The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-26
|PUNAHOU TO HAVE
| JUNIOR ACADEMY
New Departments Are letermin-
sdsl)pon Carrying out Re
!. ~, Z Organization Plans

Oahu College AZ the regular harchl
meeting Of the Corporation. This aeci.i
sion carries into effect the plans for re-,
orgs niEation of Punahou on which Presi-
dent A. +. Griffiths has been working
for nearly two years. s"8. a.. q y =.
The reorganization. now finally ap-
proved by the Corporation. Includes the
following features; "a. 49,, =,
A, The establishment Of Junior
Academy. =. I a3fsg 81 n. Y Sf,Eseg.s q. ~
B. The sstabiishrnent u "a depart.
meDt Of manual arts and zOf household
aTts. d, =, ~ ~ ", ~
q The continuan nee Of the Boarding
penartment for both boys and girls.
u. The division. Of the, school into
three schools; ,iPunahou Elementary
school; Punahou Junior Academy
Puuahcu Academy.
+. a change in the rates Of tuition
and tb'' establishment of part scholar
ships.
The Junior Academy win consist. Of
the seventh, and eighth grades and oe
the freshman class. II will be placed
10 Rice Hall, now the Boys DormitoTy,
which will be rsmodelled for the pur-
pose. Under this plan, which is known
IS The 6.3-2 PLAN, the Junior Academy
beconaet Q school with a plan. and
spirit all Its own. It is neither the
uppcr grades remodelled nor the fresh
maa class -simphhed; ID has q definite
uosc and a new plan IF organ'Ea-
ton, revised :, courses of study and
met bod9 Of instruction and adminissra.
tion which combine the advantages Of
tho grammar school ana the academy
for students of the adolescent age.
The benefit win be felt also IN the
grades below the seventh grade and
in the academy. II viii provide more
rooms for the Elementary School for
Charles r. Bishop Hall win now en-,
tirely be given over to this school II
will relieve the congestion in Pauahi
Hall under which, the Academy has
labored. for several years. Through
out the school II will provide better
instruction !, for individual students
and more personal attention, from the
fact that the, organisation aud supervi'
sion Will be closer and In many cases
,, the classes smaller, yir ~. u,
The department of manual arts will
Ioifer eourses in manual training for
boys in. the Junior Academy and Aea-
deny. This continues the handwork
| now being done in the Elementary
School. The manual training win con
sist very largely AZ first Of woodwork
fine. "A the classes get training in this
Elementary subject, advanced courses
will be givens in iron working, gas en-.
lgines, electricity and plumbing. These
COURSES viii be open without extra tpi.
Ition to. the boys who elect them. :.
ti The kolsehpld arts, planned especial
liy for the needs of Puhahou girls viii
offer courses in sewing and cooking
This work will be open without extra
tuition to girls Of the Junior Academy
and Academy. As the course develops
1 more advanced subjects win be. given
The Boarding Department, will b.
4 carried, on a. before The girls and
\ women yteachArs-t will occupy Castle
i Hall tie boys will be placed in DOLE
\ Han. "a special study is now being
! made Of the' plRns and policies for the
conduct Of the department!
i The schools and the classes which
lthey win include are as follows, :,
7 Punahou Elementary School-Grade'
I to rs -" 49,. 49,
Punahou Junior Academy--Grades 7
So.
Punahou Academy-SophOmore, Jun
Tor and Senior classes.
| This nomenclature which has beer
adopted will eliminate the name Pre-
parat0ry School which has become ia
miliar to Punahou students and patrons
hut which is something Of n misnOmer
The name Punahou School, unde
which the school was founded in 1871
| will be used to designate the three
schools as a whole. Oahu College will
be reserved for strictly college course
which may be offered later.
The rate of buttons beginning il
l9l8.l919 will be as follows:
Elementary School. .............$ n
Junior, Academy ..........t...... 81
Academy ,.,.,.,..."...,., LII
/ This change has been made neeessary
by the fact that the new plan Of or
/ ganiEation win; require at least Ave ad
! 1itionAI teachers and by other consid
erations, including the greatly increased
Seost of education, the desire Of tn,
Trustees adequately TO pay Punaho'
teachers diminished Income from rer
tain ipyestments owing to-. the war
4 and the Increased cost Of fpraeticall!
4 esaTything which enters into the con
duet Of asseho0l. ~,
4 III isrestimated that the total cost o
these changes for, the first wear will b
approximately $4,000. The trustee
4 are gratifed that they are able t
make SO large improvements at 3
small total cost. This is made pos
sible only by the fact that they ar
able TO make use of 20 cOmmodiou
land. satisfactory a building as RE
HAL. IT'S remodelliug can be complet
/ ed at a relatively, small cost and ye
Iproyide a building fairly well adapte'
It9t the purpose for which it is bein
tchanged. T..
/ The trustees emphasize the fact tina
this is only temporary arrangement
which provides a satisfactory solution
If the pressing problem Of numbers a
Punahou. Already there has been
full presentation Of plans for pei
manPnt group of buildings which will
| provide for the future-buildings ade
nnate in size and satisfactory in de
sign for the school. These plans wer
not acted upon at this time because o
the verv strong feeling of the corpora
tiOn that no large plan for new build
iNGs or the rebuilding Of old building
should be entered into while the natiO
WAS At war. They believed that IN