Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-31
SCHOOL At WAIALEE Wins PRAISE
FROM investigating COMMITTEE


appeared yesterday. Put hoy in a
cell, says the superintendent. and he
/ becomes criminal. II he is not enc
already. Ninery.two per cent of the,
boys OF Waialee do not know what
parental care and love Is. With more
teachers more personal care and at
tention could lie shown the boys, and
there is little doubt that It would 90
q long way toward correcting them.
Anderson has one pet scheme that
he is anxious to have carried out. anu
that is provision for the boys who
have finished their terms at the school
/, and who have made gcOd.
| Would Help Along SCI aduatas'
He would like to have $1,000 year
set aside TO pay at the rate OF $40 a
month all boys who. after they ere
eligible for parole, desire TO stay at
the school for few months and be-
come more familiar with the trade
they have learned while in confine
ment.
I One boy has been in the Waialee
school since 1906. He was taken back
at his own request. Today he is a
skilled mechanic. But If this boy
were to leave the school tomorrow
there would be no provision made for
him, he would be given no money, nor
wou'9 he have job in sight.
II is the boys Of this type that An
derson would like to see assisted. and
the legislators who heard his remarks
on this point unanimously agreed with
him.
Boys Act Az Jurors
Getting back to the punishment sys-
TEN, the school has system of gov
eminent of its own, and jury of
boys sits on all cases of fragrant viola
tion of the rules. Sometimes they de-
eide that the boy shall be reprimand-
ed or given extra work Sometimes
/ they recommend a thrashing. And in
some cases they are two or three days
Preaching their decision.
No Complaints Are Made
A large number of the boys were
questioned by the legislators and not
single complaint 3yas registered.
The food was good. they declared All
had words of praise for Anderson's
system of management They admit
I ted that boys had been thrashed, and
declared the boys themselves were in
/ the wrong. A Waterman who recently
attempted to bully boy was discharg-
ed.
{ Food has gone up, as everyone
knows, and Anderson requests an al
lowance of 40 cents q day for each
boy. He figures that at least $4,000
Twin be needed to renovate the hos
.pital building and brighten up the dor
mitories.
I'VE simply must give him some
more money, remarked Representa-
tive G. P. Wilder.
LEGISLATORS Show Deep Interest
Wilder took keen interest In ey-
i erything be saw and unsparingly prais.
! ed the institution. Another interested
visitor was Speaker H. L. Ho,stein,
who also lauded the institution.
One example of what the boys have
done Is the big. new concrete build.
ing containing the laundry and work
shop. This structure, built entirely
kby the boys. was completed In 1916.
| 1t is sturdy. handsome building and
worthy Of, any Institution.
The shame of the shackle' system
does not exist at the school, this being
one of the methods of punishment that
Anderson abolished when he first
took charge.
Getting down to the bottom of the
investigation made yesterday. II would
appear that Anderson's methods OF
punishment are to be permitted with
tout fear Of any undue cruelty to the
boy. Only two instances of lashing
were found and, as Anderson frankly
explained. these were given boys who
had repeatedly committed crimes, who
had been given three chances to re-
form and who could be punished In no
other way so as to leave a vivid i'm
preston that rules are rules"
/ To one acquainted with conditions
at the school. and with Andersons sim
cere attempts to better them and TO
| make men and good citizens out Of
his charges, there must come an ear
nest desire that the legislature, IL it Is
to assist at all, he liberal Every cent
of money spent on Waialee will be
for the direct benefit of the entire ter
ritory, there can be no doubt of that.
Those who visited the school yester-
/ day were Speaker H. L. Holstein, Rep
resentative MARQUEE, chairman of the
Education committee; and Represen-
tatives Leal, Miles. Kawaha, Wilder
Eand Ahuna, and Attorney William T.
Rawiins.
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