Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-26
AFFAIRS BAD At
BOYS School
Joint Committee Submits Re-
port to House and Condemns
WaiaIee Management.

a lengthy report to the House As was
stated by the Bulletin several days
ago. the report severely condemns the
present management of the boys
sch, ol. and the conditions brought out
thcI, are staggering.
Poor food. scanty clothing and harsh
treatment are charged by the commit
toe i'm uutspokcn terms, and the prin-
olpal comes in for his share of the
blame.
The report il as follows:
Hon. II. l.. Holstein. Speaker, House
Of Representatives; and
Hon T. A. Knudscn, President of the
Senate.
"Sirs Your Joint special committee
to which was referred House Concur
rent Resolution No 20, offered by Rep
rcscntativ" william J. Sheldon. re-
qu"sting that joint committee he APP
| pointed to Investigate the boys and
girls Industrial schools. bcgs leave to
report as follows:
In pursuance thereof. this commit
| tee visited the Boys Industrial School
| ut Waialcc. this island. on Sunday the
9Th Of this month. and Il was con-
froutcd with very unsatisfactory
| state of AFFAIRS.
Boys Badly Treated.
1t found the boys underfed. scant-
lily clothed, ragged, dirty and in sui
| len and rchcllious mood a lack of
cleanliness was apparent throughout
| For the scarcity Of food and cloth
ing II H. said the last Legislature II
to he blamed for not inserting a suf-
/ nCient amount In their appropriation
| bin To cover the needs here. but had the
! Superintendent Of Public Instruction
made n proper explanation at the time
Of the conditions and needs here,
sufficient amount would have undoubt-
cdly been inserted In the appropriation
( for them
i Again the Legislature did set aside
an emergency fund of $4,000 to pro-
}, vide for just such situation as this.
and II Is to be regretted that some Of
this fund was not used.
Food and Clothes seant.
THE bread was very poorly baked
AMI hard In the middle. What was
called stew consisted of some meat and
vegetables with taro leaves thrown in,
= all stirred around with stick until
= brought up to the consistency of pigs
, swill.
In clothing the boys had one suit
apiece. and ragged at that; one sheet
| ana an apology for n blanket
I mo soap for the boys to wash with
T and clothes washed but once n week
> on Saturday mornings, which has to
he hurried through In order that they
may be dry by afternoon.
/ "a matter that attracted this com
= mittec's attention was that there Is
not sufficient room to accommodate
, the number Of boys there, two or three
, of them being huddlcd into one seat
they are also cramped up in the dormi-
|. tories.
Little instruction.
Another noticeable thing Is that
there Is practically no instruction nj
all for the larger boys. They are
aroused at $50 O'Clock each morning
except Saturdays and Sundays, and
are taken to Kahuku to cultivate cane
returning about in the afternoon The
smaller boys get about one and n hall
hours instruction day.
I'VE do not think that this Is car
ryng out the intention Of the Legisla-
ture when 1t changed this institution
. trial school.
1T appears that the net proceeds
from the cultivation of cane Is applied
In part towards the running expenses
of that institution the boys getting Il
few dollars out Of IT.
with reference to medicine ana
medical attendance, we understand that
the Board of Health will furnish then
: with both free of charge. We thinl
that the custom of deducting out o
Il the little earnings of the boys, theil
doctor bills. whose charges are IS for 1
day visit and $40 night visit. sean
dalous.
Complaints Against Guard.
Complaints are numerous agains
Guard Kuoha, who IL also bandmaster
He Is charged with harsh and inhumal
treatment. Your committee has inves
tigatcd this and finds that there Is un
uucstiOnably good foundation for thes
charges We find on inquiry that un
der the former superintendent he ha'
on several occasions been brought t
task for cruel treatment of the boys
and was finally threatened with imme
. dIatC discharge If repealed. Thi
|
the retirement of that superintendent
!. but since then Kuoha has resumed hi
old methods in which he now appear
to be upheld by the present superin
tendent.
I'VE now understand that difference
between the boys and Guard KuOh
have been satisfactorily adjusted sine
the Introduction of this resolution.
Ball and Chain Condemned.
I'VE strongly condemn the methO
. employed here of compelling refractor
boys to carry n ball and chain aroun
for weeks at n time in order to main
tain discipline. They have even bee
forced to work In the taro patches thu
encountered.
we therefore recommend that tn
Superintendent Of Public Instruction b
requested:
"rO immediately secure the mean
for properly feeding and clothing thes