The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-17
UNIQUE PLANS At .
WORK OUT AT THE
industrial. SCHOOL
Mss Siefritt Puts Scheme Of Her
Own Into Operation
For Girls
NO OTHER INSTITUTION
MAKES USE OF HER IDEA
aluminium Coins Used To Pay
the Inmates For Articles
They Make

With aIuminum coins TO represent
United atafes currency in denOmina.
tious 81 I'VE cents, ten cents, twenty
Eve cents fifty cents and one dollar,
the authorities Of the Girls Industrial
School are solving In practical way
one Of the big social problems of Ha'
waii. II is not an easy problem to
solve, IL IL not an agreeable subject to
write about IL IL were not being done
in such clean and high-minded man
ner. 5'}1a 4
+ The plan was evolved and inaugur-
intendent of the institution and has
been In operation for several years and
II Is unique IN work of this kind. No
other similar institution is handling the
subject in such q practical way.
Al present there are ninety-six girls
in the Institution aud II any of them
are discontinued II was not noticeable
10 a Representative Of The Advertiser
who recently made visit to the school.
During the present year only two girls
attempted TO escape from the school
and they we're returned the next day.
Sinee then they have grown to under.
stand the purpose of the school and
IRE among the best pupils of the insti'
tuition. raj .Et' ,
Girls Reel At Home
AS explained by Miss Sterritt il Is
the purpose of the school TO make the
girls feel at home. There are few res
tfaints. The grounds are open at oil
times. The girls are permitted to rOam
at viii and have practically all the
privileges of child in its own home
and Il is splendid home. The lOca
ti0n Is one of the best in Honolulu and
all the buildings are Of modern de
sign. H.
One Of the Distinctive features Of
the school u that there are no punish
ments inflicted. In q short, time the
girls grow TO love the place and II fllr
need in their lives in that 1t gives
them taste and q desire for a whole
some home life. When the girls are rel
ceiped they are placed in the general
roeciving buildings. They are given
clothing. This clothing they are expect.
ed 10 pay for out of the money which
they earn. Everything else is free.
They are taught weaving, sewing,
rug making, gardening, laundry work
and domestic science, which includes
cooking and diateties. As they pro.
gfess they make variety of articles
for which they receive money, the
money that is used by the school. This
money is placed to their credit and the
first thing they are expected to do is
20 pay for their clothing. Whatever
Is left over is placed TO their credit to
b. paid TO them when they leave TIT
school at the age of eighteen,
The idea Of keeping the girls at
work and paying them is to make them
feel sense Of responsibility. They
respond 10 this system in nearly ali
cases. The exceptions soon learn that
II Is better 10 keep abreast with the
other girls. The only punishment is
that they are not paid II there are any
dement's on their daily score.
Girls Do Correcting
Girls who refuse to work and who
are refractory soon are looked upor
with disfavOr by the other girls of the
school They do not receive new cloth
ing but arc obliged to wear the cast
OF dresses Of DER girls. In othel
words they have 1ttaehed to them tn
stigma of the pauper.
5 In many cases where girls show a dis
position TO improve they are let out OF
probation after Il position has been OBJ
tained for them. From their salaries
the school deposits one half which il
placed in bank to their credit At tn,
end OF the probation period which i
akithe age of eighteen, all this none,
il returned to the girls to use as sh,
pleases. In the meantime the girl
make regular reports to the school.
The only thing that can be cOnstrue,
as punishment is that girls who re
eeiye certain number of dement,
during the month are not allowed h
receive visits from their relatives o
friends. This alone is sufficient inceu
tive 70 cause the girls to behave an,
take advantage of all the benefits o
the school whose aim is to make goo
clean women. p