Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-13
lawmakers SEE
WAIALEE School
Many Declare That Appropri-
alton Is None Too
Much.


/ What is most urgently needed at the
Waialec Boys Industrial School is $780,
! 900. This amount should DC appropri-
/ ated by the Legislature for the main
4 tenance of the school. which is doing
much good to the community not only
in the educating of its pupils, but in
the upbulding of character and good
/ citizenship. Such in brief is the unof-
fetal sentiment sof members of the
/ Legislature.
| Yesterday the members of the two
! branches of the Legislature visited the
school, in company with Supermtend-
ent w. II. Pope of the Department of
| Public Instruction and School Inspec-
! tor r. II. Gibson. Headed by L. c..
| Long, chairman of the education COM
mittee, the members gathered at the
railroad depot in the morning and de-
] parted shortly after $50 o'clock for
! Waialee. On arriving there, they were
!. greeted by II. NJ Tucker, the superin-
tendent. The school band, under the
leadership of John Kauoho, played Sc
lections for the visitors.
After visiting the campus, the build
inGs, dairy, pumping station and ,vege-
table gardens, the solons were invited
to luau, which Was prepared by the
boys under the superintendent of their
teachers.
Legislators Favor Good Sum.
The lawmakers took much interest
and care in sizing up the situation,
and expressed themselves in favor of
making substantial appropriations for
its maintenance. Judging from the eX-
pressions of those who were interview
ed, it is safe to say that they will
support the appropriation of $4,000
when it is properly presented to the
Legislature by the education and fl
nance committee.
That the present school buildings are
not large enough to accommodate the
pupils of the Waialee school with COM
fort is the general opinion of the leg
islators. They were shown the dorm-
tories, the hospital room, the dining
room, Kitchen pantry, and the out
houses. They found that the accom-
modations are altogether too small
The present schoolrOom. according to
the superintendent report, is needed
for a dining room,
In many parts of the dormitory evil
dences of decay of the building were
clearly in view. During the rainy sea
SON. water poured into the sleeping
apartments freely. The boys had to do
their best to patch up the leaks. The
floors of the building need repairing
and painting
one of the greatest necessities to-
day is the construction of another
building, with dormitories above and
large assembly hall below. The pres
ent schoolroom has become too small
owing to incrcase of the number of
pupils.
The engineroom and equipment are
too small according to the superin-
tendent. In place of steam engine, it
is proposed to obtain a gasoline en-
gine. This is considered more effec-
tive
Medical Services Needed.
The other things which are needed
most are telephone Nand medical SER
vices. There is no telephone at the
school and hence cases of emergency
can not be reported to the authorities
at proper time. Medical attendance is
badly needed, also the services of a |
dentist.
The taro patches came in for inspec-
ton. Unlike the Chinese taro plant
ers, the boys at Waialee plant. the taro
according to the ancient Hawaiian
style. The taro experts among the |
legislators We're much pleased Pota- |
toes, bananas and other vegetables |
raised on the grounds are declared to |
be the best in that section of the is |
land
The present estimate of maintaining
the boys at the school, according to |
the report, is $0.329 per boy per day, |