Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-01
House Votes Big
sum FOR TEACHERS
Industrial Training Bit
terly Attacked
and Cut Out
MEDICAL INSPECTION ITEM
IS ALSO ELIMINATED
Number Of School Inspectors Reduc-
ed to One - Superintendent
Babbitt Gets Severe
Roast
HOUSE.

The appropriations Tor the SCHOOLS
of the Territory of Hawaii were passed
yesterday afternoon by the House OF
Representatives The amount of
teachers salaries was placed at s775,-
600, an increase of $4,000 over the cs.
innate of Governor Frcar. Rice even
wanted to raise the figure to 100000,
in order to allow of more teachers be.
ing employed. but after some discus
sion the House voted to let the figure
of $4,000 stand.
Manual training nthe public schools
came in for fierce attack by Sheldon
and Douthitt, who declared IL a fake
and the worst kind of a farce. Their
attack was successful, the industrial
training appropriation being cut cut
despite the vigorous protests Of Long.
This industrial trainln y-as they
call it" said sheldon. The chill.
dren don't get any training. What does
a lady teacher know about planting
sweet potatoes or cabbages? She's all
right TO teach the children to make
lace. but when II comes to telling them
how to plant vegetables when they
know more about II than she does
why. it's farce. Rice was also of the
opinion that II would be better to cut
out the itom ;Jr Industrial training and
add the money to the pay of the teach.
crs.
Long defended the item. He thought
the children should he taught to know
the value of the agricultural industry.
II he had his way he would ask for an
appropriation Of $4,000 or 500 900 for
that specific item.
Kaleiopu was sure the lady teachers
could plant cabbages as well as the
men. He favored the item in the bill.
81 don't believe in this manual train.
ing myself" said Douthitt. II think
the money ought to, be spent for some
other purpose. ! move to strike out
the item entirely" Kaniho supported
this motion. On the vote being taken
the item was stricken out
No Medical inspection.
Medical inspection of the school
children was also attacked, Douthitt
moved that the $l2,500 item for this
purpose be stricken out. Long object.
ed. II there had been such an item at
the time OF the epidemic ut WalluKu,
there would never have been any cpl.
demlc, he said. Single supported The
motion TO cut the item nut on The
ground that n such work ia IN be done
4, sbouId no nv Tho Goverumcnr nhysi.
cIons and M, hy nrivate nhvsirinu. as
contemplated nthe bill.
Health iarst =" said Sheldop "and
tbon ali The fancy schools nftnrvnrd
\ favor. tho good ala times wher eycrv
Hawaiian could ca IN tho Govornment
ldisnensories with his sIck child md
have n treated
"Rut we have pot roIsed Tho my ~
the Government physIclnns We are
noying tbon nrncticaIIy no,bIny I
Think wo ought m raise thoIr nav ."
lover the protests of Long the item for
medical inspectIon WIS finally strIcKen
Iout
Tho normal Ips,octnra are ovIdsu,iv
mt nonuIar with tho maioritv az ITO
members from tho house and tbev
came I'm for n hitter scoring nj the
hands of Knmabu NawabIne and Fur.
ltado with The result that Instead NJ
three normal insnectors Mt 5000 n
| montb aacb tho House finally voted IN
have only ono insnector at s95O n
month, 10 cover The counties of Mani,
Kauai and Hawaii leaving Sunorinton.
dent Rabbit TO look after the schools
of oahu Furtado made tho statement
that II there we're no normal insnect.
ors tho children of The island Of Ua.
waii wonld know OK nor con, more
than they know now.
Carley made tho heat sneecb no has
made this session defending tho nor.
NAL inspectors. especially Mr. Wells
VI Maui. eve arc affecting our own
children" he said, "and we are max.
ing a big mistake II we cut down this
department.