Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-19
SHACKLES DONE
away With UNDER
new School rule
Boys at WaiaIee Will No Long,
er Be Known BY Number;
Board Provides Games

Plans to better materially the man.
agement of and rectify conditions at
the boys industrial school at Waialee
are now being carried out by the new
industrial schools board, many of
which were suggested in the annual
report of the 1915 territorial grand
! jury. Il. i 49,. Ill. -.
The appointment of Frederick An.
derson as superintendent has opened
a way for thorough revision Of prin.
ciples and policies. i"
One of the first moves made by the
board was to give to the superinten.
dent the control Of both teachers and
boys. In other words, he has the pow.
! or to hire and fire" employees with
! the sanction of the board. The mat.
ter Of securing competent instructors
and other help has been put into Mr..
Anderson's hands. member of the
board remarked today.
The hours during which the boys
previously labored in the fields, gar
den and stables will be reduced. The
old custom of Stacking unruly boys
has been done away with. The super
irtendent has been given the power
to delegate the punishment of offend.
ers to other teachers. In the past
such punishment was to be done only
by the head of the school.
Call Boys by Names.
Hereafter the boys at the school
will not be known by their numbers.
They will be called by their first
names. The policy of strapping un-
ruly boys may remain in vogue.
1t is planned to Establish at the
school two or more boys clubs with
the assistance of the Y. M. G. A. In
the way of added anusements, the
board has voted to supply the school
with IL indoor baseballs, six bats, two
volley balls and net, "a pairs of In
dian clubs and "a pairs of dumb-bells.
A complete basketball outfit is now
being set up. -" T.. T..
For the present professional cook,
furnished by the federal government,
is employed at the school. A regular
culinary expert will be secured by the
board within short time. The cook
who held sway under the Tucker ad-
ministration has been let out.
Want Complete Dispensary.
The board is very anxious to have
a complete dispensary established in
a separate building at the schools
and plans toward this end now are be-
ing discussed. The dispensary also
would be used as a hospital, with beds
and complete equipment Regular Wis
its are made to the school by gov.
eminent physician. Mr.. Anderson also
has had several years of experience
in medical and nursing work
Providing more suitable clothing TO:
the inmates is also being considered.
1t is also proposed to make great
changes in the school menu, but this
is only tentative at the present time
The board feels that, If money is to
be made at the school for the support
of the institution, which is now cost
ing the territory about $4,000 a year
to maintain, 1t should not be made
by the growing of taro, and that what
taro is grown at the school should
be consumed on the premises.
Circuit Judge Whitney, a member
of the board, remarked today that,
from the fact that there is little or
no sickness at the school, the food
probably has not been as bad as re.
ported. 1t has also been suggested
that less work be done by the boys in
the taro patches.