The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-08
Board Of Industrial Schools Is
q Cautioned All Along the Z
I'D Line OF Its Duty 4
RAPS THE PRESS FOR.
il i. ITS UNDUE EXCITEMENT
Tells Of Improvements Now Going
Forward To Remedy What ;
Faults Might Exist

81 warn you against duplication
and overhead charges, and that senti
mentality that encourages parental ir
responsibility and that creates an nm
due dependence on public and private
chaltty In your wards "--Governol
Pinkham, in his letter to the newly ap
pointed members of the board of in
Iustrisl schools.
In appointing the members of the
board of industrial schools, mention OF
which was made in The Advertiser yes.
terday, Governor pmkham sent % each
commissioner letter bearing on the
duties and scope of the newly estab,
.ished body.
The Boys Industrial School at Waia,
lee and the Girls Industrial School at
AOiliili have been under the direction
and control of the territorial board OF
education, but the last legislature
passed a law which takes this control
IRON the general education body and
places IL under the supervision Of the
new board. The law goes into effect
he fist of the coming January.
This board, as appointed by the Gov.
crnor on Monday, consists of seven
members, the judge of the juvenile
court acting ex-OLhciO, three members
being appointed for terms Of two years
and three for four years.
The personnel of the board is as fol
lows: Judge William L. Whitney, ex-
| oficiO; four years-Miss Bertha Ben
Taylor; Mrs. A. l.. Andrews and Mrs.
:. W. Macfarlane; two years-Prof. A
F. Grifiths, DR.. Charles b. Cooper and
Rev. Father Valentin Francks.
Information For Board
cit Is advisable you be informed
as to the INDUSTRIAL and reform institu.
| tons about to come under your
charge" begins Governor Pinkham s
letter to the members Of the board Of
| industrial schools. 1t then goes on to
show that there were, on June 80 last,
1875 boys in the Waialee school, sent
there as follows: From Honolulu and
oahu SO, Hawaii 20, Maui 10 and Kauai
| 4, and 50 girls in the Moiliili indus
trial sehool-65 from Honolulu and
Oahu, 10 from Hawaii, from Maui
and six from Kauai, a grand total of
224 in the two schools.
"Girls have rarely been detained at
the police station continues the let.
1 ter, las the infrequent cases are
promptly looked after by the humane
officer.
"On assuming my duties as Gov
ornor, noted more or less agitation in
he public press on the subject of the
temporary detention Of boys among
mature arrests.
1.-The unnecessary duplication of in
situations is a serious economic prob,
lem, and, with the great deficiency
| threatening the Territory, it became
necessary to act with intelligent prud
1 cnce.
5overnor Goes To jail
"To inform myself of the actual
situation promptly visited County
sheriff W. p. Jarrett and INSPECTED the
Jail. This ! found to be in most ex
client condition, sanitary and clean
81 found separated from and at a
distance from the Jail yard a large,
lean, freshly whitewashed cell, capable
Of accommodating several boys. inis
was assigned exclusively to the use OF
boys detained pending parole, transfer.
enee to the probation officer or deter.
nination Of their cases. Whore pos
sible to secure the presence of respon.
sible parents, boys were promptly
paroled and not detained.
| AS the probation officer was di,
rected to look after special cases, by
taking such boys to his home, l found
little Justification of the view taken
| y the press or specialists in harrow.
ing public feeling. ".
Attached is a report of Probation
officer John C. Anderson.
at seems in the year 1914 he cared
for at his home five boys and either
hrec or six boys one night each ON
their way from Hilo to the Boys In,
lustrial School at Waialee. The totaI
are given during the year 1914 by Mr.
Anderson was equivalent to keeping
one Toy fftyOne or fifty four days.
Yet Changes Are Being Made
| 'Changes are icing made at the
police station that will place it beyond
my possible criticism as to detention
1.-THE probation officer has been au
.horized to rent or lease premises suf
| hcleht Tor all cases coming under his
control
Investigation of the status OF
iris coming under the proposed deten
ion arrangements disclosed the entire
lbsenrc of the necessity or justification
Il the establishment of such an insti
tuition az long as there exist the homes
lble, willing and better fitted for the
care and training of such girls.
"The I.anakila Hale in Rebello lane
is favorahly situated for the purpose
OF detention and shelter of girls. ThC
institution is a most practical one and
attempts to aid the girls in sef.sup
port.
] "The trustees are willing and anE
ious to add to their good work by re.
"eiring these girls coming under your
! various sunervisinH.
- question the facts and wisdom