The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-20

Legislature would meet in six months,
and at that time a separate appropri-
alton would very likely be voted for
Lahainaluna. 1t would be we'll TO
await that time. The matter was fin
ally dropped without action, but with
the commissioners taking away the
thought that the present method of
raising money could hardly go on.
Mrs. Jordan recommended that three
very bright little children be granted
scholarships on the ground that their
mother could not afford to keep them in
school. The board decided to grant this
on the recommendation of the principal
of the school.
The last business on the list was the
consideration Of the case of a certain
school teacher of the city, whose ac-
tions had been criticized by the board
and whose case had been placed in the
hands of a committee, made up of
President Cooper, Inspector-General
Townsend and Professor Alexander.
President Cooper stated that he was
ready to make report; also, that be and
the other members had not come to an
agreement on certain action to be ia
ken, and probably never would. Mr..
Townsend explained to Mr.. Cooper that
it was his understanding that they had
agreed, and, upon the matter being re-
ferred to Professor Alexander, he, too,
agreed that the decision reached was
the same by each member of the COM
mittee.
President Cooper, having understood
this, said briefly that the decision was
that the teacher in question should be
censured and told to- in the future, at
tend strictly to his own business and
try to be more friendly: also, that he
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place elsewhere. When asked who
should do the censuring, it was agreed
that the secretary should do that part.
In commenting upon the matter,
President Cooper said that. in the
teachers incompatibility of temper and
his inability TO get along with those
who, by rights, he should, were sutfl-
cient in themselves to dismiss him
from service. However, the commits
sioners were to blame that they dilly-
dallied with the matter and put off
consideration of the same to such late
date 1t would hardly be right to dis |
miss the man just at the beginning OF
a new year. He had modified his own |
views to tally with those of the ma
jority of the committee. The only |
thing to be done now was to allow |
him to continue in his present posi- |
ton, after having been censured.
PROFESSOR Ale8dnueI Sdlu IlldI LnIo
town was prone to eXaggerat1on, and |
that it was hard to get at the exact |
truth in regard to certain statements. |
The trouble in connection with the
teacher in question had been going on
for long time, and action should have
been taken before. However, there was
much said which turned out with hard
iy any foundation.
Mr. Bowen said that he was glad that
the committee had found that large
number of the stories circulated about
the teacher in question were 1naccu-
rate If they had been true, this would
have stood in his mind as solid
thought against him. AS it was, he
moved the adoption of the committees
report.
President Cooper explained that
there were yet two questions of YER
acity which had not been deeply looked
into.
Mr.. Won Holt said that If it was
to be admonished he would second MI
Bowen's motion. The motion was then
put and carried.
AS to the case of the second teacher,
the committee was not yet ready to re-
port President Cooper said that the
man wanted a chance to defend him.
self. but as no charges had yet been
made against him, he considered this
premature. /
Board adjourned at p. M, subject
TO the call of the Minister.