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THE GARDEN ISLAND TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1912
THE GARDEN ISLAND
TUESDAY SEPT. 17. 1912.
Issued-Every Tuesday.
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PUBLIC IlinUHiiiiilH nf 1 1 u J
SCHOOLS Hiildivii, lunik u n l
OPEN cluti'H lunlcr tlirir arms,
responded to t h c
jingle of the school bells at nine
o'clock yesterday morning. An in
crease of twenty-two new chus
rooms and as many new teachers,
marks a great stride in the ad
vancement of local educational
ITairs.
Must iuhI toivmost. u
WHAT A In'iiii'strii'l nu'uiiH land
HOMESTEAD in Hillicii-nt (iiatitity
MEANS tn allow a itsoii
Ijiukiing room in
addition to acreage large enough
to allow of resting a portion of his
land while cultivating the balance
Now, let us see what can be done
with a entv acre homestead, al
lowing' the owner to plant cane
which under ordinary circuin
stances he cannot do because his
land is mauka the cane land. But
for argument's sake let us suppose
he does plant cane. As at least
five acres must - be reserved for
buildings and pasturage, he is left
with fifteen acres of cane land
We will not include the original
cost of $15.00 an acre for his land
in the estimate, but will confine
ourselves to the actual cost of pro
duction of the first crop, which
amounts to seventy dollars per acre
or a thousand dollars for t h
whole. As to the income: Say the
yield is forty tons per acre, and
three dollars per ton is realized by
the planter. Thus the sum of one
hundred and twenty dollars per
acre would be the gross receipt
From this sum must be taken the
cost of production which bv-the-
way does not include the suppor
of his family during the time
which has been required in the
production of the crop. T h i i
would leave a balance of fifty dol
lars an acie for the homesteader
or an aggregate sum o t seven
hundred and fifty dollars, t h
amount representing his labor for
eighteen months w h i c h when
averaged up, would allow him
forty dollars per month out o
which he must support his family
Some will say that such a salary l
not so bad, which may be well and
good, but when the time tomes
for a man to rest his land, what
will be left for him to do but to go
in debt for provisions until such
a period when he can produce an
other crop. Secretary F i s h e
should come right out from th
shoulder in his investigation. H
should make a personal effort to
getin touch with the homesteaders
and not be easily influenced by a
set of snobs whose only ability to
make a living is their influence to
uphold a n opposing policy t
American citizenship. .
LAST
OF
MIKADO
Tiik funeral f the latf
Kiiipcror (if .lapaii w liicli
whs ccleliiah'il through
out the entire island last
Friday , wasthelast tri
bute of respect the millions of his
patriotic subjects could show to
their illustrous ruler. He was a
man quite equally respected and
loved by all nations, to which his
untimely dentil came as a great
shock.
Now comes a Kentucky senator
who objects to the term of "Bull
Moose" as applied to the 'Roose
velt party. The Senator might be
gratified if a letter-juggling pro
cess could be managed to make it
I he "Hull Loose."
To a casual ol
FISHER server, the atti
THE tilde of Invest!
INVESTIGATOR KUtor Fisher
would indicate that his mind
made up at least on one point
the administration's satisfaction
with Gov. Frear. In his questions,
he has never let slip an opportunity
to demonstrate this attitude. If he
really wishes to learn the inside
workings of the land laws of the
Territory as administered by Frear,
let him inspect the Kapaa Home
stead lands. Let him see the home
steaders personally and get from
them , the true state of actual con
ditions. Then, he will find men
who have, according to the present
laud laws, paid 15 dollars an acre
for laud which has cost the home
steader one hundred dollars an
acre to prepare for planting.
He might be able to see a con
tract, too, which states that the
planter in lieu of a failure of a
cane crop, must forfeit his per
sonal belongings to the plantation.
All this, under the Frear adminis
tration.
Educational
September and at work again!
I wonder how it would seem to us
all to have as our kev-word for
me,' Curiosity." We have bjen
thinking how very little would be
accomplished by teacher or pupil
if the element of curiosity did not
enter into calculation. (Jt course
we are thinking of the mental out-
reaching as defined by Prof
James. Cariosity is a poor term
to designate the impulse toward
better cognition. 1 Here is
no better way for a teacher to be
ready with intelligent replies to
each question than by keeping in
touch with the best writings of the
most able authors on present-day
topics as given in the standard
periodicals.
The School: Its Organization
The year's battle is half won if
your school is quickly and tho
roughly organized. Nor is there
any stage in this process of organ
ization more helpful than the com
plete mastery of your pupils
names.
But for the plan: When the
bell rings at nine o clock tor your
first Monday's work, and the
pupils file into the schoolroom
there is bound to be some noise
and confusion, Before you say
word wait for complete silence
At most a few low spoken cautions
will certainly be all that is neces
sary. men, it you have two or
more grades in the room, having
first requested as little confusion
as possible, suggest that the re
spective grades sit together. Pre
vious to this change, by show of
hands, find out the number i n
each grade and quickly point out
the seat each pupil is to occupy.
Once the seats have been assign
ed explain that they are to be re
tained permanently. Changes, if
necessary, can be made later on
but by all means do not allow any
shitting ot seats without express
permission.
WAIMEA
ELECTRIC
LIGHTS
r kkii t:sti.y w e Jiear
that this man or that
Company "is about ti
t
start'1 an electric li
mg system m W ai
mea. Can anyone or more, tell us
why the scheme doesn't material
ize? It seems to reach a certain
point and then suddenly goes up
in smoke. If the people in Waimea
wish electric lights, and are will
intr to nay for them, there should
be but little difficulty in establisl
ing a plant. Some say water in
sufficient quantity cannot be ob
tained, while others maintain
that the manufacture of the juice
would render profits impossible.
Be that as it may, those who are
interested in the project should
come right out with a full ex
plantation of the difficulties which
seem to be (insurmountable.
Mathematics on Trial
For ages past we have made
sort of fetich of mathematics. W
have assumed that this subject ex
tensively pursued "trains and dis
ciplines the mind for all the mi
portant tasks of life." In orde
to guarantee to the youth t h
helpful effects of this general dis
ipline we have required him
wade through a long and intricate
maze of mathematical calculations
Indeed, the traditional value
this subject as formal training i
well nigh as great as that of th
ancient classics forty years ago.
But it is our belief that there is a
glimmer of new light dawning in
respect to mathematical training
and is value for common life. In
addition to the unreasonable and
disproportionate amount of time
given to that subject it seems to
me that much of the arithmetic
and more of the algebra and some
of the geometry, now required in
all the courses, is as valueless for
general discipline as would be a
course in chess playing, dice
throwing, or dominoes. I long to
see the day when the time now
given to mathematics, from the
first grade on through the high
school, shall be cut down fully
one half, and when mathematics
above the high school grade shall
be required only where i t will
serve the specialist to get on to his
chosen work. The experimenta
lists are just now entering this
fruitful field of study, ami in time
se may expect them to show us
precisely wherein lies the "cul
ture" value of each and every
traditional mathematical subject
C. V. Sl- lTZ
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