The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-23
THE BISHOPS RETURNS
FROM INDUSTRIAL QUERIES

I
of which the following is an extract.
Statement.
find at an Island Industrial School
that boy spends year in each of the
following trades: az tailor; (2) print.
ing; (3) carpenter; (4) blacksmith. 1t
appears to me that If boy spent four
years at one trade he would be better
fitted for work. Boys are eighteen or
over when they graduate from such
schools and they are then too old to
learn a trade, l find these graduates
in stores and offices but not largely en-
gagged in mechanical or agricultural
work, for which purpose the schools
were designed.
Questions.
l. Have you any Hawaiians in your
employ who are graduates of any indus.
trial SCHOOL,
.. If so, how many and what schools
8. Do you believe that instead of in
dustrial schools it would be better to
put a boy in an ordinary school until
he was (say) fifteen and then appren-
tice him to a trader r4
4. In your opinion is graduate of an
4 industrial school at eighteen OF nine.
teen discouraged when he finds he has
to learn trader
5. In your opinion are the education
Al methods in use in these Islands lead
ing boys away from agriculture and
mechanical labor rather than leading
them to these pursuitsG
6. While presumably willing to give
every bright boy chance, in your
opinion, is boy happier or society bet
ter if an ordinary boy is educated out
of his sphere and given desires and
tastes which he cannot gratify9
z. Have you any suggestions to
makef
Forty One Replies.
Forty-one replies were received to
these questions. All the large planta-
lions and four of the large employers of
skilled labor replied, most of them at
considerable length.
Question one.
Have you any Hawaiians in your en-
ploy who are graduates of any indus
trial school7
The question was asked as to Ha.
waiians because one school has only
| Hawaiians and the others, until recent
ly, have been practically Hawaiians.
The questions, however, were intended
to deal with industrial schools and not
with racial matters.
In reply to question one, all planta-
tions answered "No,' except in six
cases. From four large employers of
labor two answered "No." Two an
swered eyes"
The second question was, elf so, how
many and what schools7"
Some More Replies.
Here are some of the replies: ~
1. "Only one. Graduate of Kane
hameha. He is working as clerk in
the office"
.. Zone Lahainaluna.'' The answer
does not give present employment. .g@
3. g Eight in the shops, three in the
Office. All the eleven from Kamehame-
ha.'
/ 4. Gone, Kamehameha.'' Employ
ment not stated. 20 80
| D. "Three from Kamehameha, one
from Lahainaluna. The three from
Kamehameha took the regular course.
| They are all machinists. In each case
the man is the only one of his gradu-
ating class who followed out the school
training. All the others took positions
as clerks, freight clerks, etc. The La
hainaluna man took the regular indus
trial course, but is employed as a cane
weigher. g{,f.
6. 'Two from Kamehameha SCHOOL,
The answer does not state whether they
are graduates, nor their employment.
z. ''One, who attended Hilo school,
we think. He is employed as watch
man.
Report Graduates.
We find those reported as graduates
as follows:
Two from Lahainaluna. One as a
cane weigher.
Four from Kamehameha. Two in
offices.
Eleven machinists. Three, employ
ment not stated.
Concerns not plantations report as
follows:
Zone from Kamehameha, in the
drawing Office"
Seventeen machinists who attended
Kamehameha.
In addition to the above, the follow
ing is of interest. One manager of a
large plantation writes:
"We have fourteen Hawaiians en-
ployed as carpenters, locomotive dri-
vers, pump engineers, overseers. Most
of these learned their trade on the plan
tation and are not graduates of any in
dustrial SCHOOL,
Eight Hawaiians.
Another writes:
We have eight Hawaiians who at. !
tended Kamehameha or st. Louis, one,
two or three years, who are employed
as locomotive drivers, plumbers, etc. I"
Another says; -
"We have two boys in our shop who.
attended Kamshameha but did not grad,
uate,
4 large concern, not a plantation,
writes:
Besides the seventeen who attended !
Kamehameha, mentioned above, we
have sixty men in our employ who at
tended local schools (not industrial).
Some of these are graduates -
Another, large employer of Ha-
waiian labor, has, large. number off,
skilled workmen who attended local
schools, (not industrial). Some of these
are graduates. hftf
This writer adds: -
As regards the advantage of at
tending an industrial school, this has no
4 x