The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
pronres, Of edueatIon.

lbs session on Friday, February 2, 1912.
The meeting was attended by every
division superintendent In the islands.
Many auctions Of Importance To- the
administration OF public instruction
were considered, and some discussions
were lively. The convention, however
was characterized throughout by a
spirit Of harmony and good feeling
The superintendents expressed them
selves. by resolution, as in enthusi-
astic accord with the administration
of the bureau of education in the pro-
noting of industrial instruction along
the present lines, and in the improve.
ment in the personnel which is being
effected Among the more important
resolutions passed by the convention
after little discussion were the follow
ing;
That each superintendent make a
special effort to bring about the prop.
er training for the teaching service of
a number of women teachers sufficient
to take care of the instruction in
housekeeping and household arts:
That this policy be pursued with re-
spect to the Filipino teaching person
mel, making due allowance, Of course,
for differences over which the Fill
Pine teacher may be said to have no
control;
That teachers be encouraged to re-
main in the service at least three
years before requesting leave to visit
the United States, and that when
leave is granted, it be for a period of
at least one year, to begin at the open
ing of the long vacation and terminate
before the close of the following long
vacation;
That the date on which English is
to become the official language be no
longer postponed;
That the compensation of poorly
paid but efficient Filipino teachers be
increased even though to accomplish
this end it is necessary to effect a re-
duction in the teaching force;
That legislation be secured whereby
an additional five per cent of inter-
nal revenue will be allotted to the mu-
inequalities for municipal school pur-
poses, and that municipal councils be
empowered to levy an addition one
eighth of one per cent tax for the
same purpose;
That steps be taken to secure gen
eral reassessment Of real property
throughout the archipelago;
That legislation be enacted which
will empower the municipal council
to establish and enforce compulsory
education;
That the bureau of education issue
a bulletin on the care of school
grounds, giving information and in
structions relative to the means and
. the methods of identifying and caring
for the same;
That an industrial magazine be pub
lished by the bureau of education;
That the administration of trade
. schools be placed wholly in the hands
of officials of the bureau of education
That vocational instruction in inter
mediate schools be increased as rapid
ly as teachers and facilities for indus
> trial instruction can be provided.
The silk Industry
On coming to the exhibit of the bu
. reau of science one appears to be Ell
tering into a gold mine of silk, 70
. everywhere are to be seen hundred
of yards of yellow cloth very muc
like the beautiful golden yellow Phi
ippine silk. At one place there ar
: racks for trays which will carry tn
! silkworms in all stages of growth
;, from the egg to the adult moth. Wis
tors are able to see silkworms, feeC
ing and spinning cocoons, moths, la!
- ing eggs, and the eggs as they ar
% Matching on the little circles Of filte
- paper where they are kept.
10 Several girls are engaged in tn
20 Keeling, throwing and spinning of thi
native grown silk An improved looI
20 is on exhibition, being used for wea,
,. ing this silk into just and other natiy
Ia silks. This loom has been presente
4 by Messrs Aguinaldo and Sampedr,
ID who are importers and have their o
Nv fees at 215 Gale Misericorda, A
r though simple in construction it
speedy and capable of weaving con
:. plicated figures.
80 The bureau Of science desires to in
"a press upon the visitors to the expos
~. ton the importance Of silk culture
the islands and the opportunities thei
- are in it for large returns on yel
small investment The capital needC
for silk culture is very small al
-, profits large,
Obituary.
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