Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-05

OF the summer school, are being paid
So q month. ~ - -. -,
Preference to Normal School. .
The department is following the fix.
| ed policy Of giving the graduates oil
the locll Normal school the preference
to teachers coming from elsewhere.
Every graduate OF the class OF 1914
has been placed and not a single nor.
NAL graduate who sought employment
failed To find IL. A new policy has
also been adopted In the employment
OF m9lihini teachers. No such teach.
ers have been appointed TO positions
in Honolulu this year, il being thought
only fair that as snch positions are
regarded as preferable to those in the
country. they be given as reward for
faithful service in the department for
one or more years in the outside dis
tricts. There is q great latitude in the
certificates OF various states and coun'
ties, and where the department has
found II necessary to employ teachers
from the mainland II has. as far as
possible. selected only those holding
stance those Of the State of CalifOr-
mia.
Course of Study
During the summer OF 1914 COM
mittee was appointed to revise the
course of study. The committee con
sisted Of Inspector General G. s. Ray
mond, supervising principal, Miss Der
tina Ben Taylor, principal Of the Maui
high school. w.. s. Beeman, principal
of the summer school, Cyril o. Smith
and the superintendent. This commit
tee compiled new course Of study,
copy of which is append: to Lh:;
report. The committee was unanimous
in recommending 1t and the members
Of the board of commissioners of pub
lie instruction adopted il with u::ani-
nous vote The committee s,imed to-
wards simplicity, with particular cnl.
phasis on the three great main branch
es-reading, writing and arithmetic.
Cost Of School Books. 4
AS the result OF the adoption Of the
new course of stsdy IL was possible
to reduce fairly materiany the cost
of school books required in re hands
of the pupils. While the sun per in
dividuaI is not particularly large, the
total in the territory amounts to about
$4,000 a year. i
There have been some complaints
against the Golden Treasury Readers
now In use. On the whole these com
plants are to some extent justified 1t
seems best that the material be Sc
cured by the collaboration of num-
Der OF the most prominent and sue
cessful of our local teachers, under the
direction of the department, but the
details OF the scheme have not been
worked out as yet. In considering the
subject of school books it must be re-
membered that the slightest change
involves much trouble and complaint.
Under these circumstances Il seems
hest to make no change in the present
readers until such time when a very
substantial betterment can be obi aiR-
ed.
Normal School. |
At the May, 1914, meeting Of the
board of commissioners of public in. |
the superintendent submit.
led the following Recommendations.
which were adopted by the commits.
sioners.
First: That no one win be
admitted to The Normal school ex-
cept after having passed the regu-
lar eighth grade examinations.
Second That the Normal
school course OF study be limited
definitely for four years.
Third: That the recommends
tons contained in the course of
study, as prepared by, the course
OF study committee and adopted
by the department. be followed to
the letter and In spirit
Fourth: That the advance
ment of pupils from one class to
another within the Normal school
and the graduation thereffom be
contingent absolutely upon exam
nations prepared and carried out
under the directions of the board
of examiners.
Fifth: That the dual cadet
system be abolished"
At the same time a new course of i
study for the Normal school was work. /
ID out and adopted. In addition to /
-aising the general standard of the /
school special course was added In L
he past exceedingly few graduates of |
he local Normal school could OF
would teach the upper grades, the re
;ult being that it was found necessary
% I'LL the upper grade positions with
nalihini teachers. This seemed de