The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-09
VITAL PROBLEMS
HANDLED WITHOUT
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City Charter, Wee coHditlons and
4 Schools Somepf Topics
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ONE SPEAKER PLEADS FOR
Il SunBOaT OF PR0HlBiTloN
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Care Of Feeble Minded and Child
welfare WofkyAre Urged = !
tr,By Others

Many matters Of vital importance to
the community were discussed at last
nights bi,monthly meeting of the
Mems League of the Central Uuiqn
Church. Many bills making for the
moral, educational and social better.
ment Of citizens of this Territory, to
be presented at the coming session of
the legislature, were outlined or hint.
ed at =
Problems of grave Importance to the
welfare Of the community were handled
without gloves by speakers who had
made themselves thoroughly at home
with their subjects. . -.
A new city charter, the prospects OF
prohibition, the needs Of local schools,
child welfare, the care Of the feeble.
minded, and the social evil, each 81
turn furnished the subject for a stir
ring address. W.. s<r% n
About f20 of the brightest, most vi.
rile minds Of the city were present at
the meeting, and every man went home
richer in ideas aud information which
win stand him in good stead when il
comes 70 bis turn to apply them TO ad-
tion calculated TO make Honolulu O
better and cleaner city.
After dinner and a selection by a
glee club from Kamehameha Schools,
DR.. A. /. Dean, president of the Col
lege Of Hawaii, who presided at last
nights meeting, expressed regret that
on account of the national situation,
Brigadier- General Strong, commander
Of the Hawaiian Department, had
found himself unable to attend and de-
liver an address on the relation of the
army TO social legislation. r.. y
City Charter Fight @. a.. -"
Riley. II. Allen was the first speaker,
taking for his topic, 1.-THE City Chart.
eg". The speaker reviewed the his.
tory Of the fight for a short ballot
charter since the matter was first moot
ed by the league, five years ago. The
net result of the charter convention, he
said, yas generally regarded as unsat-
isfaetofy, In this connection he laid
particular stress on the provisions for
the appointment of district magistrates
by tn, mayor, and the election of d
city superintendent Of public works,
both of which provisions, be stated,
were framed with an eye to political
patronage and were part of program
to build up political machine.
! The speaker said that there was a
growing sentiment among civic bodies
in favor Of the Legislature taking no
action at all in the matter of the
charter, rather than have charter
passed which would afterward have to
be revised He was of the opinion
that if the present charter be revised
at all, it should be along lines dictated
by the experience of other cities, and
concluded by saying that there ism
q city that has tried 0 city manager
that has hash Z retained that Form Of
government. '"t .-"t
Pleads For Prohibition e
George W. Patty took up the cudgels
of eloquenee on behalf of prohibition
for Hawaii. He spoke of the greatness
Of the prohibition movement on the
mainland and said that he expected
any day to hear that the bill for q
plebicite petition had passed the lower
house of congress. The speaker urged
those present aud everyone, in fact,
TO vote for prohibition in whatever
form it might be presented to the citiA
%hb " Lnls leTTltOiy, IoI bne sake OI
the Hawaiian people, their own homes
and all the good that prohibition would
bring to these Islands. F& r.
Henry Walswortb Kinney, superin!
teDdent Of public instruction, spoke on
"What the Schools Need Most" He
itemized these needs as follows:
Provision TO secure funds to employ
a number Of teachers sufficient for the
instruction of the pumber of pupils
on hand. g.. =
Adequate recompense for teachers. =
A liberal building budget.
Legislation TO provide for the instruc,
tion of detectives. ,'-.,.. ... .
More Funds Are Needed ..E+..."G ~ y
As matters stand at present, said
the speaker, sufficient funds are not OBJ;
tainable commensurate with the in!
crease Of the school population. The
law passed in 1911 needed to be amend.
ed. This law, 1t is true, provides for
an increased appropriation in conform
ity with the increase in population, but
this increase WASH Y sufficient for ex.
listing needs. The law should be
amended SO as to secure greater in
crease and that the increase should be
more generally applicable to the entire
teaching field, AS things are at pres.
ent some teachers have more children
than they can take care Of. and 9th
ers hardly enough to make teaching in:
teresting. -'s e
Superintendent Kinney stated that
the salaries of teachers was ridiculously
inadequate, and that almost any good
plantation laborer got more money
than some good teachers. Teacbersg he
said, received less pay for their SER
vices than members Of any other pro
fession In the Territory. Almost ev.
eryone else was profting from the
prosperity caused by six-cent sugar and
he wos of the opinion that the teach
ers should have their turn too. He
thought that the legislature would look
at " thet way. @ a "
With regard 10 the building budget,
Kinney said in the past the department