The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-05-17
MR.. 0UlNN'S DEFENSE.

EDITOR BULLETIN -
Since there is so much being said
about that Kauai teacher, l feel it
my duty to give the exact facts.
Mr.. Kuudsen both falsiies and exag-
gerates in his statement.
Some time early in March had
occasion to administer corporal pun
ishment to a Norwegian boy now in
his 18th year, not 10 years old. He
was one of those smart boys with
which every teacher is acquainted.
just smart enough to be nuisance.
Always seeking to cause trouble
when from under the teachers eye.
But when caught, assumes an injured
look, then catching some pupils eye
bursts out laughing. When other
pupils speak of it TO him at intermis.
sion he boastingly says, "Suppose
teacher whip me, my father fight
him" SO having no desire to learn
and no fear of the teacher he con-
tinues to molest and corrupt the
whole school. Repeatedly l sought
in various ways to induce him to
work, or at least to refrain from in
terfering with the other pupils.
Such efforts being in vain, | con-
cuded to try sound ,hrashing, and
risk his fathers whipping. This
day, after completing the work on
which l was engaged, but not with
out repeated Interruptions caused by
this boy, his class was called on to
recite. The pupils complained that
Gustav wouldn't let them study. AT
this Gustav was intensely amused.
He had succeeded. Without any
anger | performed a conscientious
duty by whipping him across the
shoulders with a light strap. 1t was
severe but in no manner brutal or
excessive.
This took place at about l l O'Clock.
He took no special notice of it. He
played as usual at noon. In the
afternoon Gustav knew his lesson
something unusual. That the boy
went to Mr.. Knudsen's house trem.
bling, ETC., from the whipping is
false. For at o. clock had to send
him home from playing buttons at a
Chinese store. If he could escape
my seeing there is where he spent his
afternoons.
) The next morning Mr.. Knudser
brought the boy to school, showed
me three small marks on his back
and charged me with making then
with the strap in Furnishing him. Mr.
Knudsen then sought to quarrel with
/ me by calling names and using insult
= ing language. | reminded him that
there was limit to which his gray
hairs would protect him, when ht
went out saying if he couldn't whiI
] me be would sue me. Before leaving
the grounds he went to my assstan
9 and, for no cause, spoke in yer.
:, ungentlemanly manner. Sue me hi
did and | was fined S.. The judge
through the interpreter, said it wa
e not for excessive punishment. Why
e then was | fined? For assault ant
e battery or to please Kanuka? Guess
The fact that punished the boy
= seek not to excuse or deny. For
bCiiCNc ~ 10 liil)ooolDlc W uiaht VI
: Legitimate rewards sufficient incen
s tive to work in these schools. Anc
q when a youth knows what is righ
but persists in wrong doing, afte
Il special privileges are attached t.
u right-doing, the opposite way mus
it be made Immediately painful. AN
If the pain attached to wrong doin
: must be increased until the pup
chooses right from preference.
. So, Notwithstanding the Advel
q tiser's cry of "Wretch! Brute!'
it etc, believe, when moral suasion
= fails, good old fashioned fist with
% rod, or strap, in it, and sensibI
man or woman behind it who is vii
&c ing to assume the responsibility an
h insist on obedience and order at a
o hazards to just law, is necessary.
i EDD. QUINN