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agreed. He saw no use in teaching

agreed. He saw no use in teaching
the children how to strip cane.
Industrial training got the axe on
motion of Douthitt.
Douthitt moved to strike out the
item of So, 800 for medical inspection.
Long defended the item, stating that
the matter was an important one. If
there had been medical inspection here
tofores there would not have been the
recent epidemic in the schools
Single made an address in favor
of medical inspection of school chill
dren in the abstract, which he said re-
quired law as we'll as an appropria
5ion. So far no such bill had been in
troduced in the House, probably be-
cause no one wanted to introduce it.
There was such bill in the Senate re-
curing medical inspection by govern
ment physicians, and he thought the
government physicians should do it.
He moved to cut the item out.
Health First.
Health first and these fancy schools
afterward,' said Sheldon. who referred
to the tgood old times.' when the
poor Hawaiians could go to the dis
pensaries of the government physi-
clans and secure the medicine that so
often proved 'Ethe stitch in time. - But
the trouble now is that the government
physicians are not paid enough. and if
it were not for the plantations they
could not live in the country.
Long thanked Sheldon for his re-
| marks, stating that this money would
go to these government physicians,
who would be appointed medical in
spectors. There are twenty-six govern
| ment physicians and the amount was
| not mueh, but it was some
Rice said he thought the money had
been intended for travelling physicians.
| Shingle reminded him that horse doc
tors were not included among the bene-
| fciaries of the bill.
| Long said one man could not inspect
the nineteen thousand children in the
| schools.
| The item was struck out, Hawaii and
a majority of the Maui and Kauai dele
| cations voting against the item.
Inspectors Luxury.
| Long moved to vote S14,400 fol
Normal inspectors. Rice wanted tt
know if two inspectors would not be
enough if the Superintendent himself
inspected the Oahu schools. Long said
| not.
! kamahu wanted to cut out the IN
| speetors and let the Superintendent and
| Commissioners attend to all the work
| Cariey made good address, urging
the members not to curtail the eff
| cheney of the education department, al
| though he stood with the rest in the
idea of economy. He praised the in
/ speetion work done on Maui and urgee
| the members not to make the serious
mistake of cutting the number or the
| pay of the inspectors.
Children Held Back.
| Furtado said he knew nothing about
| Maui, but he did know that if tins
children of Hawaii had never seen an in
speetor they would know ninety five
| per cent more than they do now. All tht
inspectors simply harassed the teach
| ers about fads and Inspected the build
! ings, paying no attention nj all 70 tht
| children. He thought there should bt
one man to look after school work ant
/ another to inspect the buildings. III
| compared the work done now viii
that of 4. T, Atkinson, who knew hi
business.
| ShingIe read letter from a Mau
| teacher, who thought it would be
! good thing if the soealed Norma
| Inspectors were done away with. H
| moved IN amendment of Kamahu
elimination motion, that there be on
inspector appropriated for at a salar
of 500 a month.
Nawahine Tells Stories.
Nawahine slammed Inspectors i
general and Wells in particular. whol
he had seen simply sitting in sehoo
rom lissening instead of at work il
speeting. He said that the childre
on Maui showed a lack of edueatio
and the fault Law, he thought. with til
school inspector. His own daughte
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