The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-10-05
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made, or opinions expressed by ou1
correspondents.
Educational,

Mr.. EDITOR; A few weeks ago [
wrote to you few lines in regard to
school matters. [ expected that these
remarks would raise some discussion,
but was hardly prepared for the reply OF
your Paia correspondent. This person
seems to have taken rather novel way
of getting up an argument. He starts
out on false premises, puts words in my
mouth that 1 did not utter, states in fact
that which is absolutely false, and what
seems to me malicious and mean, and
then tries to show the absurdity of my
statements.
He says that began my letter by ask
ing the Government why they do not put
ap school houses in any of the out of the
way places where two or three of these
white children may chance to Relocated.
This is where he makes false state
ment, and defy him or anybody else to
find any such language in my letter.
What did say was to ask the Govern
ment why they do not start schools in
places where there are enough white
children to fill them. There are enough,
for instance, in HilO and many other
places on these Islands.
Again, he laughs at the idea of any
harm coming to these children by mix
ing with natives and other children.
This shows exclusively his ignorance
and how little he knows about this mat
ter. ] know for certainty that there
is danger, and l can state positively
that there is not white parent on these
Islands but breads the effect which might
fol L< 1nf Ri of
different natiOnalities.
Now in regard to this school question,
[ not only maintain that what l have al
ready said is true in every particular,
but will say further that not one in
twenty of these mechanics would under |
any circumstances send their children to |
these public schools. They, unlike your |
Paia correspondent, have too high a
sense of parental duty to send them |
there. This matter is no bugbear; it is |
real and tangible, and it af- |
fects these men as no other question ever |
has or ever can. 1t is, in fact, the great |
est difficulty and trial that they have to |
contend with, and many find no solution |
to it, and, as | said before, leave the |
These are facts and not "mere rant"
and if proof is wanted [ can state from |
is not white carpenter, blacksmith, en-
gineer, sugar boiler, or Overseer, any
where between Hamakua and HilO, that
does or would send his children to these
schools. The same may be said of most |
places on Oahu.
More white children, however, attend
hese schools on Hawaii than are usually |
ound on the other Islands, but | only
know of two that attend them in this
district. There is no question about the
ceiling on this subject, but there may be
question whether the Government can
10 anything for them.
No one, l should hope, is idiot enough
o suppose that they would start a school
or two or three, but could they for ten
)r twenty, or have they any disposition
% do anything at all? Could they give
my assistance to any person or teacher
hat would start one? If there were pri-
rate schools here, these men would
daddy pay and say nothing about it.
They would also gladly pay the school
AK, so that "Anti-humbug" and people
# his mind could get their children edu-
ated for next to nothing.
In conclusion, would say it strikes
ne as sounding very singular that man
displaying so much learning can find |
lothing better to do than to write deris-
vely of the misfortune of his fellow men,
,ut | will say nothing in regard to the |
God taste and gentlemanliness of such |
onduct, because l consider he knows
lOthing about the matter. In respect to
choOls, for some reason there is no {
choOl of any kind here nor for miles
round. OBSERVER
Spreckelsville, Sept. 18th.