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


teaching and Il q expected after thes
have actually fhandled SUCH sdeparf
ments IN the iArse schools tn win
when they graduate from the Normal
School. be competent TO handle such
departments In the. schools to which
they are assigned. II this system is
followed out for few years, Hawaii
will soon have corps, or weIltrained
vocational instructors who viii be able
to cope with local conditions far bet
ter than jtfwonld be possible for even
the most thoroughly trained malihini
In this connection would respect.
fufly-recommend that, as these teach.
ers would be required to do extra
work and give extra time. they be
given extra pay at the rate of $40 a
month during the 10 months Of actual
work IN the school year On the basis
of 80 such instructors. this amounts to
$4,000 year. The estimates prepared
and adopted by the commissioners a
short time ago include this PROPOSE
ton, and, much as dislike asking for
any additional outlay, / do so in this
case with the realization that the out
lay Is very small considering the re-
suits to be obtained.
In this same connection | wish 10
point out the desirability of having
the control of the furniture and fix.
ture items in the school budget reveri
to this department II the school car
penter shops can be used for furnish
ing all the school equipment such as
benches, cupboards, desks and the like
an outlet win be furnished for the
production of articles which will be of
real use to the department and which
win do away with the necessity of
hunting for orders. Furthermore. the
making of school furniture is of far
greater educational value than tthe
making of some of the articles which
must now: be produced. 3,
Advanced Vocational School.
am very strongly of the opinion
that to separate the Normal School
from the department by placing it with
the College of Hawaii would very Sc
riousfy hamper the department of pub
lie instruction, the Normal School and
the College of Hawaii. The Normal
School Is an indispensable factor in tho
public school system and the closest
possible relationship is necessary be-
tween the Normal School and the de
partment in order to insure effective
work. ] may add that the head of the
College of Hawaii, Mr. A. L. Dean, tells
me that he does not believe it to be
a good plan to place the Normal
School with the College Of Hawaii.
take the liberty of hazarding the
guess that when this plan was rec
commended, the accommodation was
largely actuated by a desire to get a
greater amount of use out of the Col
lege Of Hawaii plant On the basis OF
this understanding / venture to place
before you the following paragraph:
The vocational work which is done
in the grammar grades cannot, and
should not, claim to turn out carpen.
tiers, millners, farmers or chefs. II
is, as a matter of fact, mainly pre-vo-
cational, teaching the rudiments of
usefal arts which serve at Ieast an
occasional purpose In almost every
walk of life The main purpose of
the work is, however, to place these
arts before the pupils in such a man.
ner that an opportunity Is given to
bring forth from the individuals such
aptitude as they may have along these
lines and to encourages them towsrds
in this direction rather
than along lines to which they may
be untitled.
At present, however, our work ends
with the eighth grade. The pupils who
wish TO prepare for the professions
have the colleges and high schools to
go to- Those who wish to enter bust
ness have the business course. Those
who wish to train themselves further
In the mechanical arts have nowhere
to 90. think that the equipment of
the College of Hawaii. as far as 1t is
not used for the purposes of the col
lege may be used for an educational
for vocational training for those who
have left the government schools, ii
being understood, of course, that while
such q school is furnished acoommoda-
lions and equipment at the College OF
Hawaii. II win be separate and dis
tinet institution and its pupils will Sc
cure no credentials from the college.
| offer this suggestion as one which
will fill very distinct want in our
system without any mate.
rial outlay, and which will make use
Of the splendid equipment of the Colt#
lege OF Hawaii when 1t csnnot be used
for the purposes OF the college piaper.