The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-04-05
EFFICIENCY RATE
IS GOING HIGHER
School Statistics Show Improve
ment When Teachers Salar-
les Were Raised.
LFrom wednesday,r Advertiser.l

(from wednesday 3 AuNeTtlseI.)
ga general moral prosperity" and |
an increased usefulness is aseribed by |
Superintendent w. T. Pope to the de- !
partment of public instruction over !
which he presides, in his report for
1911 just handed to the Governor. Re
cent contentious carried on over the
ways of professional educators and
their results have brought a lengthy
summary of school conditions, ably
handled and containing great amount
of matter.
The meat of the report is contained
in a summary of school efficiency pre-
pared by s. T. Hoy. 1t shows, among
other things, that in 1898 this rose to
17.S per cent.
''The history of education" says
the explanation, "shows that this
was the result of several causes. Among
these were new and enriched course
of study, a generally awakened inter
est in educational matters and closer
supervision of schools. In 1906 there
was a general slump and we find that
this was preceded by 20 per cent.
cut in all teachers salaries. This cut
took place in 1908. AS we would ex-
pect, the results were not immediate.
The production in teachers salaries ex-
ceeded in many cases the 20 per cent.
as many teachers quit the service and
their places were filed by inferior
| teachers at lower salaries, thus reduc-
ing the expenditure on many schools
more than so per cent.
Years to Recover.
cit took several years for the schools
to recover from the knock-down blow
received in 1903 and it was not until
the close of 1910 that the schools be-
gan to show signs of reviving efficiency
the result of summer schools for teach
Iers, better salaries and closer super
vision, when the percentage of pupils
in the upper grades rises to 1913 per
cent. and in 1911 to 14.2 per cent
particular emphasis,' says Superin-
tendent Pope elsewhere, "has been
placed upon certain phases of the work
which former reports have shown to be
in need of special attention; first, i'm
provement of the teaching force; sec
ond, more thorough methods of super
vision and third, development of more
thorough system of industrial educa-
ton. -
Statistical Summaries.
The tables show that there are 500
teachers employed, 9.5 per cent of
whom are uncertifcated; contrasted
with which are 4S9 teachers employed
in 1908 with 2S.4 per cent. uncertii'
Gated
The average daily attendance
throughout the schools was 20,017, OF
90 per cent. which is considered excel
lent. The lowest percentage of attend
ance was on Maui, the highest or
Kauai.
, Exclusive of Portuguese, the white
, children attending the public schools
) of the Territory number $50, or 03s
of the total attendance. The Portuguese
number 4036. The orientals constitute
/. As per cent. of the total attendance
: there being 1870 japanese enrolled, 239:
Chinese, and 220 Koreans The Ha
! waiians number 6251. The total at
! tendance in the public schools is shown
;. to be 22,45S. Of these 1926 are boys
, and 1912 girls.
!, One of the most surprising tables
}. given in the report refers to the mum
, Der of pupils in each grade on eacl
: island. Omitting all excepting thu
first and eighth grades, the tabl'
3 reads this way:
Hawaii Maui Oahu Kauai TIL
1st Grade 3242 1859 2542 1852 879'
Sth Grade IS $50 9 %
Z These statistics are elaborated on il
= more detailed tables including referenc
to industrial work, pupils attending TO
the first time, and Others equally peril
nent to scientific study of educationa
work in Hawaii.