The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-09-13
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
AND GIRLS TO WORK

he Lihue high and grammar
sci ool is starting off this week with
a bang. Professor Dollinger has
gathered a corps of teachers about
him that are second to none in the
territory. These instructors are all
working together to make this the
best school year in the history of
the institution
The Lihue dormtory is full of
wiGe-awake boys who are determin-
ed to make the most of their oppot-
tunties. The dOrmitory is under
the direction of Miss Jenny John
son, whose good work the latter half
of the last school year, assures us
that that it will be well and effici.
nelly handled this year.
The dormitory boys do certain
amount OF work around the dormi-
tory in which they live as a part of
the compensation for their board
and room. But they are not kept
at that all the time And there is a
large number of them that are a
vailable for outside work. yard work.
gardening and similar tasks.
In any group of boys or men there
are always some who can and will
do much more and better work than
others. The Others" in the Lii
hue dormitory are much in the min.
ority this year.
Some garages advertise, "all work
guaranteed" That is exactly the
basis of the work done by the dormi-
tory boys this year. These boys are
to get credit for the outside work
they do. The object of the high
school is to develop more men who
can do high class work, and that
work is not necessarily of the white
collar" variety. Professor Dolling-
er has had number of credit cards
printed for home work
The employer must o. X. this
card before the boy can get school
credit for the work he does. If the
work is not satisfactory, no credit
is given. The principal soon finds
out which boys are doing poor work,
and then-then the boys improves
his work.
The boys are not the only ones
that get credit for home work. The
high school girls are expected to
do outside home work too. When
the people want girls to. help do
general housework, outside of school
hours, or to help wait on tables for
dinner parties, they call the high
school principal and tell him what
they want The school keeps a list
of available girls and reccomends
the right girl for the job The EN-
ployers are expected to take the
girls home if Iney get through with
their work after night
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CHAN Mac Caughey, superintendent
of public instruction.
Five of these junior high schools
are to be in session this Year. They
are at Honomakau, Ronawaena, and
Honokaa, Hawaii, at Lahaina, Maui,
and at Waimea, Kauai. 1t is hoped
to establish similar schools at Eva
and Waialua, this island, the fol-
lowing year.
The junior high school organiza-
hrin h.
the seventh, eighth and ninth grades
and offers high school subjects to
those of all grades under high school
systems. 1t makes possible the Sc
curing of teachers of more specialize
ed training than is the same case in
the usual grade schools. Depart
mental work with the high school
studies is a distinctive feature.
Junior high schools are rapidly
becoming a typical form of organ
ization in the mainland where ex-
perience shows that pupils are there
by interested in the more advanc-
ed studies and are induced to
remain in school longer than form
erly with a greater proportion con-
tinuing through the senior high
schools. Pupils are also able to
remain at home for a longer period
of their schooling in districts where
these schools are located
By withdrawing the seventh and
eighth grade classes from the grade
schools overcrowded conditions are
relieved. Pupils who expect to be-
come teachers will be much better
fitted for their normal training.
New buildings have been erected
at Kohala and Kona-waena, Hawaii.
for this new department of instruc-
tion. Buildings already in use have
been adapted to the needs of the
junior high schools in other loca-
tiOns.