The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-10-09
Educational.

Ms EDrrOE: A few weeks SgO /
wrote = you : few lines II regard 10
school matters. I expected that these
remarks would raise some discussion,
but waS hardly prepared for the reply ot
your PSia correspondent. This person
seems 10 have taken : rather novel Way
q getting up &n argument. he starts
out On false premises, puts words IN my
mouth th&t I did not utter, st&tes II f2cl
that which i absolutely false, 4nd ghat
seems 10 ne malicious znd mean, 3nd
then tries 70 show rhe ShsurdIty q ny
statements
He saws thxt 7 began ny letter by ask
IN the Government why they DO not put
NJ school houses II any Of the cot Of the
way pisces where TWO OF three q these
white children uzy chance TO De located
This l. where he makes false state
uanc. 4nt DEFY him OF anybody else 10
ind 4ny such language N my Letter
Whist did say w&S 10 sSk the Govern
uent why they Do not start schools II
places where there &re enough white
children 10 I'll them There &re enough,
Tor instance, II HIlO &nd many ether
places On these Islands
Again. be laughs 1t the idea Of shy
harm coming 10 these children by mix
i1E with natives znd other children
This shows exclusively his ignorance
and how little he knows zooC.t this m4t-
ter. I know for : certainty th4t there
< : Gzn-er. and I can stale positively
ttzzt there L not white parent On these
Islands bur drezis the effect which might
follow the daily IutsrmiuglIng Of these
different ua1lC1zlItIes-
WOW IN regard To this school question,
[ not onIv maintain th4r Enzt l hSye s.
ready said L true II every particular,
bat vii say further that nit one n
twenty Of these mechanics would under
azv circuuast&uees send their children 70
these pUbIIc schools They, unlike your
Ps5S CORRESPONDENT. have too high :
sense Of parental duty 70 send them
there. his natter L 10 bugbe4ri Il /
something real and tznzIoIe, and Il a.
feets these men Is no other question ever
has Or ever cau- Ii l., n fzet, the great
est ifff1euJ1y and rri4I that they have 10
c,5urend with and many ind 10 solution
10 Il. and 81 sad before, Leave the
euC1try.
These sre Ez-rs and MT mere rant +"
and L pratt L wanted Gin Stale from
nv own personal knowledge that there
1 not ; white e4rpsCE6r- blacksmith, Ell
ELuser. suzzr boiler, OF CvErseerr any
where between HGu1GzU4 and HIlo- that
does q EuaI3 sand his Children 70 these
schools The sine my be sid Of most
pIlcss ou Oahu
More white Children, however, zt1end
these schools u HzEGII than are Usually
f1uri Cu the other Islands. but l only
knoE II two that attsrd them II this
district. There l. 10 Question about the
feeling q this subject, bot there nay be
) Czes5isJn whether the G1TEEnue1E Can
d anything far then
No cue, / sbcuId hope L. iil1t enough
10 Suppose thai they FuCLa sczrt Z scheoL
f1r iva or three, bd+ could they f1r ten
q twenty, Or have they any disposition
20 do ANYTHING 81 all Could they give
zny zssistzzAe 70 any person or teacher
that would start Gle3 IL thsrs were pr
rate schools here these Ue1 would
zi1fEy pay and say n.1th1g about l.
They would also gladly pay the school
tar- . that - -4u-I-lzEllg and people
II h5s nnfu6 e1GJd get their ehI trgu estE-
Gated flr next to nothing
In enueIzsinr- l E1GLf SAY L strikes
ne II sounding very singular thai 4 1lEu
displaying 50 uneh learning Cal ind
nothing better 70 ID than 70 write dsril=-
lively az the u-isfilrr1ns Of ms f=lL6E n1sns
but l VII sly ulthinZ n rEELrd % the
god TASTE and zsn1ismz11HesE q s1ch
c1ud1ss, he,4zze 1 cI1nsatEF lie knows
z1thIng about the uEz1sE- In respect %
schools 67r sgue reason there L 10
school Il GEy kind here Eor E5r niles
aru1nd- OESEETH
SprsckzIsElIs, Sept 18th