Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-31
Representatives Visit Boys In
dustriaI School, Learn of
Methods; No Complaints
ax HoMARp D. CASE

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ey HoWARp o. CASE
There csn.fhe no Just criticism OF
the management Of the boys indus
trial school al Waialee. ether in the
: legislature or out il frank expires.
sions or opinion count for anything.
this Is the impression. gained by
I every member OF che education com.
mittee OF the house Of representatives
during a flying visit 10 the school
yesterday afternoon.
/ Now before the house is resolu-
I tisn demanding an investigation CT
methods Of punishment at the school.
/ 1t wants to fnow why certain in
mates have been beaten. On the very
/ face of it this resolution Is a spite
measure to defend. presumably, some
! former inmate Of the institution who
i evidently did net behave himself and
who suffered in consequence.
! whipping Done When Necessary
Logs are strapped at the industrial
! school. 1t is method of punish
ment there, but Is resorted to only
when boys repeat offenses OF GRIMM
( al nature, and usually they are given
three chances to reform. II they dc
not-Yell, good soleleather strap
stings and leaves a marx for. few
/ days.
But what otler punishment can
there be for these boys-and there
have been only two or three-who re-
peatedly commit these criminal of.
/ lenses? Supt Frederick Anderson
asked the question yesterday and then
answered II quite frankly.
Superintendent Tells Why Necessary
Must we hand the boy sack Of
candy and say, Now try and be a
good boy and please don't do 1t
again ~ Anderson asked. IF we put
him in a dark cell on bread and water
for q few days, what does he do?
Reform? Not bit of 1t. He broods
over his punishment and concocts fur
them schemes to get even
! Il believe In a thrashing for the
boy who commits a criminal offense,
who is reprinlande1 and then goes
; right out and commits another Of
fense Give him one thrashing and
he'll never come back for another"
Boys Admit Whipping Justified
! There are two boys at the school
today who bear on thelr backs marks
of the lash. Both of these boys frank
ly admitted that they had been in
i the wrong. and these admissions were
not made in Anderson's presence.
They related just what they had done
and the st0fies were corroborated
when Anderson later was asked to
explain
One boy was dashed because he re-
peatedIy robbed express packages and
mail. Another was punished because
he ran away three times and each
time intimidated nealHeys ana forced
them to run away with him. Boys
have broken into houses, into store
rooms; they have run away from the
school and committed other offenses.
But where the offense was committed
only once and sometimes twice, they
have been let off with a reprinland.
This is but an example of Super
:! intendent Andefson's very liberal
management and his attempt to make
men out OF the boys under his con-
! troll, rather than 70 an.agonize or In
timidate them by repeated appiica-
tons Of the lash
Seeks Unity o. Purpose
! Anderson's plan to solve the prob.
lem Of constant unity at the school Is
/ this:
Remove from the school and cease
to send there, boys who are Grimm
ally inclined
teachers SO that each boy may receive
individual attention and instruction.
II the criminaliy inclined boys are
weeded out he thinks there can be
no more trouble at the school. His
opinion is, and he says it is correct
one, that 1t Is this class Of boys who
incite the young boys TO miscellaneous
pranks and actual crimes.
Let the legislature give us suffi-
Gent funds so that we may employ
more teachers to secure this individu-
al instruction says Anderson. At
present six instructors, this number
not including the matron and the
watchmen, are looking after 165 boys.
Il would like to see the school pro
4 vided with full staff of 10 instruct
ors and at least three of these should
be academic men; IN other words, col
lege graduates But this undoubtedly
would mean that salaries would have
to be raised.
.On this basis there would be few
er criminally inclined leaders in the
school. Many of these boys have nc
fathers, no mothers, no one to care
for them. Let the teachers play the
big brothers, and arrange it so that
each teacher would have charge of
4 say, 10 boys.
Disappruves canfinement Plan
|. Anderson says that the confine
ment system has been advocated as 8
method Of bringing peace to the school
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