The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-07-31
School Board Awaits Improve
ment in Conditions Before In
creasing Wages Of Teachers.

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Although the commissioners Of educa
ton adjourned the July meeting ol
Tuesday evening number Of then
were yesterday in informal session com
pleting details which lack Of time tn,
day previous had made impossible 81
final accomplishment.
At the Tuesday session Mayor JOSEPH
]. Fern and Supervisors AZ. G. Paebeco
William M. Mcclellan and John Mark
nam were present and together will
the commissioners visited the Norma
School where school bungalow, erect
ed on the plans of William Vannatta
OF Hilo, was inspected. The building
was approved by the municipal officers
who declared themselves well pleased
with II, especially with the small cost
of such structures.
The specimen bungalow was built en-
tirey by the pupils of the Normal
school. ! The supervisors stated that
they will soon authorize the construc.
ton Of one like 1t for one of the City
schools where the overflow in attend
ance requires additional quarters. Bum
galows Of this class will be erected as
additional quarters to the territorial
sehools az Aiea, Maipahu, Eva, Waia.
lpa and Kahukp on this island.
Several requests FOR raises in teach
Nars salaries wqre taben up aud consid.
cred BY the eommissiopers who decided
however, TO stick tot tho present, and
until the fpauciali status OF the Terri.
tory permits ctAerwise, 70 the present
schedule aaftTiti ttfM Kti
ttThere is no question but that the
salaries schedule can be vastly improY-
ed on rearrangement,' y stated Superin-
tepdeut HsW. Kinney yesterday, "but
il would abe improper an this time to
perlnit some to be raised while Others,
probably as much deserving; would have
70 remain at the old 6gufe. have
hopes that when the finances az the Ter.
'Hitory win permit itthat proper raises
~ teacheTs salaries win be made. For
the time being, however, this is out of
the question. HiElfat tf} Ee .
The commissioners allowed the EN-.
.ployInent Of an additional teacher for
the Honolulu High School, owing to the
fact that the enfollipept has already
reached 1870 pdpils in the freshman
Nttfeo- = ~ y 4'4S HbnlNApH ~ luelu IN want
ed, stated Superintendent Kinney yes
terday, but no one has beep appointed
yet aud on whom the choice will fail
is not known at this time
ri. Two vacancies in the teaehing staff
of the Hilo High School were reported
and Principal Jernegan of that insti-
tuition was given authority to select two
new teachers in time for the opening
of the new school year next September.
The next meeting of the commission
ers will take place in December the
exact date to be fixed by Superintend-
ent Kinney, At the meeting held on
Tuesday there were present Commits
sioners Mrs. b. ID. Bond of Kohala and
William IL. Smith of Hilo, both repre-
senting the Island of Hawaii; ID. c.
Lindsay of Maui and Mrs. Theodore
Richards and Prof. l.. G. Blackman of
Honolulu. Commissioner T. Brandt of
Kauai was the only absentee. Superin-
tendent II. W. Kinney presided at the
and George s. Raymond, super.
intendent general of schools, was pres.
ent to assist in the deliberations Of
the board. r." ~. ~.