The Hawaiian Star

EDUCATIONAL MATTERS SETTLED

BOARD HELD A MEETING YESTERDAY AND APPROVED THE RAISING OF SOME SALARIES.

A meeting of the board of education was held yesterday afternoon.

The resignation of Mr. Sprague the instructor of science at the High School was accepted, to take effect at the end of the term unless he desires to leave earlier. It appears that Sprague suspended a boy member of his classes for having set off an alarm clock during recitation. Sprague's action was not sustained by the principal of the school so the teacher resigned.

A letter was received from Miss Mary Elsie Fleming of Hawaii explaining the reason for her allowing several Porto Rican children to remain absent from school. The children had to help their families at home, the father having deserted the mother in one instance and the mother deserting the children in the other.

A letter from Miss Ticer who had been removed from the Kilauea school was read. She severely criticised Inspector Baldwin. It was decided by the board to give her a position in another school on Kauai.

Professor M. M. Scott, J. F. Brown, Dr. W. T. Brigham, Mrs. Nina D. L. Frasher and Miss Rhoda Green were, on suggestion of Superintendent Babbitt, appointed a committee to go over the manuscripts of the geographies proposed by Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Copeland, for the purpose of determining which is better for the use of the local schools. Mrs. J. M. Dowsett was made chairman of the committee, to represent the board.

The request of Miss Jordan of the Hanamaulu school, Kauai for the use of the school building at night to teach Japanese was granted. She agreed to take out fire insurance for the government.

The Lahainaluna school is to begin planting taro soon. It is thought that the contest over the water rights has about been settled. Superintendent Babbitt has been busy with the settlement of this dispute.

There will be no vaccination at the Honokohau school, west Maui, as there is no government physician in that section.

An exchange of lands at Waianae is to be undertaken, in order that the school grounds can be enlarged or the school building moved to a larger piece of land.

It was stated that there has not been a large attendance of members of the board of education only Mrs. Dowsett, W. R. Farrington and Mr. Ai having very high averages of attendance.

The action of the teachers committee in recommending the raises of salaries of the following teachers Mrs. Mary Gunn, Miss Stewart, Miss Monsarrat, Miss Kluegel, Miss Soper, Mrs. Bridgewater, Miss Cooke, Mrs. Kinney, Mr. Nahiwa and Mrs. J. N. Bell. was approved.

The board decided to meet in future at 2:30 p. m. every other Monday.