Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-19
IN 1916 were
1864 PUPILS
Statistics Compiled Show
Growth Of Public Edu-
cation in Hawaii.


In 1876 there were 1854 pupils
In the public and private schools OF
Hawaii according TO the old rec
ords. and for the next ten years
there We're over 10000 pupils in the
schools of these Islands.
The school history OF Hawaii is
Interestingly traced in table OF
figures recently compiled at the Of
flee Of Superintendent w. T. Pope OF
Public Instruction, showing the
number Of pupils in-the schools. both
private and public. from the year
1876 to the present time.
For the first thirty four years aft
err schools were established by the
old missionaries, or until 1880, there
were no figures kept showing the
different natlonalites of those at
tending the s.hools, but practically
all Of them were Hawaiian.
AT FIRST, too, for ten years there
was no age limit set on those who
attended the schools. the nearly
twenty thousand pupils in the
schools during the first few years
numbering many of adult age and
more.
According to the records available
there were lS.Gii pupils In the
schools the first year record was
Kept, 1876, and the next year this
number had been increased by one
thousand, which was the high water
mark until the year 1904.
From lS47 the number Of pupils
igradually decreased until I'm 1856 IL
was below the ten thousand mark,
this marked decrease being account
ed for by the placing of an age limit
beyond which persons could not
enter the schools as pupils.
Even from 1856 the number de-
creased until 1850. with the excep-
tion of two years in, the period. The
first year mentioned the number OF
pupils had fallen to s671. and II was
over eight thousand until 1868,
when the thousands fell one figure
below. From that time until 1880
the enrolment went steadily down.
reaching $3.50 in 1869 and going
back to S267 in 1872, but going back
again the following year.
beginning with 1880 the pupils
were classified by races, and that
year there were seven races repre-
sented and thirty-eight pupils en-
rolled under the head of other for
eigners. In this first year of seq
regation there were Hawaiian, part
Hawaiian, American. British. Ger
man, Portuguese and Chinese in the
schools of the Islands.
In 1882 there were the first Sean
dinavians in school. there being
thirty OF that race, which number
Increased and decreased for ten
years, going as high as 112 In 1898
and falling to eighty-four the fol-
lowing year. In 1900 the number
Jumped back and increased to ia,
again increased to 1914 In 1903, and
from that time fell gradually to
sixty seven in 1908 and to nothing
at all last year.
In 1880 there were eighty-fiye
Chinese in the schools. public and
private, OF the Islands, and this
number has consistently increased,
with n few setbacks. until last year.
when there were 2s4O pupils OF this
nationality In school.
The first japanese were in the
schools in 1883, when fifty-four en-
tered. This number fell to thirty
nine the following year. but from
that time steadily gained, sometimes
as much as one thousand year.
until last year, when there were
675s OF these pupils enrolled.
South Sea Islanders first appear on
the rolls in 1882, with lS2, but this
number steadily decreased to ten in
1897. went back to thirty In 1899.
at which time these pupils dropped
out of the schools altogether.
Porto Ricans first were in the
schools IN 1901. when 500 started
in to learn, but this strong begin
ming did not keep up. and numbers
steadily decreased to 3sl in 1909.
Korean children came TO school in
| i"Vp loI 'he HIsl time, thht year
seeing 16i enrolled, and the num-
Der increased in four years to 24S.
Total enrolment in both the pub
lie and private schools has gradual
ly increased since 1850, when there
were 1894 pupils, showing healthy
growth each year and bringing the
total number up to 25.ii0 for 1909.
Joseph Christopher, porter. was