Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-31
SCHOOL ATWAIALEE Wins PRAISE
FROM Investigating committee

appeared yesterday. Tut bog in 4
: cell, says the superintendent, and he
becomes a criminal. II he Is not one
already. Ninety1wo per cent OF the
boys at Waialee do not know what
parental care and love Is. With more
teachers more personal care and at
tenticn could lie shown the boys. and
. there is little doubt that Il would go
a long way tovsrd correcting them. :
Anderson has one pet scheme that
he is anxious to have carried out, anu
that liz provision for the boys who
haze finished their terms at the school
and who have made good. a- ~.
Would Help Along GRADUATES Il
He would like TO have $1,000 year
set aside to pay at the rate 81 S!9
month all boys who, after they are
eligible for parole. desire to stay at
the school for a few months and be.
come more familiar with the trade
they have learned while in confine.
ment. .,.. -..F:-.e-.- .-.... -s-.s...t
One boy has been in the Waialee
school since 1906. He was taken. back
at his own request Today be is a
skilled mechanic But IL this boy
we're 70 leave the school tomorrow
there would be no provision made for
: him, lie would be given no money. nor
wouJ. he have job in sight. 80. ~..,
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. -''e.' -.R %. ..a r. .>-@ % 4
Boys Act As Jurors - =. 49,.
: Getting back to the punishment sys-'
tenn, the school has a system OF gov
eminent of its own, and q jury OF
boys sits on all cases OF fragrant viola
ton 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
reaching their decision
No Complaints Are Made
A large number of the boys were
questioned by the legislators and not
single complaint was registered.
The food was good. they declared. All
had words of praise for Anderson's
system of management. They admit
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. ...*> = s-..@s = a. Q re-
Food has gone up, as everyone
knows, and Anderson requests an al
loWance of As cents a day for each
boy lHe figures that<at least $4,000
will be needed. to renovate the hos,
pital building and brighten up the dor
mitorieS. ..~--., x sri - Il,
I'VE simply must give him some
more money" remarked Representa-
tive G.. p. Wilder. -
Legislators Show Deep interest
Wilder. took keen Interest IN eV;
erythfng he saw and unsparingly prais:
ed the institution. Another interested
visitor was Speaker H. L. HoIstein,
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
by the boys, was, completed in 1916.
1t Is sturdy, handsome building and
worthy of any institution. a
The shame of the "shaekle" system
does not exist at the school. this being
one of the methods of punishment that
Anderson abolished when The first
took charge -
Getting down to the bottom of the
investigation made yesterday, II would
appear that Anderson's methods. o..
punishment are to be permitted With.
out fear of any undue cruelty to the
boy. Only two instances of flashing
We're 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 vivid I'M
preston that rules are rules"
To one acquainted with conditions
at the school. and with Anderson's sin
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, II 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 yestef-
Gay were Speaker H. L. Hoistein, Rep
resentative Marquee, chairman of the
education committee; ard Represen-
tatives Leal, Miles, Kawaha, Wilder
and Ahuna, and Attorney William T.
Do, .