The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-03
DRAFT TROUBLING
EDUGAE|ONBOARD
Superintendent Kinney Trying
+ Hard To Discover Where
He Is Now At "

Hawaii draftees into active service will
hit the government schools Of the Ter
ritory a hard blow, "a the opinion en-
tertained by Henry W., Kinney. super
intendent of public instruction.
- can see where the department is
going to suffer considerably, through
the draft in it's teaching force" said
NJ. Kinney yesterday, disc ussing the
subject, which is now one Of paramount
importance.
. 'fThR department ID taslinR. for
exemption in the case Of only three Of
the several hundred men employed on
The teaching staff of the schools, One
OF these is supervising principal and
two are school principals. We ask for
exemptions in these particular cases
solely on the ground that 10 will be
very difficult at the present time 10 re.
place these men by others Of eqnal
ability and general knowledge Of the
-"rl REQUIRED of them.
Hope For Early Call Of Draft
"1nasmuch as l am already busily
engaged in making my recommends
lions to the commissioners of. educa.
ion, who will meet either late In May
or early in June, for school appoint
Ien's Cor the year beginning next Sep
ember, do hope that II the draft Is
, be called it will be; done 50 shortly,
so that we will be able to know where
.ve are at. ,Aa. y.
"'' '''ould be manifestedly unfair at
this time to drop such teachers as are
sub OF to draft and, agnin. we must
begin to make provision for the future
for it is no easy matter TO al vacan,
cies at a moments notice.
eve will not he able 70 make pro
vision for the filing Of such vaeancief
AZ will be brought about through the
{ "aft until the men drafted are actual
w called out, They may be called into
serviee right in the midst Of school
term ami you can just imagine in what
a quandray this will place the, depart
mpnt ,,Hs.Aa5FE,,.
~ 'This year is even harder one IT.
the matter Of securing teachers, TO:
we cannot even cable TO the, mainland
for them, thus saving lot Of time,
but must rely on the old fashioned an,,
slow method, of correspondence, which
is seldom very satisfactory. 49,, =
One Good Sign, After All
| Sin, preparing my recommendations
tice, however, that, this. year we will
lose less teachers through resignRtioHs
than has been usually the case. Only
about fifty of the $50 now in, the ser
vice of the, department have notified
Us that they will aot seek reappoint
ment, they haviH made other arrange
ments for their future, work. ...
~" Also, we are less troubled this yea
with requests for, transfers from, one
school to another, This lightens tll~
labors of the department q good deal,
for it is newer an easy thing in ths
matter Of transfers to suit everybody
Mr.. Kinney also said that In study
ng the averages Of increase in the
lttendanee at the several, hundred
| ehools Of the Territory he finds that
the increase this year will be mostly
It the Territorial Normal and Training
'ohHol and the Kauluwela School, both
rhree 9 Big buildings Going Up
- ave are now building three big con.
rete school buildings. two In the city
and one in the conntry~at Waipahu.
Each win cost between $4,000 and
$4,000, completed and Furnished. The
new building ut the Normal, for which
he excavations are now already unde,
way, will give us twelve new clas'
-oOms Rnd require a dozen new teach
ars. The building will house. entirely
he lower grades from one to eigh'
md will just about accommodate thu
| expected increase in the schools of III.
ity Waikiki of Nuuanu Street.
while the new Kaumwela Schoo
I,i mil alaA aAnNain Nwvalua
t will call only for seven or eight neT
teachers, as some Of the smaller build
ings in. the; grounds are being torn
,own and the teachers from these vii
find work in the new structure. Th'
| new building at Kauluwela will TAX,
care Of the increase expected in pupil
in the city EVA of Nuuanu Stree
with the exception of the big and eve
Increasing Kalihi residence district
where a number of small frame build
ings are being put UP TO handle the
increase next school year.,
"In Kaimuki, the big Liliuokalan
School is already, being found too small
for the ever increasing population o.
the Red Hill country, There are three
additional but detached rooms and 2
new detached kitchen and earpente,
shop are being erected and these will
have to do until provision is made bF
the authorities to increase the main
structure,
"In several of the smaller city
schools additional rooms and possibly
several bungalows viii be added D
occasion requires. No big increase il
expected at the three other big city
choOls- -Kaahpmapu, Central Grammr'
and Kaiulani-apd the Royal Schod
will probably be able to still aceoB
modate the call for greater attenl
ance there"