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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-12
WORK OF COMMISSION.

The foregoing in general outline the conclusions of
the Commission aud its recommendations.
The Commission has held than fifty formal meetings
aud has used every cndcavor tr views Of as many
citizens possible each island The first meeting was held
on the 2Olh day Of June, 1909, in the office Of Mr. W. A.
Bowen in the Sunguwald Building aud organized with Mr.
Wallace Il, Harrington rs Chairman Mr. Edgar Wml ~
Statistical secretary and Mr. w. A. Bowen as Recording aud
Corresponding Secretary,
The original plan for study was oullu under i've hrads
J, Worn tur nimhr Federal appropriations
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-12

cutting necessary the physical
Of the school work, g., supplies repairs
c. School supplies
The school supplies appoprl-
schedule prepared by the Superintendent of Public Instruction
High School b) Number
Schools having
June Goth Each school district shall be credd
pa held the distribution
plies purchased through Department Each principal
be supplied with authorized price list All
be in
the Superintendent Public Instruction his authorized
q The items under the SPECIAL FUND.- '". =
the Counties authority the Legislature
with the strictly local and demands The
the Counties The buildings permanent
should
or bond Issue. Supreme Court decision n. Y. 1889
BOARD OF ESTIMATES.
How constituted a fol
roy consisting shall he
the chamen the Boards Of Supervisors of the Four
of
chairman Of Estimates, absence
the Board be che preside
All shall
that mileage be allowed
They
with
They add the budget The Board submit
The submits within
Legislature, his
School
teacher for population Provision
suitable school buildings by providing
venienty located school. ...... b..
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-12
School Fund Commissions Plan
FOR
Financing Hawaii S Public Schools
CONTINUED from Page ~

nle prepared by the Department of Public Instruction that
shall consider: (a Grade of School Primary. Grammar
High SCHOOL, (b Number of teachers; (c) Eiromnt Of
School; (d) Schools having regular industrial instructors
This Commission recommends that the appropriation for
special schools Lahainaa, BOYS Industrial Girls In
dustria be placed under the General Fund of the Budget
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-12
~W LOCAL CoNTRoL-sCHooL AGENT.

~ -.- .z .,,.
y " LoCAL 'oN hoI"-o' HULL 'N"E'>i' ..,. ...
Tn odust;no tho damand for greater local control without
a;no ;nprv 70 Tho General svstom Of clcon the Conuis
,on has concluded that the greatest sources of friction and
d;ssatisfacon NAV be eliminated m giving the school agent
f each district more suhorty great many people fail to
realize that edpcoton in Hawaii has poc through the stage
of absolute local control The form of Capitalization which
,as bropobt abot mer tho law Of 1894 and which is now
largely in vogue may be termed Excessive COMMUNICATION In
Kidding the Territory OF the errors OF ms F" gr'a care
nestle e~treme Reference TO be bref outline Of education in
- H., ~hI;o hI. a,o ,,IJar . Io.o;,oJ svstn,,
Tho Chiefs nrovJeJ schools IN their vorcis districts IN
much the same manner as the township schools IN countries OF
advanced civilization The step the levy of
lool a,hool nd IN tho scbool
agent came into exse IN is4i and remains at the present
time hut he is practically shom of all authority. Under the
sah y, 'oS"e .ne u"sS ~; ;,;t | tho
school agent had write to the central authority for per
make the smallest %s% nr was nt ,'
own initiative Later the administrative scheme moved toward
aaha, @ epor 'r; g. ;Jmhot nnn
a sn no ~ asei' my ssatFt "i.ioris ~ r I 49,
III ioof an scnooi iuhus Were !" 'n' S'''"
mons OF the territory and the school agent became more OF
hgurehead than ever He expended the funds that were r
ceied out to HIM IN eimanner directed by the central ""hor
iy.
zion hrt raoomnds IL d,ont ne local control tbroucb
.L hi I'm. AZ M ta. ,, d.
yeloped in America.
This Commission nronoss that the sehoo funds shall be
.,;,r;t.S 800 A. r p - IL: =" a. '.I IIa ,ro
distributed among the districts according to the schedule pre-
pared under approved methods the appropriation I" h" APP
pOoned TO each school district and the school the
authority the funds for his district the needs of the
district become manifest subject proper
ing and auditing This will give large of local
Central Authority Territory represented by the Board
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-12
POSSIBLE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR PERMANENT FUND

/. Money from donors mo. .r. ... .. 49,. a.. n
2 All fines violations of school
3 Escheated property.
L. Property forfeited the State ."''h
o. All land sold and bought In ~ 'H 80
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-12
PERMANENT TERRITORIAL SCHOOL FUND.

Purpose For the of aHorng
education the children Territory
Permanent School Fund the the
sc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

nous Peters have worked in all lands
and callings. Peter Damiauus, Italian
ecclesiastic. who effected valuable re-
forms in the eleventh century; Peter
Lombard, bishop of Paris in 1859, and
st. Peter Claver, who in 1910 was sent
TO Cartagena, Venezuela-whlch, by the
way, was founded some eighty years
before by Pedro Heredia-and there
lived his life as missionary among the
slaves, are some of the famous men
of the name in the church.
In art the name is representa- by
Peter Perugino, most noted as Raph-
ael's teacher; by Peter Paul Rubens,
the brilliant Flemish painter of the
seventeenth century, and by Peter
Rousseau, one of the leaders in the
school of French landscape painting
which he represents.
Peter Tschaikovsky, nineteenth cen
tury Russian composer. holds up tne
fame Of his name IN music. Potter
Beaumarchais, who wrote the famous
operas, |'The Barber of Seville and
.!The Marriage of Figaro and Peter
Beraneer," popular lyric poet-both
French-have added to the glamour OF
Cruel. king Of CASTLE, and Pedro, king
OF Portugal, in the fourteenth century;
several Pedros who were kings of Ara
gon. and Peter, present king Of Servia,
have helped the great Russian emperor
to uphold the name among rulers,
Pierre Beauregard, Mexican and Civil
war general; Peter Vidal, the trouba-
dour who went with Richard Occur de
Lion to Cyprus IN 100, and Peter Stuy-
vesant, the doughty Dutch governor,
who surrendered New Amsterdam to
the English in 1861, are three mon OF
widely varying fame who stool like
rocks for the causes they represented.
The feminine forms OF the name be.
came popular because the first Potro-
nela was said to have been the daugh
ter Of st. Peter himself In Italy the
name is Petronila and Pcronetta; in
France, Perette, Petronellc, Petrine:
Pcrrctta aud PieUct.c. in Scotland and
Sweden, Pcuiua; in Germany, Petron-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

south side, terminating in four pedis
ments 81, some distance above the main
roofs. Enclosed by the pavilion is A
rotunda eighty feet in diameter, with
four lnassivo ornamental piers, sur
mounted by curved ceiling reaching
TO height of l21 feet The exterior
structure Of the rotunda will be carried
above ;hc pcdimcu,s Of ihc pavilion
IN he shape of Il circular granite wall,
capped by simple rounded dome. with
slate covering, attaining a height of
l62 feet above the ground liuc. The
south pavilion contains the main en-.
trance, sheltered by portico supported
by heavy Corintbian columns. Of which
there are six III the front row. Below
these are the steps and platforms OF the
approaches FROM the driveway, all TO
be built of granite.
Aside from the south pavilion The eX-
terror of the building is practically
without orDamentation, aud the same Is
true of the interior. Well designed lines
and proportions have produced an air
Of refinement most pleasing and cffec-
tive, which any added features in the
way of embellishments could only serve
to depreciatc. The purpose of the
building is evident from the outside.
The window openings predomnatc, be-
rg everywhere much wider than tho
intervening piers. The color tone is
very light. The granite for tho ex-
terror walls has come from three sources,
\ pink OF warm gray variety from
Medford, Mass. has been used for the
basement; nearly white stone from
Mount Airy, N. c., for the upper story,
and pure white granite from the re-
Gently opened quarry at Bethel, VT, for
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

tradition, the founder Of the church at
Rome. Peters in every land OF the
western world have been making has
tory. Like the name IS first bearer,
some of the greatest of them have
founded or led some great political, ln-
tellectual or religious organization,
Two of these last named Peters were
among the most, picturesque characters RS
OF the myth and romance filed middle
ages, and both Of them helped bring
about the so-callcd revival of learning
which led the world to greater knowl.
edge and activity. Peter the Hermit
was the first preacher of the Crusades,
which brought Europe in touch with
the east and all her learning; Peter
Abelard was ono of the first of the
great school mon, whose lectures at.
old cathedral and abbey schools where
they studied expanded into the great
mcdiaeval universities,
Peter the Hermit was born in the
year 1850 IN Picardy, France, at time
when Europe was beginning to be
stirred with stories of cruelty and suf-
fering inflicted by the Mohammedans
Land. and he was sent by the pope TO
preach crusade throughout northern
and central France. Carrying cruci.
tix in his hand, and dressed always IN
the long robe rope girdle and coarse
cloak that marked the hermit, he trav-
oed about on mule In the market
places and .pplpits,, under wayside
trees or in fields, Peter stopped to
preach. TO urge mankind to follow him
10 Palestine. And his simple oloqueuce
so worked upon his hearers that he
soon had a band of some 10000 men
pledged to follow him.
Ip the year l096 tho vanguard of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

stored away in some obscure navy yard
and lost forever To the givcrs. As the
succession of cabinet officers follows
one after another there comes a time
when the wall space is not sufficient
TO accommodate all the heads the de-
partment has known, Naturally the
older ones are displaced by more re-
cent men. Those valuable old partraits
arc stored in attics for lack of other
place TO put them. Such was the re
cent fate of rare old painting Of
Andrew Jackson which hung in the
war department.
These arc a few Of the sources that
have been adding 10 the national col
lections for hundred years. Recent
" there is still greater influence, that
Of large donations Mrs. Harriet Lane
Johnston. Il niece Of President Buchan-
an, in 1905 bcQueathed small but
excellent collection Of paintings and
busts to The government, with the idea
of their going into = national art gal
lery al some future time, Since then
Charles J.. I'ricr of Detroit has made
a deed Of gift of q collection of 300
pieces, containing, among other things.
the greatest collection Of whistIers in
existence This collection is still be-
ing added to by the donor. who is CIV
ing all his time TO it, specializing now
III the art of the far east. but the
government docs not come into posses
Sion Of tins until Mr.. Fricr 5 death.
William T. Evans of New York has
presented the government with fifty
American masterpieces. 10 which hc is
constantly adding. but the pictures are
being cared for in the Corcorau art
gallery against the time when the gov
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

trUest sense OF the word. Like Peter
the Hermit. and some of the great
Peters of still later times, they helped
found man wider knowledge Of the
world for they were among the great
explorers and discoverers of the six
teertb century.
One of them was Pedro de Valdivia,
who is famed rs the conqueror of
Chile and founder of its metropolis,
Valparaiso, Pedro de Ursua, another
explorer, was also boru in Spain at
about the same time and like Val
diyia. he went to South America.
Ursua spent and lost bis life in search
Of FL Dorado, the fabulous city OF gold
which was the object of so many wild
journeys and adventures.
l4S5. companion of Cortoz in his CON
quest Of Mexico. and Pedro Cabral,
born twenty-five years earlier in Por-
tugal, who discovered Brazil ipdepeud-
emily some two months after Vincent
Pin2on had accomplished the same trick,
are two other Peters who helped found
the modern world S knowledge Of itself
In 1852, when he was but II years
old. the most famous of all famous Pc.
ters of history, perhaps-except, of
course, the apostle-asceuded the
throne of Russia. This was Peter the
Great He, too. was a founder. not
only of the Russia of today. but of the
Russia of tomorrow, for by bringing
western civilization and ideas into a
land still deep in medieval darkness,
he brought the spirit of unrest and de-
sire for personal freedom which is even
now being felt.
After travelling about Europe in the
guise Of u ships carpenter aud black.
smith. TO sec how other nations did
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
Its Origin and the Famous Folk Who
Have Borne 1t

things, Peter the Great returned to
his kingdom to enact reforms, He es-
tablished schools, opened mines, built
roads and canals. introduced new com
a~e and reformed the calendar; found
ed st. Petersburg and seized Finland.
ports on the Black sea. the Caspian
provinces and other territory. But this
was not enough. He himself made rules
for the dress and behavior of his sub
iects, and saw to it that they were
obeyed. IL is said that be stationed
tailors and BARRIERS at the gates Of
Moscow to shave the boards and cut off
the skirts of those who had not COM
piled with his decree that oriental robes
be abolished, and that all but the clergy
shave their boards or pay tax OF
them.
Other Peters have established, or
helped to establish. new movements.
governments and ideas. About hun
dred years ago the brother Of King
John OF Portugal became the first en-
peror. as Pedro ! Of Brazil. In lI40,
in this country, Peter Faneuil, Bos'
ton merchant, founded Faneull Hall,
called, because of the Importance OF
meetings held in 1T during the reTo-
lutionary period, the Cradle of Liberty,
Another American, Peter Cooper, some
hundred years later, founded the cdu-
cational institution known far and wide
AS Cooper Union. Peter Cornellle,
French comedian, was one OF tho hrst
TO free French language and thought
from the traditional restrictions OF
Crock and LatIn, IN the sevepteenth
century. Pierre Lott modern French
novelist, although perhaps not the
founder of school of writing: never
theless was the FIRST 10 write in his own
peculiar style.
Besides those already mentioned, ia
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

ture is ia feet. while the lesser halls
halls are lighted entirely by windows,
but different arrangement is peces.
sarv for the larger halls. The lower
story. which cannot be properly styled
IA basement, as it rises several feet
above the street, is wholly covered by
the floor OF the next or main story, and
the middle parts will require artificial
lighting. This condition Will not, how
ever. prevent the utilization of all the
space in This story. II will be given
mp TO machinery, alcoholic specimens
and large objects not requiring a spe
cially good light,
Tho main story also presents a con-
tipuous floor space, and in order TO
completely light it the middle part of
each wing, 10 the width OF fifty feet,
is carried up through The second story
TO a ceiling light underneath the roof
skvlight. Tho sides of this story 10
= depth of thirty-two feet are lighted
from the windows, and at the outer ends
of the wings the distance is even great
the two sections is set off by row of
piers which help. to support the second
story. This open construction is the
main feature of the wlugs and fur
nishes three OF the largest and hand
somest halls for exhibition purposes
that were ever built. Here amounts Of
material may be advantageously shown
in the best of light and here hordes of
people can come 10 see 1T without the
space becoming crowded.
BY means of screens the lateral Sec
tions can be partly cut off from tho
skylighied area and divided into de.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

first crusade started out for the east
under the lead Of Peter the Hermit and
Walter the Pcnniless-a strange, un-
disciplined band Of princes and pau
pers, soldiers. bishops, priests. monks,
hermits. bcggars, And although. be
cause of hunger and exposure, sickness
and warfare, almost tho whole of
Peter's faithful army perishcd miser.
ably, they were the forerunnors of all
the great crusades that went 10 Jcru-
salem in the next two centuries.
Like the Hermit, Peter Abeard was
a native of France. He was born near
Nantes in 1885, and WAS one of the
most famous and successful teachers
Of his day, Although Abclard S phil.
osophy was advanced for his time, and
although be was one of the greatest
of the early school men, nowadays it
is because of the tragic story of his
love for the fair Hcloise that he is
most remembered.
Several hundred years later there
lived a group of famous Peters who,
unwittingly, were founders in the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
Many Art Treasures.
adventures of New Congressman

for half a million dollars you won't get
over, possibly, ten thousand, and I'm not
in position 10 guarantee even that.
Well, as the result Of this talk In
troduced bill into the house appropri-
ating $500, 900 for the deepening and i'm
proving OF the harbor Of Lonosomeville.
/ felt a little bit queer while j WAS do
ing IT, but | simply bad to introduce
something In order To save my face IN
the district When ] thought of the
creek that was about 10 win its way into
had the nerve TO take my eyes from
the ground. Bill, you know that creek
as well as | do, and I'll bet all I'm
worth that It's the shallowest and mar
rowest and crookedest creek in seven
teen counties. When the title OF the dill
had been read some fellow from ,he
southwest, who never did Ike me. called
out in tone Of derision:
II move that the bill be referred to
the committee on useless expenditures.
Well. everybody laughed at that. but
that l didn't mind it a bit. Why, Bill,
since l came down here I've gotten
black and blue from the way the fell
lows use their hammers on me. The
the Washington streets noticed num-
Der OF little cards stuck in the doors.
They read: please Knock" OF course.
they meant that the bells were out OF
order, but some OF these resident WASH
ngtopians seem TO take IL as COM
mand TO hammer every stranger that
comes WltlHn tlS edlcS ol lle ulSIllFI
and I'll bet that I've been the chief vic
time-in fact, / don't think that any
body in history, with the possible eXcep-
tion of the lamented job, was ever
knocked so hard as I have been.
Anyhow. ! had my bin referred to the
committee on rivers and harbors, | at
tended meeting after meeting OF the com
mittec. but was not able To set them
10 make a report on my bill. Every
time mentioned IT they laughed. One
day Col. Bob Moore came TO me and
said that what l needed was some eX-
pert TO appear before that committee
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

partnen:s so as TO meet the varying
requirements of installation without de-
stroying the architectural effect of the
hail as a whole. Tho height mt the sides
Is about twenty-one feet and the cell
ing light is twice rs high. The second
story Of the main wings. as viii be
understood from the above description.
IS smaller than tho story below bv inst
the amount OF Inc skvlighting. 1t Is
separated from the skylighted area BY
walls, pierced ut intervals by large
doorlikc openings from which view
OF the main hall may be obtained This
toor derives all its light from windows
aud IS exccllcnGlv equipped as an cx.
hibltlon hall. The third story corre-
sponds 70 the secoud IN size and
iightlngs aud the distribution OF floor
space, Here viii bc located the labora.
tories and the administrative Offices OF
the museum. ln the attics and wings
arc additional storage spaces
Absolutely Fire Proof
the building will be cntireiv fro
proof and Will coutair every modern
/ convenience tnat Is deemed essential cor
museum purposes. \ monumental stair
/ case las been omitted on account of The
/ space Is would occupy. but there are
out Of the way stairways at different
! points and, elevators at the entrances.
| Altogether il is one Of the greatest
built Here is 10 be brought ali that
material that = century has accu,uU
lated. Nc man knows nIst That the
government owns in this linc. Certain
! il is that there arc great treasures
stored away. the identity of which have
been forgotten. There arc records os
the receipt of rare masterpieces. The dis
position Of which is a mystery. These
Will probably he discovered when the
vast boxes are mnpacked and il is also
| likely that other treasures Will lie found
relative 10 which there is no record
So extensive are the stored materials
that with the passing Of generations and
of administra tions all idea of the ex-
tent Of the collections is lost and will
he revealed only when the boxes arc
opened, that these new halls may be
| filed.
Where Paintings Are Placed.
The plan is TO turn over the old build
ing 10 the arts. bat no portion Of this
is so lighted as TO show paintings. 10 "A
good advantage. Therefore il has been
/, decided that the main hall in the new
building shall bo given over III part
TO the exhibition of paintings. Some
| Of its spaces Will be occupied bv stlik-
| ing features of the natural history col
! lection, ms for instance, the family
groups of peoples Of all nations. done
in clay and with absolute fidelity TO
| llte, themselves DO mean thing III art.
| These exhibits are now practicable
ready and win make ny the portion that
Will first be shown to the public.
Among the first ambitious undertak.
ings that faces the administration OF
the museum will be the mounting and
arrangement Of the Roosevelt Smthsou-
ian collection. which is now practically
all In, but unmounted. This also fur
nishes a good example of the manner
in which a museum continues TO grow
and the constantly adding value and
eXtensIveness Of it. Even without these
new additions this is tho greatest natur-
! al history museum in the world