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

plorabge In yiew,of the tact that thesa
positions were nersliy located in the
schools which were particularly advan.
tageous on account Of favorable local
ity. Course "H' is expected to pro-
duce a class of local teachers who
Will be able to take these upper grade
positions and who will furnish excel.
lent material for prLncipalships and
other responsible positions in the de-
partment.
Vocational Training.
Vocational training on the mainland
Is as yet in the experimental stage
After considerable study and reading
OF reports on the work in this line
done on the mainland, have come to
the conclusion that Hawaii will do
we'll by working out her own saliva
.tion on plans adapted TO conditions
here. which are in many respects diff
ferent from those found on the main
land.
Since September OF this year q num-
Der Of changes have been made in the
vocational instruction department of
the local system. First of all the de-
partment has insisted that the work
must be self-supporting In the case
Of q school where vocational work is
taken up de noyo, in either cooking,
carpentry or agriculture, the depart.
ment furnishes the raw material need
ed and the necessary equipment. Aft
er the school has been given. this
start it is, however, expected to .sus
ply itself with raw material paying
for this by the proceeds received from
the sale of the articles manufactured
This has worked satisfactorily. Since
September, Honolulu has, added in
struction in carpentry in the Royal,
Kalihiwaena, Liliuokalani, Kaahumanu
and Central Grammar schools and
cooking departments are being install
ed in the Kaahumanu. Liliuokalani,
Central Grammar. Royal, Kalihiwaena
and Kaiulani schools. On the other
islands, cooking and carpentry is also
being extended considerably. ..'
Time Limited.
One of. the great difficulties expert.
enced at present lies in the securing
of time for this work. The, depart.
theory that it would be best to have
the boys who desired carpentry work
do this outside Of school hours as
In, the beginning results
fully justified this theory as in many
cases the shop facilities were swamp.
ed by volunteers. In the long run,
however, the experiment was a failure.
Many OF the boys who wanted to work
and who should have had it could not
them TO. come home and do work for
them. Baseball games and other
sometimes proved too
much for the good resolutions of the
and at times the classes
dwindled down TO only or 3 pupils.
II is plain that the vocational work
should be placed under our law of com.
pHlsory attendance. However, II would
be decidedly detrimental TO the schools
If the 4 hours and Is minutes allow
ed each day for academic work is re.
1need. As 1t Is this period is shorter
than that required in most places on
the mainland and we cannot provide
.he Improvement in public school edu-
cation IL the time allowed for acade-
mic work is cut down. The only soIu-
lion seems to be that the department |
be authorized by law to require, in |
The case of schools where vocational |
Instruction is provided, that children |
above a certain age, say. about IL or
above a certain grade, say the 5th
n. 9th, must remain in the school not
more than 4 or hours extra each |
week. -.