The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-09
MOVEMENT FAIRLY STARTED
FOR GIRLS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

There was a representative gather
ing Of educatioHists, lay and clerical,
at the conference on the question Of
establishing q girls industrial School,
held at Central Grammar school yes.
terday afternoon. Superintendent Pope
was chairman and Miss Clara L. zeig-
Ter secretary.
Inspector Gibson stated the first re.
Quirements were land suitable for agri-
cultural work and buildings, which the
government should provide. The de-
partment would supply the teachers.
Once established the school could be
made self-supporting, with proceeds
over to pay the pupils something Tor
their work
Mrs Creighton held that trade
schools were better than prisons and
that there was a constant demand for
sewing girls, cooks and housemaids
which the school could fill.
Mrs Carter said that the directors
of Kaiulani Home had told her that
100000 had been subscribed to build a
lodging house for working girls and
that part of this fund would be turn
ed over to help along an industrial
school for girls.
Dr. Scudder regarded the educa-
tional system as unfair in providing
for the few rather than the many.
An Industrial scheme in connection
with and following the academic
course would help all alike. The hand
must be trained. Girls should be
taught the arts OF. home-making and
the duties of motherhood.
Bishop Restarick maintained that
an industrial trade school could not
be a success from an economic stand
point, having to meet the competi-
ton of the great factories on the
mainland and that of Oriental cheap
labor here and in the Orient. 1t might
be different with an agricultural
school. He had known of school-rais-
ed pigs having been sold for real
money.
Professor Scott regarded the ques-
ton as not merely one of various
sides but round one, with differ
ent phase at every point of its cir
conference to be considered. Races
here were unequally matched, the Ha-
waiian and the Porto Rican standing
no show when pitted against Orien-
tai workers. It was the wealthy peo-
pie who had brought the Chinese and
Japanese here, amassing large for.
tunes from their labor. Let them sup
ply the funds for industrial schools
"The government has already toe
many demands upon it," said the high
school principal. Our citizens are
philanthropic, and this is a great open
ing for their philanthropy. And when
the schools are established we shall
have to deal with the people accord
ms to their racial differences. Only
God can make race over again"
w. A. Bowen considered that the
white element was as pestiferous as
those of color, and that the Hawaii
an should not be saddled with all the
odium of idleness and vice.
Miss Ziegler thought mere factory
school was not what was wanted. It
was less money-making than ideals
that the girls should be taught. Teach
them self-reliance, self-respect, self
appreciation and justice. They ought
to be taught home-making.
President Gilmore said there was
low crying demand for more work
men in Honolulu, and instanced the
$4,000 building for the College of
Hawaii. The contractor had told him
he, needed thirty more men to finish
the job in contract time. There was
no competition here for young men