The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-04-21
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
APRIL q.


IN common with many others ON ru. islands l.ru
a somewhat careful observer Of the doinas Of the
Board during the last six or eight months. | am
constrained to acknowIeir. that. in nv Judgment.
his views are suJ-,auti,uv correct. The ope.fd.d
op.gatiou. of III. BOARD IN ,bi. df.,ri., within the
la-t half wear hay. left ,ra r, or,i,n IN ~. nram-
ises. som. account at tbes.. proceedings. as they
sfriE. NEE. ,,ri that ian, # r,i.t,L,. rot with =
Jisu,si,i,p =, look ch.ri,ablv uror rba facts 49,
tl.y No.. a.,.r.,.5 ..,.,r ~, r.iu ,,.bt. ,,ur
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iNlA part i 'H' Ni-ttict' III Mhith f'>iHc' ht9
ten public schools. One Of these has. from the
beginning. been u Roman Catholic school. The
,-L.. min. ,r. go. ,,.L.r how. L.., pr,t.st,r-
schools. with not half y dozen puuils in them all
'' "' "" pups " "' So
NOT pIu4c~scu!y PROTESTANT.
The new school law. informed rs That secta-
F4dIlSih Was To DE pNFgrd out oil iAe puOlc
schools Rut inst ,rjnt ,.,. ,,.u.t nv tb. LANGUAGE.
used IN the law was tie one essential point for the
''"'''''''"i "i "-S" !'' Il lev" "' your I'""'IN
looked with natural soli.iude 10 the course pur-
sued Lv tic school Inspector General. Had the
I.i..- ,r tr,, ,a-...~ looked towards a, honest
'."|-- 10. i"' SH',t "tN Ho more
/ should have. been uur of th. last to raise any oh
lection thereto. But truth demand, tie ~tltemen
that the ir,rr..ss;,p l.t ON thu. minds of those vbo
'"'' ne i"p''>S''" 'e'' "" '' "iii"N VI "'N' Nn"
were Oh 4ilit4iitAt ttlll- WIN That Ztl't"llEtL. MEll~l
in This district Ia .Julv INtj and rlr,urh 1lr,n
~ '"@ 10 ~ ""!' ''' ~" "to"S" "''"'
II did not then. nor does IL now, after more ma
tur.. r,Y.iIar,t, s..,, , v.ry 0,gr,ut Grim, for,
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Protestant teacher. III a school oil Protestant pupils
the parents all wishing ito saw q few words
eniOiniug tuIthfulntss upon a pupil detected in
fal-chood. not to teach honesty to LITTLE ones guilty
~ Ina. ,r.S often .,,.-or ,ur,.,uri.tiur trit.s
not tbair own nor could :. be readily seen. even
bv te most careful i,.rr.ti.n. how q .i1,,le praver for the
blessing Of God upon the school, and even upon the parents OF
pup 'Y"- - 80 ," "-i
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been recognized, 50 it was found here. that not Il word was to
be- said in enforcing u solitary Gospel precept. These things
Tri.ay IN L. alln,,ri. il was orIy - - favor and vii, ,f. cIr-
djtion- of ueremptory Lrevity and great carefuln.ss Of diction
II mad been reror ed that cNtemporr prayers IN the schools
wrr- to he put undcr the han aud form cf prayer read-the
:" nanI.crtaTi,," "Eer,rJins this rrIs'rt / inouirrI of the In.
5 Trgy'r sr rl ,In .ctdni. p pay rs com" Ie GuysI the = ba a r9'" Al "
ii nj same time : had eyilence in INV possession that a form Of
rr,y,r drsi.gief for M. rCbic schools. had been revised AT
Ia, i-Iuts' o a !' n,iul ,a "a 81. % rg 7, Gar I'm "a ,f snn9, ,
, ~ "' =" -, ,%ss ,,tT. scI,,Ss y" '' '
p - ~ TN TN m. re- rl,biIstiNn Of H.. schools had been ec-
GctIL a suspicion in more minds than my own had been awak-
- - - - - 49, ~ ia - cornr'nn sctnoals t"I
a P'e"ii~ h".ani"g. Nor was his suspicion s,n,ibiy a.lyed
was f.und gong about amongst nrotestant families and insist,
- '" .i' G,,b'fe "riI,J in TLnn,i,I, ,nd .nc'r.i,, t&s DE-
- - In Inn Jraso tbs SrEGoI jySD,ctoy Ccner,y
L mtt r." q 80 "a - ,r rst I'm a',ioritr
@hcD ne h,ol',l T ~ -, ar nv ''m ra,o IN rt
yn' !, s.I'a " Consisting lntirrly Of Protestant cbnlreaNIe.
. E 4 sen" m ,s ims. .LIhaa.,J,9y -" W 80 =, M 49,. -
a. -, a." ysri "f he Catholic Church. Because. bowsver. the
parents had the auiacity not to - ST.. g" that sort Of uon-sec-
-, aHj 50 r-i1sei q d.Ever their children 4, Inn he
m ~ - Wv 80 ,Tnasta,.J +. 90 ~ IN, thar"t, by an mn M
r eGi " spnea aiI 10 he In.p1ctor General Ggr who he declared lar bm had
a"-nr'I ~ = ~ a. ~ Pr,t.st,rt h'vs If hat schnaI should
h. mt INTO bs scf'oai , TLjs i The substance Of the account a :
gIyrn rnc repeatedly ~ the parcnts of the district connected
Win ,ie ,,ho,i,
Nov after much Of this same STYLE OF proceeding. in making
- f 80 ~, - ., 1T rIa,r i.enitinn ,e :. rnI.sartarsan
schools 8" was cnzctu,ny working its way into my head
af EInc,ticn i iust this. Schools in ,rbjch Profestants
6o,,aU CafboEcs AMI SO far as Gppears anu and ali othfrs
Iostiie =, Protestn1tjs,.1 hire fnH Ebeyty moi onTy 10 CON
" li'"""' Is rlsHt ,
~. m ~ rirhts a = ross abuse~I wrote the Insi,ect-
or General. ALLUDED to the facts narrated above, and inquired if
tho mort r.oarIinr his a,rucv i'm the matter were trup. c-
,rss-,r, .t no s,,,s, r,. my conviction nat # W ~ NOT fair
pressing At inc SliHs .me ~, my H3i IL rm IN Ia u , T%s - R"' I y
- 20 IL, q - 81 aei.i,i ,yTo-i,y to- tho ,rGss-
Iyting nf Hawaiian protestnuts 10 Pnpery.
> rs rr,iy 49, in tr main cgrrteo5s ct there are excep
to- - ~ ~ as viii ~ mar TIf c1rdiu,I r,ints involved
arr. however. distinctly stated. and it is my own fault if they
ne iIsI.,ctar Vows his reference for ana recomm eniation
Of t- Roman Catholic school in Honolulu. and his purpose to
replace onr Protestant public school teachers by teachers from
that school. so far as he shall see fit E.. to replace Protestant
teachers with Roman Catholic; and with profound ingenious
ness says that Z" he cauuot conceive how such teachers can
possibly he a source Of alarm to che religious sentiment Of any
pardon, but l cannot Lep thinking that If Roman Catholic
teachers h-t -Irrs haen 5i.rlacaI in Roman Catholic schools
/ T.. in schools consisting Of R"Inau Catholic pupils, or if the
Protestant minister al ycutured lno a Roman Catholic school
on such am crra.d as the priests, specified above. with the
aff.I jz,arjy,afYr. ana especially had a Protestant school
Inspector avrved deliberately the purpose to persist in thus
SaUpiug the foundations Of puprry for the advantage Of Pro-
able I, corcr.y. how such "a course Of proceeGure could be "A
S.lr,,. Of alarm 4. he rsiet.l5 sentiment Of rieHttLiuking
AuI besides that. I have a pretty decidedly distinct impress
sion INA; French men p-var, and imminent hroaisiIes there
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orc 1900. yT.T. De. ~ -...-sn-F