The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-10-19

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would, by this time, have been in the
throes Of s revolution, and st least
half of sll the scholars would have
been withdrawn from that popular
sest of learning. But the reports were
not true, and the old college still goes
on its serene way, disturbed, by moth
/ ing.
/ The rumors assumed such a presum-
ably tangible form that several scho-
lars were withdrawn from the Pre-
psratory school, and st least one from
the College itself, although the latter
has since returned.
The story IS told, at first in whiS-
peTs, but now in louder tones by those
who wish 10 believe it, is about as fol-
/ lows:
| 1t seems that, last Wednesday even
ing, Miss Macleod, one Of the teachers
st the College mad charge Of the stu
dents during the study hour. The
scholars became slightly uuruly, and
!
/ call Professor HOsmer, the schools
principal, TO subdus the spirits of the
/ scholars. He, IL * said, called the
two ringleaders, hslf-white boys and
brothers, TO his room, and gave them
quite 4 lecture. Here, the story be-
comes somewhat mixed Some claim
that, during the course OF the talk,
Mrs. Dominis' name was brought up
in some way, aud that one of the boys
referred to her as 1.-THE queen.n Ii Is
claimed that Profess HO-mer told
the boy that he must say the EEK
QUEEN and not the queen" This
the boy refused TO DO. Then, the story
goes, Mr.. Hosmer raised his hand, as
if TO strike the boy, when his brother
told him that if be did he would get
/ into trouble.
Mr.. Hosmer still threatened TO
strike, when one Of the boys hit him,
and knocked him down.
This is one story. Another, whi-h
/ includes portions Of this one, l. that
after the above trouble, Mr.. H-smeF
put the two boys in their rooms, and
told them they would have to stay
there for month. He i also said to
have told several white boys not 10
associate with any OF the half-white
scholars, as the native blood was
sure TO show out some time, and they
were not fit for good boys TO know
All this, when it became uOised
around, raised : big fuss. It was
claimed that Professor HOsmer had
Disseminated greatly against rOyalist
scholars, and that the whole affair
was simply political scheme to show
those who were in favor Of restoration
that the s'P. G.'s" were better than
they were. Those parents who were
royslists became very indignant and,
If the reports were true, they would
have been perfectly right.
Before the facts became known, four
of the scholars going to the Prepare
tory School, which is under the same
management as the college, were
withdrawn, and one from the college.
The parents were most indignant that
such statements should have been
made in regard to half-whites, and
were very severe on Professor HOsmer
for his alleged TRADE against them.
But the fact Of the matter is, that
Mr.. HOsmer never said & word derOga-
tory OF the haIf-whites, never locked !
two boys up in their rooms for a |
month, was never struck by boy, /
never insisted on Mrs. DOminis' being 4
called 'ex-queen,' and, in fact, is not /
the tyrsnt and double dyed villain /
which he has been made out. Those !
who know Mr.. HOsmer could hardly .
believe such a thing possible az any .
time, and they will be glad to know
positively that there is 10 truth
in the report.
The true case is that recently an
epidemic Of swearing seems to have
struck the college. Several OF the
boys were heard using language which !
would not grace q jrawiHg-TOOm, and /
Mr.. HOsmer called six Of them TO ac-
count for il. II so happened that three
OF the culprits were rOyalists, and the
Others suuezariOui=ts. He informed Z
them that they came TO PunahOu to I
learn something else besides profanity
and, a. that study was not included in
the college curriculum, it would be
better for them to abandon IL. Then
he told the boys that they would be
20 spend all their spare time
in their rooms for three days, as a
During the progress Of Mr.. Hosmer's
lecture to the young offenders, he
made the remark which was 30 twist
ed as to become the reported TRADE
against half-whites. Some OF the
boys were half-vhites and, 10 partial
Of their using bad lam
guage, Mr.. Hosmer said that Ha-
Eaiian boys, when talking native,
were prone to be freer in their speech
than were white boys. This was, ac-
cording to the boys own stories, said
In the kindest way possible, but in
come way it leaked out and became
the distorted version which has caused
ali the trouble.
After the reports had started, and
had assumed the shape which they
did, two Of the half-White boys con-
cerned made volunteer statement in
writing TO Mr.. HOsmer to the effect
that he had not, to their knowledge,
ever abusedthe half-whites, had made
no derOgatOry statements concerning
them, and that politics cut no figure
10 the college.
Tnis statement Mr.. HOzmer has,
and it certainly il Tsfutation Of the
various reports, if any was needed. !
PfOfessorHOsmer was seen yesterday I
IN regard to the matter, and said, ne