Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-02

erai travelling normal inspectors. bd
all but one of these were cut out b,
the last legislature. To make uD the
deficiency the department appo!nteJ
a supervising principal for a numbel
of the lower ggale schools. 1t i.
planned fer the coming year to diviCl
the Territory into districts, each con
tanning one higher grace school and Z
number of iowergrada schools, ana
to have the principal of the higher
grade school act rs suYervisinq
principal of the ether schools in the
| district.
"A summer school fer teachers has
been held since the close of the fiscal
year with regular instruction and sno,
cial lectures.
!" The maintenance CT the public
schools has been so expensive that IT
has been impossible to secure ade-
quate funds for some years past to
keep pace. with the increasing school
population, but during the last year a
| special commission appointed for the
purpose has made careful study of
the matter and will soon present its
report. During the ten years of ter
| ritcrlal government about three-quar-
ters OF million dollars have been ex-
pended FOR new public school build
lngs and the average annual cost of
maintenance Of the public school sys-
TEN exclusive of new buildings, has
been nearly 500 600. The cost of
maintenance per pupil has varied
from about $40 to about $50 per an
mum. Nevertheless, the percentage
of childien Of school age who are en-
rolled is higher than it is in many
ether places ard the percentage of
actual attendance is remarkably
large.
"a number Of the private schools
are of large size. well endowed. and
well equipped, some Of them having
been founded from half to three
quarters Of century ago.
The enrolment in all schools is
% 537, an increase CT GAS for the
year; in public schools, 1900, an in
crease Of 402; in private schools.
5,2GS an increase of GAG. The teach
crs number 1856 in the public schools,
decrease Of Z; and 266 in private
schools. a decrease of g. The number
CT public schools is 1872, a decrease
OF /; of private schools 55, decrease
of 1. During the ten years of Terri
torial government the number of pu- !
p.ls in both public and private schools .
mas increased from Is 537 to 25,537,
or just 10000. The largest increase
during the last year in all schools,
C63, is in Japanese pupils. This has
been so for some years past. The pu-
pills Of this race have increased dur.
ing the last ten years from 1872 to
Z 07S. They now comprise Pip per
cent OF the pupils; the Portuguese fol
low with 1926 per cent; then come
the Hawaiians with ILLS per cent.
part Hawaiians with 1866 per cent
the Chinese with 11.1S per cent, and
all Others with 1865 per cent.
Industrial training forms an i'm
1ortant part Of the instruction in the
public schools. This embraces agri-
culture, woodwork, printing, and do
nestle science. Agricultural work
nc 'udes the maintenance of flower
md vegetable gardens and tree plant
ng, especially on Arbor Day, besides
ieeping the school grounds in order.
'upils tc the number of 8 500, in 125
schools, have been engaged in sys.
ematic gardening. Two Of the
chools Including q reformatory
chool have raised sugar clne on
commercial basis, the next crop at
ne Of these schools being expected to !
ield over S. 600. Twenty-one schools
re equipped for carpenter work, and
.5I5 pupils engaged in that work
urinG the year Seven schools are
qu!ppcd for printing ana do regular
rinting on school work. publishing I
young peoples paper and many 9TH !
+ things. Domestic science includes
ook:nS, sewing, lace making and
'eav'ng. Twelve schools have cook
lg departments. In sewing, $500 pu-
lis have been engaged nearly all
ne public schools teach plain sewing
} both boys and girls Of the primary
rades, while the higher forms of
'ork, such as cutting and fitting of I
arments, are taught only to the
Ills of the higher grades. Twenty /
ne schools give instruction in lace
laking. Five hundred and seventeen y
upils have done weaving With grass.
amboo and hala leaves" 2
uhlic Health.
Under the heading of public "
lealth,' the Governor discusses mat
ers not only of general Importance,
ut goes more specifically into santa Y
on, vital statistics, the fight against ,
lberculosis, leprosy. and the work CT +
ne United States laprosy investiga-
on station and of the public health e
nd marine hospital service. Con.
elniDg the following he says:
"The work of this service in this
erritory is OF the Highest lmpor- !
lnce in view of the position OF Ha.
all at the intersection of trans.Pa- "
fc steamship lines Hawaii serves
5 buffer for the Pacific Coast j
5ainst diseases from the Orient In
,spect to these diseases. conditions
ave changed considerably in the last