The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-08

SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS.
Senate bill to encourage saving
among school children, for second read
ing, produced some of the most elo-
quent debating of the session, Pre-
sident Smith, taking the floor, and
.Chilingworth brought heavy artillery
into play in defense of the measure,
ultimately saving 1t by one vote from
tabling and passing It by three votse.
Fairchild led the attack with the
remark that the bill did not appeal
to him at all, in establishing banks
in schools when there were four or
five savings banks in Honolulu. IL
seemed to be measure to increase
work and expense i'm the school de-
partment, which was already receiv-
ing one-fourth of the entire revenue.
Robinson understood that Mckinley
High School had already gone to ex-
pense in preparing a system.
Fairchld replied that elsewhere
commercial departments IN schools
used counterfeit currency.
Coelho looked to the want being
supplied by the proposed federal post
office savings banks. St. Louis Col
lege in Honolulu and st. Joseph Col
lege in Waikiki conducted good COM
mercial departments with initiation
business paper.
Robinson caused a laugh by the
remark that some were saying the
teachers were not doing enough work
and others that they were not get
ting enough pay, and this was some
thing to give them work.
Quinn thought the schools should
be confiped to a common school edu-
cation. He had no use for all these
fads. - "a.
President Smith was sorry the COM
mittee had restricted the bill to Ho-
nolulu. He took no stock in the OBJ
iections heard. The purpose of the
bill was not only for the saving OF
money by the children but to teach
them the great advantages OF saving.
AS to fads, these islands had enjoy
ed common school education for sew
enty or eighty years, but enough had
not been done in the line OF pro-
gress, in manual training and other
modern methods OF instructing the
young.
Chillingworth made a ringing speech
of considerable length on behalf of
the bill. Not one argument of COM
mon sense had been made against
it. He referred to the school city gov
eminent created in the Royal School,
saying that by such methods the chill
dren were taught how to act when
they grew up to be men and women.
There was no call for higher pay on
account of these new things. He was
entitled to speak for Hawaiians and
would say they were not a saving
race. Everything should be done to
teach them habits of frugality. If a
vote of teachers were taken on this
bill not one would be found against
it,
Harvey was opposed to the bill Oh
account of the annoyance it would
cause to parents in being Emporium
ed for money to deposit in the school
bank. 7AyEa
Baker was opposed to the form Of
the bill. It's idea was good but its
provisions or lack thereof would make
trouble. There ought to be a pro
vision for bonds from teachers He
moved to defer action till Monday.
Quinn, replying to Chillngworth's
arguments, said the less children vera
taught politics the better for them.
He ridiculed high school commercial
teaching. One of the graduates in his
, employ did not know enough to an
swer the telephone.
Chillingworth replied that there was
not a high school on Gods green
earth without a commercial depart
ment.
Fairchild moved to lay the bill on
the table.
The motion to defer the bill to Mon
! day was put and lost.
The motion to lay the bill the table
was lost on the following vote:
Ayes-Brown, Ccelho, Fairchild
! Harvey, Knudsen, Moore, QUINN.
Noes-Baker Chillingworth, Kala
ma, Makekau, Mccarthy, Robinson
Smith, Woods-S.
Makekau moved that the bill as
amended by committee pass SECOND
reading, and then the conflict ragged
anew. n
The bill pssaed second reading or
the following vote:
Ayes-Baker, Chillingworth, Kala
ma, Knudsen, Makekau, Mccarthy
Robinson, Smith Woods-9
Noes-Brown, Coelho, Fairchild
Harvey. Moore, Quinn-6.