Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-12
TERRITORIAL NORMAL SCHOOLS and.
GRADUATES DEFENDED BY PINKHAM

Thai graduates OF the local Normal
zen more so than many mainland
t1ttheTs: that IL is without dispute
the school can be improved in
case the necessary funds are provided.
and that, II the standard is not suffi-
GENTLY high IL should be raised, are
among the points made by Governor
Pinkham in a letter to the school com.
mission Monday.
The communication bears to some
extent on the letter recently written
the governor ana the department of
education voicing plea for more
trained public school teachers. The
governor says:
Jointly with you ! have received
communication from the College
Club.
Inquiries As To Motive
"In an interview with the president
Of that club and the author OF the
communication. called attention TO
lines three, four, five and six on the
fifth page and inquired IL the incident
referred TO was the melting motive
of the paper This was admitted.
then inquired rs to the name of the
person therein referred TO- After at
tempts at generalization, they stated
IL was Mrs. Penfield, who understand
failed to meet the highest professional
requirements Of the department OF
public instruction. This point ] am
not called upon TO determine. Your
board of examiners can inform you
C. the merits or dement's of the case.
Demands Are Found Severe
Il have been aware for over year
OF the pressure circumstances have
brought On the Normal school and its
teachers. I have used my personal
influence In several instances where
frail teachers seemed to be breaking
down. Owing to the increased de-
nE4ds on the Normal school, funds
lave not been available to meet them,
yet Iyenture to say the Normal
school has more effectively carried
out its mission than some OF our
higher institutions and at far great
er tax on its teachers.
"That the Normal school can be inn
proved cannot be disputed. in case
the necessary funds are provided, and
II the statement long since made to
me by the superintendent of public
instruction is correct, the department
has considered raising that schools
standards and opportunity.
Objects Of Normal School
The normal schools of this terri
tory and the states have in view two
objects: First, to provide teachers
competent to instruct pupils in pri-
mary and intermediate and common
school education, leaving the higher
and professional education, which has
its decided limitation In numbers and
ability, to institutions and professors
OF tentatively recognized qualifica-
tons: second. to provide honorable
occupations for orr local young men
and women. Any attempt TO deprive
these local young men and women
OF the opportunity they have been
encouraged to seek and prepare for
is most reprehensible. / am authori-
tatively informed these Normal school
graduates are generally making good.
even more so than many mainland
teachers. II the standard of the Nor
NAL school is not sufficiently high.
raise II, and let public sentiment com
pei 1t and also compel the protection
of our own people In the limited op-
portunities for refined and intellec-
tual livelihood now too limited at best
1T is inconceiyable to me why in
the Territory Of Hawaii there should
be so many detractors, detractors who
claIftsto be imbued with all the vir-
tu6
Quotes from kinney's Letter
"The superintendent of public in
strpction has given facts relative to
mainland teachers VS. local teachers,
and it would seem seventy-three Of
the former to thirty-seven certificated
OF the latter during the past year was
no discrimination but the reverse.
sIf IL Is the purpose to eliminate