The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-06-23
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STRIFE IN
!. SCHOOLS
Superintendent of Public ,Instruc-
tion Kinney, Finishing Up Tour
Of Islands Pleased With condi.
tons; Has Plan for Settling
Petty ouarrels Among Teachers.

fetty Vuarrels Among Teachers
superintendent Kinney leaves tomor
row for IIilo by the steamer Mann
hea. lie Is gong earlier than he ex
pected In order TO visit the Big Islam
schools before they close on ffiday q,
the teachers there dispense TO otbe,
places. The Superintendent before com.
ing to Honolulu in April, folIowiu0 M,
appointment BY Governor PinkLam AM
before he took oliiee on NAV v;s;tes
portions of the Big Island nnd JooL III
into the school problems there. On IN
present trip Mr.. Kinney will eapfns
nimseif more particularly to thosc
schools which he passed up on the Tor.
leave for HilO blythe Marina Ken
on Wednesday morning, - said the s,n.
efntendent yesterday, ''and win ~.
main Just long enough in the Rio NJ
land capital TO have breakfast sfte,
w seh 4 wil 20 with Chief Sanitary OF.
neer y. ?. Bowman to Kau. Friday
ana Saturday l will spend in the
nonasi sunday will find me in Kohala
Monday at Waimca and In Hamals,,a
anu VIII get back to Hilo week from
tomorrow. - : $500 O'''
"On "Wednesday | will a2poar no.
lore the board of supervisors ~ H;lo
to lay before that body such RECON-.
lnendatIons and requests as / NAV have
70 make IN regard to school bhilainos
and other school work which en,na.,
within the authority of The hoard ~
provide. | will return 10 Hnno1,in
when this portion Of my work IS com,
superintendent Kinney returned from,
MS recent trip to Maui on Saturday
morning by the steamer Mauna Kes
Iouching on Mr.. Kinney's Mani trin
last Saturdays Maui News saws: r
Visited Maui Schools.
Hon. Henry w. Kinney, superin.
tendent Of public instruction.. has hasn
on Maui most of the week making 4
detailed inspection Of the public schools
OF the island. He returned to Honolulu
last night. Under the guidance Of
school Commissioned. C. Lindsay and
supervising Principal Case, Mr.. Kinney
visited every school on the island
with the exception Of those IN tba
llama district and ,,Kahakuloa.
This is Superintendent K;nna, ;.
iirst VISIT TO Maui schools since taking
oinee' lie oppressed himself as gen,
orally fairly well pleased with what he
round here, but intimated that there IL
room for Improvement. Mr.. Kinney
stated that he had been Fortunate 81
Delng able to meet and talk with ey.
ery teacher of every school visited, His
trip was a strenuous one. and he was
anout worn out when he took the
Mauna Kea at ,Lahaina last night after
spending the, day among the Lahaina
district schools. T'T'''
tMr, kinney takes a very. hopeful
view of the school situation of tho.
Territory He expressed himself rs
much pleased with the personnel of the
present board Of commissioners, and
feels confident Of being able 20 work
IN complete harmony with its mrmbeis.
Avoiding Petty Strife.
The board has shown every dis.
position to give me free hand in the
administration Of schools, said Kin.
ney, Sand | feel that we shall be able
to work smoothly together. II do not
propose to allow myself to be worried
to death with petty quartels among
school teachers. III teachers cannot
get aloug together, they will be given
q chance to get along apart. for I
shall maketit a ypolicy TO transfer quar-,
Teling teachers just as far apart as
possible. There won't be any favor.
itism or delay IN the matter--thCy
VIII be moved just as far apart as the
limits of the island will admit and if
they don't like it they, win know
what they can do. ~
E Examinations Under Way.
Examinations Of pupils in the pub.
lie schools from the fifth to tine
eighth grade; which have beon uu,.er
way during the past few DAYS are, ac.
eording to superintendent Henry W.
Kinney, giving complete satisfaction.
The examinations have been curried
out under the rules recently adopted
by the department aud are SO conduct.
Cd that the teachers and pupils are on.
tirely ignorant OF the outcome until
the results are announced.
All public school pupils, as we'll as
pupils OF other schools, who desire to
enter the Normal or any Of the high
schools in the Territory are now re.
quired to pass the eighth grade exam
nation. Thus, those desiring OF EN-.
tering the higher territorial schools,
but who are then attending private IN.
stitutions, are distributed iudiciously
among the eighth grade schools of the
Territory some time before the exam,
nations take place and in this mannar
familiarize themselves with the course
Of study in the public schools, after
which they proceed to take the re-
quirsd examination, the passing Of
which allows them TO enter the Normal
or high schools. Diplomas are award
ell by the department. TO those passing
the eighth grade examination, the
diplomas carrying with them the Wig,
nature of superintendent II. w. Kin
ney. Sc.
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