Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-02

evening, the principal eApldluedJ Uhi
they always get plenty to eat"
The principal, in answer to ques.
tons, explained the taking away OF
food as punishment He insists that
no excessive punishment is ever given
In this way and that boys are never
starved. When they are punished BIZ
| their meal being taken away, bread
and water are substituted, he said.
Little Encouragement for Youngsters.
After the inspection OF the school
premises, Principal Tucker was asked
"a number OF questions about admins
tration, corrective work, discipline and
the like.
The questions and the substance Of
the answers are given herewith:
@. What are the work-hours and the
recreation hours Of the boys?
A. THE boys are called at $50 or
O'Clock in the morning, depending on
the time OF year. In winter-time, they
are called about 6. Breakfast Is at
7:30 o'clock. Before breakfast the
boys are required to attend to the
school and farm work, chores. etc.
Some Of them work in the fields be-
fore breakfast
"A half hour is given for the meal.
They are sent to work again at and
work until IL. An hour Is given for
lunch and the boys then work until T.
Then they are given an hour or an
hour and b half for recreation, the din
ner-hour follows, then study-time and
at 1880 they are all sent to bed. Lights
are put out at this time The older
boys as well as the younger must be
in bed at $780,.
@. The boys, then, work an average
Of eight hours day.
A.. "Yes. except those who go to
school, The school hours are from s
/ to IL, different classes being held, so
that the boys who are in school get
each about two hours each day, be-
sides their study time"
Complain OF Too Much Work.
In this connection 1t may be said
that one Of the complaints Of the
boys is that many Of them are COM
PEELED to work eight hours a day in
the taro-patches, at very laborious toll.
Principal Tucker denies that any are
overworked in the taro-plots.
@. Is there any organized system OF
play for the boysf
A. mo, there is none. We used to
have baseball games but the balls have
been broken or lost and the gloves
wore out and there is practically no
baseball here now. We had q football
but the boys broke it. They'll break
anything"
No Games Encouraged.
When questioned about recreation.
facilities, the principal declared with
evident bitterness that It isn't any
Use lying to help the boys get up
games they haven't enough interest
to keep the contests going.
None of us here knows anything
about play Pm sure II don't |" he said
'.We used 70 have q teacher good al
bois.va1lfine and he lad ali the boys
raulting. ana another was q shot.put.
ter and for eWhile the boys put the.
shot-and % yet occasional One
boy. he: added. now has q bruised
head from being struck with the shot.
But adds the principal, I'VE have
mt any time 70 get up contests for
them when they aren't interested
And they break everything they can
lay their hands on"
q. What about. the band2
A. That il still in existence, but
somehow the boys don't seem to take
much interest In It any more, and we
find the band instruments smashed up
every once In WHILE"
@. Is there any incentive for the
boys to join the band-any special
privileges for the boys who stay with
It and learn to be musicians?"
A. mo. no special privileges Of
that sort II 1lhey want to join and
learn to play, all right"
Cooks and Magazines Lacking.
@, Have you school library-are
the boys given magazines?
This question brought out signif.
cant condition. Principal Tucker an.
swered that some of the boys had q
habit of drawing obscene pictures in
the magazines and that therefore all
the magazines had been taken away
from all the boys.
They can't have 'em-that's all"
he declared. THE only way to do Is
to take all the magazines away. They
will tear them up and spoil them Il
they get the least chance"
AS to the books, repeated questions
ELECTED the statement that the school,
has about hundred books, that the
boys are occasionally allowed to Dor
row them and look at them, but al
ways under the closest watchfulness,
or, says Mr.. Tucker. the books viii
be destroyed.
They have to sit in the schoolroom
and read the books or they don't get
them" he said. sBut these boys don't
care anything for books"
No Self-Government Promoted.
@. What effort Is made to develop
the boys into self-governing indivi-i
duals, to let them form a community
and run themselves"
"Oh, you mean that Henry George
thing. (Mr. Tucker himself probably
meant the George W. Junior Republic
system which has been so success
full with boys on the mainland.)
There's nothing of that sort here. The
boys have their companies and the
captains and they know what the
rules are well enough, and what will
happen If they break them. But you
needn't expect that these boys win