The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-05-24
ALnOLANl COLLEGE BUILDING OFFERED TO PUBLIC
AS STARTING PLACE FOR PROPOSED VOCATIONAL SCHOOL!
Building Rent Frec..ThC
Department Has a
Plan Outlined.

II the board of education approves
of the proposal for the establishment
of vocational schools, Honolulu may
have one running within few weeks,
the building and ground of the Ali
olani College, Kaimuki, being at the
board 5 disposal, rent free for four
months or until the legislature pro.
vides ways and means for maintaining
the schools. The offer of Aliiolani has
been made by the owner, Mrs. Nellie
Z. Foster, who has also offered to GOA
Hibute generously towards a fund to
meet running expenses.
The offer of Mrs. Foste. is now in the
hands of the superintendent of educa-
ton, to be presented to the commits,
sioners when they meet on Saturday.
1t is by no means certain, however,
that the commissioners will accept the
offer, as the certainty of their approval
to wards vocational schools is not to be
taken for granted.
Aliiolani, built originally as school
building, with large surrounding
grounds, is able to accommodate two
hundred pupils, girls and boys. The
fact that it has large grounds makes it
especially suited for the proposed pur-
pose, part of the vocational curri-
culum consisting of a practical course
in market gardening and dairy work.
Department for It.
The department of education is
strongly in favor of the adoption as
soon as possible of the agricultural and
vocational school system, to be supple
mentary to the regular public school
system.
SIN order to better meet the needs
of the majority of the children in our
public schools, the department has
planned modification of the educa-
tional system by providing more con-
crete course of study, especially in the
grammar grades, says department
circular ''The conclusion has been
forced upon us that it is the duty of
the department to provide pupils with
something more than mere book learn
ing, that every child should receive
such an education and training in school
that on his leaving the school he win
be fitted to be a wage Garner and be-
come bearer of burdens instead of,
as is too frequently the case under the
present system, burden on the com
munity.
Training of Head and Hand.
"To accomplish this purpose it is
planned to establish schools where part
of the time of each pupil will be spent
in practical work of some kind.
"Two types of schools are planned
an agricultural school for country dis
tricts and vocational school for
towns.
"For the agricultural schools land
and necessary buildings will be pro-
vided by the agricultural interests.
The practical training in these schools
will consist in the cultivation of
staple products and such shop work and
other training as is naturally connected
with the agricultural work.
"The vocational schools for towns
will require land and buildings, probably
provided by the department. These
schools will in addition to class room
work give practical training to boys
and girls from twelve to eighteen years
of age. Not the least practical part of
the training received will be a system
of regular pay for work done.
Work for Boys.
'fIn the gardens the work for boys
will consist of soil cultivation, fertiliza
tion, irrigation, vegetable gardening,
fruit culture, growing fodder, methods
of dealing with insect pests, blights
and such, and selection of seed, i'm
provement of vegetables and fruit.
clarifying on a small scale, but suffi-
cient to teach best methods of caring
for dairy stock, sanitary methods of
handling milk and such will be taken
up, also hog raising, poultry raising and
| bee culture.
SIN the shops the boys will learn in
practical way, by doing necessary
work on the premises, filing orders re-
carpentry, blaeksmithing, plumbing,
cabinet work, painting, house building,
and such other work as may be found
convenient or necessary.
Work for Girls.
''The course for girls will offer train
ing in the following departments:
"'Household work = Cleaning and
busting, care of bedrooms and bath
rooms, dining room work, such as
setting tables, waiting on tales, care
of table linen, washing of dishes, care
of kitchen and kitchen equipment.
"Cooking-Plain cooking and mar
keting, preparation of well balanced
meals.
"Garment Manufacturing, fitting
and sewing women and children Is
clothing, mending and darning and buy
| ing materials.
N'Millinery-Making and trimming
hats.
"Laundry work-Washing and iron
ing clothes, fine laundry work.
"Manicuring and shampooing; mas
sage or lomi-lomi; lauhala work; gar