The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-07-17

filled, consideration being postponed un;
Ill the August meeting.
Anniversary Date.
While the annual meeting came last
week, the meeting was adjourned TO the
date, July IA, in order that Mr.. Jones
who was elected trustee July IA, 1874,
and who retired yesterday, might com
plete round forty years Of service.
Presidents Report.
The annual report Of President Grit.
fiths, extracts from which are printed
below, has mueh that will be of inter.
est .
The total Registrations for the term Of
l9l3-19l4 was:
Academy, 221; Preparatory School,
52l; Piano, 80; Voice, ~; Violin, ~:
Music Classes, a; Sight Reading, 2;
Harmony, 8; Total Tuitions, $40; name
repeated, 81,
Total Students registered, 75s.
Registration by Nationalities.
Academy--white, 1862 or 733 Der
cent; Part Hawaiian, "a or 1874 per
cent Portuguese, or 3 per cent. Chi
nese, 20 or 1913 per cent; Japanese, /
or . per cent. Totals, 22l or 100 per
cent.
Preparatory White, 427 or SO per
cent; Part Hawaiian, 81 or 1913 peg
cent; Portuguese, 4 or 8 rer cent; Chi.
nese, IL or % per cent; Japanese, 8
or ~ per cent, and Negro, or i per
cent.
Scholarship.
The following statistics may be OF
interest as Indicating the trend Of pro
MOTIONS without conditions. IN other
words satisfactory completion of
work required, during the last seven
years
Promotion record Ono conditionsl Of
lpupils completing years work--l9O7-
1908, SO per cent; 1908. 1909, "a per
cent; l900-l9l0, "a per cent; l9l0-lgll
q ner cent. l9ll.1912, 81 per cent:
l9l2l9lS, So per cent; 19l3l9l4; 50
per cent.
During this same period the percent
ago Of retafdation has been reduced
from eight to four.
Academy Course Of Study.
The change Of Importance undcr
this head Is the establishment OF new
General Course" in which diploma
will be granted without mathematics
hut with certain provisions for con,
tinnity Of study in three fields OF
knowledge.
Alumni Cooperation.
ANY plan that gives promise of sue
Tess in the field of interesting a large
body of Alumni in the school calls foI
a long process of education which is
going TO take care in the planning and
time and effort in the execution
think that it win pay for the energy
lexpended.
.s Cooperation Of Parents,
\ We have been trying to emphasize
1.-THE fact that Pnnahon il community
school The full acceptance Of THU
/ ilea by our constituency has not yei
como. We need to cultivate the in
tcrest Of our patrons In the polieier
and problems of the school and theil
assistance in matters which coneerI
school and home alike.
Some consideration has been givei
to a plan to secure greater co-opera
tion This plan, as now IGntatiyel,
mapned ont has the following features
lfl) Mothers meeting to which al
Punahou mothers will be invited; al
dress by the president but more espee
tally expression Of opinion by mother
and arousal Of their interest IN ques
ttions brought forward, (2l Discussion
OF such questions as exer,ise for girls
facilities for playground and Mnel
hour. simplicity in dressing, reduction
Of pocket money, candy cart evil, !
hot lunch, social life Of pupils. (3'
Conference with groups Of mothers OF
1 the most Important Of these questions
l1A Visiting committees from the par
ents who will inspect and report OF
actual conditions in aud about tn
school and who eau be the voice 30 M
Of other parents who have something
To say.
CAN YOU AFFORD THE RIsK9
Where you ever seized with a severe
nttnek Of cramp collie or diarihoe
without hottie Of Chamberltin's co
4 lie, Cholera and Diarhoea Remedy ii
the h0usei Don I take such risks.
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