Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-27 | Page 15 | Japanese Pupils Now Form Most Numerous Element in Hawaii

JAPANESE PUPilS NO NOW Vt fORM MOST NUMEROUS ElEMENT IN HAWAII HAV Japanese pupils now form tho the most most numerous element clement In tho Hawaiian schools and they are arc Increasing at a amore amore amore more rapid rate rato than any other race according to a a. statement by Gov Coy Waltel Walter Walter Wal Wal- ter tel l F. F Frear received at the United States bureau of or education Tho The Japanese Jap Jap- anese now have a considerable lead leadIn leadIn In the thc school population with over 31 per cent of the total tho the Portuguese follow with a little less leas than 17 per perCent percent cent the tho HawaIIans come next with 14 per cent part HawaIIans 14 per pel cent Chinese 11 per cent and andaU andall andall all aU other othor nations or races 12 per cent Governor Frear gives giver other othel Interesting Interesting Inter Inter- estin esting esting- Information about Hawaiian schools 8 Ho lie shows how bOSS after atter the I establishment of tho the territorial government gov gOY In 1900 tho public schools school I fared worse and worse until 1907 I when with Increasing prosperity for forthe forthe forthe the Islands more moro amp ample e provision was sas made mado for tor e education Finally In 1911 a n. anew anew new method of ot financing tho the schools was adopted under which thero has hns been a 0 decided gain aln in tho the number of ot teachers in salaries and In general s C efficiency ci ency Industrial schools that aro are partially supporting self are a f featHE feature ture of or the tho Hawaiian school system Thero There are three such schools and In addition the tho normal norma school the college of agriculture ture turo and mechanic arts two vo high schools and schools of clemen elementary tar grade A A. number of ot tho the schools main main- lain city or 01 county count governments conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by the pupils for Cor practice In cit I and patriotic exercises are emphasized In all tho the schools Thero There aro are now flOW nearly children In tho the Hawaiian sChool schoola about twice a as ns many a as there were at the time the territorial government go was WaR established established twelve years yeans eor ago The territory last Jut Jut year ear spent pent for education and the counties themselves cB addi addi- These figures are exclusive lve of expenditures for tor the College Collego of ot Hawaii Ha Ha- wall which now occupies a a. permanent site Ite i in tho the suburbs of or Honolulu and has graduated d It Its first flut class clau