
which she claimed that the letter Of
complaint was q piece of spite work,
and had been written by the niece OF
the deputy sheriff and signed by the
Hawaiians and Chinese. who did not
know what they We're signing Com.
mic L innnr TnYIHn cd,
committee of one to go with the school
agent to Hauula to investigate the
matter.
A letter was read from Mrs. Neal,
Il teacher at Kappa, requesting raise
of salary from S55 to $50 Mrs Neal
stated that unless she got the raise,
she would resign. Cyril Smith. the
principal, also sent a letter recon-
mending that the request be granted,
as he did not know what else could be
done, as no other teacher could be
found at Kappa, ana there are no ac-
commodations at that place for new
teacher from outside.
Neither the Superintendent nor the
Commissioners were in favor of grant.
ing the raise, both on account of the
bad precedent It would create. ANA be
cause Mrs. Neal had promised that
she would teach at Kapaa permanent,
ly II given $55. On the other hand,
II was admitted that Kappa has had
rough deal this year in the matter
of teachers, and the Board was not
inclined to subject the place to the
Inconvenience of losing teacher II
was finally decided that the Superin.
tendent should write TO the principal
and tell him to inform Mrs. Neal that
the Board expected her to stand by
her agreement.
Acting on suggestion made by let
ter by Mrs. Fraser, principal of Kaiu-
lani school, the Board passed a vote
of thanks to DR.. Bmnham for her
faithful and unrewarded services as
medical examiner of the school.
The Superintendent announced that
he would appoint Messrs. Garden and
Williamson to Pct on the Teachers
Committee
Superintendent Rabbit announced
that he had received an invitation
from United States Commissioner of
Education Il. Il. Brown to be present
at the Conference OF State Suporinten.
dents of Public Instruction TO be held
in Washington, February "a, and sPid
that Governor Frear has expressed the
wish that he should attend. lie reed
the letter from Commissioner Brown.
Mr.. Rabbit stated that he would leave
by the Korea this week, and would be
gone until about the middle of April.
Should occasion arise for any meet.
lngs of the Board, he had authorized
Commissioner Williamson to call the
members together and to take char ge.
During his absence, he said, he in
tended to look into several educational
matters in various cities of the main.
land. These would include the Massa,
chusetts system of medical inspection
of schools; school savings banks; the
school city system; industrial eluca.
ton as developed at Chicago; the ac,
tual working of travelling libraries, and
the subject of the physical welfare of
school children. He would also visit
some of the best schools in which az,
riculture, sewing, cooking, etc, are
taught
The superintendent announced that
the new High School building was
well under way, and said that Con.
tractor Chalmers had stated to him
that he would be ready for the corner,
stone laying probably about the first
of March. This matter, he said, Is in
the hands of the Alumni Association /.
The lady member then announced
in tone Of deep mystery that she had
something to communicate to the
Board which was not for the newspa
pers. Superintendent Rabbit asked
whether she wished the reporters to
withdraw, or would she be satisfied
with their promise to say nothing of
the matter in hand. She replied that
she wanted them to withdraw, and
they escaped.
III. &C.