The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-08-12
Afternoon Session.

The House re-asSembled at / 80.
Rep. r. Wilcox was in favor of giving
the st. Louis College and other schools
$4,000. If passed in that way it would
not be necessary to refer to committee.
Minister Brown explained, in answer
to Rep. Bush. why the item was $4,000
instead of $4,000.
Rep. Bush complained of insufficient
explanation on the part of bureaus of
the Government. The members of the
Board of Education were all Presbyter-
ians, and it would be no wonder if they
leaned that way and neglected school
like the st. Louis College which was do
ing good work. II would favor $780,,
600 and then $4,000 for st. Louis Col
lege, the school at Kohala, Wailuku,
etc. Those who 60 to these schools are
sufferers from a conscientious scruple
which We cannot help admiring.
Noble Widemann - The hon. noble
schools where religion is taught. Mr..
were Catholics, Lutherans, etc, and we
had religious instruction, and l believe
| if religion were taught in all the schools,
member said the Hawaiian teachers
were paid by the month only-the others
| by the year. Ii this is so it is reprehen-
sible. I happened to see the President
| of the Board this morning, and he said
| there were few who had been in the
| employment of the Board great many
| years. The great number were paid by
| the year. The same member gave us an
| elegant description of the way Germans
speak English. never heard that there
were many Germans in the employ OF
| the Board. l know of but one and he
was one of the best in the employ of the
Board, and do not believe anyone could
laugh at his English. The Board OF
| Education would not import teachers il
they could get them here. But they
cannot; there are not enough natives
| here. Very few indeed who know
English and are willing to teach. In i'm
porting them they have got to pay more.
l favor the amendment appropriating
10000 for independent schools. All the
French troubles here arose out of this
education question. 1t is not reasonable
to expect the Board to be free from de-
nominational bias. Where $4,000 OF
100000 are spent for Presbyterian
schools, think there ought to be a
morsel left for Catholic schools.
Nep. Nawahi asked what schools the
last speaker included under the term in
dependent schools. Independent schools
are not necessarily Catholic schools. For
instance Kawaiahao Seminary.
Noble NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Semi
nary has been pretty well cared for by
the Board of Education, and so has Ma.
kawao Seminary.
Rep. Nawahi-So has the st. Louis
College. AS long ago as 1884 l voted for
$4,000 for it, SO that argument works
\ both ways. Our girls 60 to KawaiahaC
X Seminary, and our boys to st. Louis
lCollege. We want to be fair to both, sc
we had better refer to committee.
great many of the scholars in the Gov
eminent schools cannot write their OWL
Y language. think that is disgrace. A
native ought to read his own Language
first, and then if he has time for English
very we'll. l favor reference to commit.
tee of thirteen.
Rep. White commented on the case o
a certain Van Giesen.
Noble Widemann-He is not Ger
man.
Rep. White-He is high Dutch then
Noble j. NJ. Horner-Noble Widemanr
has left wrong impression in his con
Guiding remarks. The Government
schools are not Protestant, but non-sec
tartan. Catholics and Protestants al
60, and are taught the same thing. No
one-tenth of either Catholics and Protest
ants go to the religious schools. Suppos'
we should take the schools out of tn,
, hands of the Government, and leave
to the Protestants and Catholics. Woult
our children all be schooled? No. Ii
the towns and villages they could hav,
/ schools, but not in the country. Tn
: Government in parental fashion school
: everybody.
Noble Widemann-I have not san
anything contrary to what the gentleman
has said / am not opposed to Govern
, ment schools, but for them. | said tina
the country would be the better If reli
/ gion were taught in all the schools.
Rep. Marques-We simply want tn
! Catholic Schools to receive a REASONABLE
amount of Government assistance. w
: want st. Louis College to have simpl
the aid corresponding to its work. Every
D one knows that the best scholars in tn
. Kingdom come from st. Louis Colleg
7 (there are some of them in this House,
2 Noble Macfarlane favored reference
2 q committee. It was OF great Importance
4 and the Bureau was very costly. TIL
: items for public instruction in the bi
would bring the cost to over $3.50, 00{
e Let it go to a committee which woui
Y give the matter careful consideration.