Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-31
REPRESENTATIVES Visit Boys IN
dustrial School. Learn of
Methods; No Complaints
BY HOWARD D. CASE


There can be no inst criticism oil
the MANAGEMENT of the boys indus
/ trial school at >WaiaIee, ether in the
Legislature or ont II frank express
sions OF opinion COUNT for anything
! this is the impressicn gained bs
/ every member OF the education com
| mittee of the house of Representatives
during a Flying visit 10 the school
| yesterday Afternoon.
| Now before the house is 4 resoIu,
! ton demanding an investigation OF
! methods Of punishment at the school,
! II wants to fnow wEy certain in
mates have been beaten. On the very
face of II this resolution is q spite
measure to defend. presumably, some
former inmate Of the Institution who
evidently did net behave himself and
who suffered in consequence.
Whipping Done When Necessary
| Eoys are strapped at the industrial
! school. II is a method of punish.
ment there, but is resorted to only
when boys REPEAT offenses Of a. erimin.
al nature, and usually they are given
three chances to reform. II they dc
not-well, good soleleather strap
! stings and leaves a mark for few
/ days. fIY{ z7fa g
But/what otaer punishment can
there be for these boys-and there
have been only twosor tfIree-who re-
peatedly commit these criminal of.
lenses? Supt Frederick Anderson
asked the question yesterday and then
answered IL quite frankly:
superintendent Tells Why Necessary
Must We hand the boy a sack Of
candy and say, New try and be Il
good boy and please don't do it
again p" Anderson asked. IF we put
him in dark cell ON bread and water
Tor a few days, what does he do?
Reform? Not bit Of it. He broods
over his punishment and concocts fur
them schemes to get even
4 believe in a thrashing for the
boy who commits a criminal offense,
who is reprimardei and then goes
! right out and commits another Of
Tense. Give him one thrashing and
he'll never colHe back for another"
Boys Admit Whipping Justified = 49,
| There are two boys at the school
today who bear on. their backs marks
. of the lash. Both of these boys frank
i1y admitted that they had been in
, the wrong, and these admissions were
not made in AnderslA's presence.
They related just what[they had done
and the stories were corroborated
when Anderson later was asked to
explain ~ gh5G - 49,
= One boy was dashed because he re-
.lpeatedly robbed e express packages and
maiE another was punished because
The ran away three times and each
time intimidated new buys and forced
! them to run away with him. Boys
have broken into houses, into store
rooms; they have run away from the
school and connitted other offenses.
But where the offense was committed
f'only once and sometimes twice, they
have been let off with, a reprimand.
This Is but an example of Super
intendent Anderson's very liberal
management and his attempt to make
men out Of the boys Under his con.
troll, rather than TO antagonize or in
timidate them by repeated applica.
lions of the lash
Seeks Unity Of Purpose
II Anderson's plan to solve the prob.
lem of constant unity at the school is
this: .Esz -. ...g.. --s
Remove from the school and cease
to send there, boys who are GRIMM
ally inclined. r. .. -
Provide the school with sufficient
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 a correct
one, that it Is this class OF boys who
incite the young boys to mischievous
pranks and actual crimes.
Let the legislature give us suffi-
cient funds so that we may employ
more teachers tossecure this individu-
al instruction" says Anderson. AT
present six instructors, this humber
not including the matron and the
watchmen, are looking after 165 Boys.
Il would like to see. the school pro-
| vided with full staff of Is 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. x 49,.
On this basis there would be few
er eriminally-inclined leaders in the
school, Many of these boys have no
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,
say, 10 boys"
Oisapproyes Confinement Plan
4 Anderson says that the confine.
ment system has been advocated as a
method OF bringing peace to the school