The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-11
HAWAII HAS YET
THINGS TO LEARN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. POPE Is
BACK WITH SOME NEW
IDEAS.

Parental homes, such as they have in
North Los Angeles and elsewhere on
the mainland, appeal 20 W. r. Pope.
ruporintcndcnt Of pubhc instruction,
who returned from the Coast yesterday,
as desirable for the Territory
"a parental home, f" he explained, "is
n kind Of stepping stone between the
reform school end the j1dgc. IL is a
very good thing and something we
should have here"
Mr.. Pope left about two months ago
on vacation, during which he took
advantage of his opportunities to visit
reform and industrial schools in Cali
fornia and also to attend the conyen-
ton Of the National Educational Asso-
citation. He comes back convinced that
Hawar has long way to 20 yet be-
fore it properly handles the subject of
delinquent children.
elm the reform ana industrial school
visited J found good many things
being carr ed out which would be APP
piieable here, more or less, he remark
ed. cat present, however, have no
proposals to make in regard to such
schools here, or the adoption of the
ideas mentioned We are looking into
the matter with the idea OF improving
our schools here. None Of rs ever
had experience in refonnatory work or
now TO 90 about it.
Good Food, Interesting Work.
e'Thev handle short term children
very differently in California than we
do here They do not send children to
the reform schools except for long
terms. They say you cannot do much
toward reforming children III few
months. If the case is not bad enough
10 keep the delinquent in for several
wears it is thought to send him to
smaller school.
eeThese smaller schools are very in
dustrial, however. Some of them have
farms attached to them and the plan
seems TO be keep the emil iren away
from the city and to feed them we'll,
at the same time giving them interest
ing work
were going on very nicely. Ihey nave
botb bows and girls there. saw the
GIRLS M. work in several different rooms
and they all looked cheerful and I'M
pressed me as being a very pleasant lot
il did not seem as If ] were IN re-
formatory. In the class rooms good or
der was maintained, ana everything
looked well kept and systematic
Politics at Convention.
Asked regarding the politics" al
the. National EdlcatIonal Association
abont which so much was said III the
San Francisco press, Mr.. Pope remark
Ell that he didn't see much of II. Al
IN there being a band of insurgents ne
knew nothing of it.
teThe N. E. A. is, of course, big
American institution and l suppose II
naturally requires politics to make
bio American institution 60" he said
with a smile.
and / believe everybody went ava!
we'll pleased. The citizens Of san iran
cisco certainly spread themselves 10
the benefit of the teachers
Kaimuki School.
Mr.. Pope expressed qualification a
the fact that the Governor has SCI
auart 500. 900 out of the loan funds
for the building Of the school at Kan
muki. He said he would at once taxi
IN with the department of public IN
str1etion the matter of the plans. Id
also was interested in the movement
of the OLD buildings on the Pohukaini
school site, corner of King and Punch
bowl streets and was pleased at th'
fact that $4,000 will soon be avail
able for the work that is to be dom
there and which villa not interfere will
the building of the new Carnegie
library.