The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-26
STATES TEACHERS
WOULD COME
SUIT POPE RnUErvEs SOME nh.
QUESTS ron ions nv
rEt.AND BoHooIa

Of Public Instruction w. +. Pope, by
the last mail, making application for
positions ON tho Islands. II appears
that scores Of pedagoguos there wosld
like TO come to Hawaii 70 teach the
young idea how 10 shoot.
Unless the applicants make up thor
minds 60 como here and tako their
chances without being promised jobs
the Territory is not likely to make use
of their services, no matter how val
liable they may be.
eve arc not drawing teachers from
away TO amount to anything" said Mr..
Pope. "Enough of them come down
here just to look around and see the
field. Moreover, about thirty will be
turned out at tho normal school this
year and local teachers are Encouraged,
of course"
The department has received expires
sions of opinion from most of the pub.
lie school teachers of the Territory in
reference to the proposed change in the
school terms so as to avoid holding
school during much of the warm
weather.
School Terms Arranged.
The matter was taken up at tho
April meeting of the commissioners of
public instruction and it was decided
that for the best interests of both
pupils and teachers tho terms for the
next school year, 19l1-12, be arranged
as follows:
Fall term, thirteen weeks, September
Is to December 10.
Winter term, fourteen weeks, Janu.
AIRY 2 to April 5.
Spring term, eleven weeks, April 10
to June 2S.
This year the school year will end
on June 90. 1t will start again on
September Is, and circulars telling Of
the time are to be sent out to the
teachers so that they can make their
plans The dates Of the fall term will
particularly interest them.
In view of the fact that tho depart
ment is now receiving a large number
of pamphlets from various schools and
institutions on the mainland, dealing
with all sorts of activities along school
lines, Superintendent Pope has in
stalled set of fling cases SO that the
documents win be readily available to
teachers and to members Of the public
who may be interested.
New Site Is Needed
Superintendent Pope was lbusiIy
studying yesterday blue prints relating
to proposed sites for the new girls in
dustrial school. 1t is hoped to get
from ten to twenty acres on high land
which is swept by cool breeze. Speak
ing on the subject, Mr.. Pope said:
"The girls industrial school is lOcat-
ed on small lot near the Palama ere
station. 1t is an old frame building
that has been standing for long time.
1t is quite evident that the girls wia
have TO be getting out of the old build
. ing on account of it's dilapidated con-
dition.
/ UlOEtONCA hhG AOC1NAOM 40 hOO AVW Iva
the class of girls that naturally get
into a reform school They are nearly
, always in more or less run down con-
dition when the courts gets them and
sends them there, and they are much
more susceptible to diseases than most
any other children would be. A great
effort has to be made to keep the place
1 clean.
"We are trying TO get a piece of
land that is higher and larger acre
age, say from ten to twenty acres. We
want it where it is high and rather dry
but at the same time will have a cool
breeze. During the last week / have
I looked over number Of pieces. There
are several sites mauka Of Moiliili. One
of the locations proposed is above the
o stone quarry and another further up in
the Bishop Estate while another lis "a
tract known as PiliamOo.
Kalihi Not Favored.
"Another place which has been sug-
gested is on the Eva side Of Kalihi
n Valley, up ON the ridge. There is plen-
= ty of that land but IL is too far from
y the ear line. 1t would require q special
vehicle every time anyone was taken
up there or any time we wanted any
IS supplies taken over.
"a Ihere rs no wafer on 1t yet but
understand it can be put there. We
u would have to run considerable line for
o telephones and electric lights also,
l. which would make it more expensive
The land is very irregular and would
require much work to get it into shape
ready for the buildings.
% Tho Best site.
u "The site think the best lis one Of
is those out MOiliili way. We have had
ID some land shown to us out there to.
% ward Koko Head, but it is too far
- away. 1t is not good plan to put the
10 institution too far away, like the boys
industrial school at Waialee, because ii
= is much more expensive and ineonve-
- nient getting to and from the school. -
Superintendent Pope is also going
~ over the whole question of school lands
and win seek to have all school areas
4 In rural districts which ara below two
" IL - Nl..N