Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-02
EDUCATION IN kAU
CHRISTIAN ANDREWS TELLS
OF SOME METHODS USED
Draws the Deadly Parallel on Board
Of Education will Run His
School Against All
Odds.


get 1t. we will have to possess our
souls in peace" A petition of 100
signatures is forwarded to the Depart
ment Of Education and it is ignored;
the common" people las We were
called some time ago. what rights
have they to demand anything?
People here say that this time no
taffy, smile, gin or money will in
fiuence their votes. Every voting man
Of the place signed for the teacher in
whom they and their children had con-
fidence and they were contemptuously
ignored All this is bad enough but
that Is not all.
The people will not accept the teach
er that is thrust upon them in lieu of
the one they wanted, so private
school was started, after sec. Fl Of the
school laws of '96 had been complied
with, at least on their part. Why the
Department should withhold granting
the permit bothers us very little. We
followed the law to the letter, and I,
the teacher of their children am GER
tainly qualified and have been 1t for 4
quarter of a century.
A year ago the Department wrote
me note. saying Il quote verbatim
from letter dated Sept. 18th. l90O)
"..... there seems to be no authority
to refuse a permit provided that above
conditions are complied with"
Besides the Department had ample
time to issue permit, but then. you
know poor common people can man
age to wait. The petition reached ths
Department on the 18th inst. return
mail was here on the 10Th, but no per-
nit. Miss Paris, the school agent. saw
At to break up the private school by
forbidding principals to grant re-
leases. and Furthermore by taking
pupils from my school and forcing
them to attend the government school
against the wishes Of the parents and
Of the children.
Then she gave orders to her satel-
lite. the truant officer, to have me
brought before the courts. in case Id
refuse to send my own children to the
government. school. Now this was
three days after l started my private
school. A year ago when Rev. Nuuh.-
wa took thirty-five of my school chill
dren and started his missionary
private school, he had no. qualified
man at the mead Of the school, but tho
Department would not allow him to be
r1olested for ten weeks. When after
ten weeks I had the audacity to have
him and his cliqu, hauled up. III!
Department sent me portion of the
RIOT Act" quote verbatim from q
letter dated Sept. 18th. 1890:
Your action In instituting legal
proceedings and having people ar.
rested without communicating with
the Department and without Its
knowledge, was outside the line OF
your duty and outside the limits OF
good sense as well. II naturally raises
q suspicion that the trouble has been
partially due to your own lack OF
tact and Judgment
Section 80 Of the school laws says
nothing about consulting the Depart.
/ h'Sht oh aiiVoe. hs
above portion Of the Departments let,
ter to me should be sent to Miss
Paris. Every iota of 1t applies to her
She ordered me hauled up three day.
after l started my school, the Depart
ment will In all likelihood approve hel
action.
That law seems to be very malleable
II missionary, even II he is not quail
fed opens and runs a school for ter
weeks; don't modest him, he is one o
ours" But 100 men and women oper
up a school Of their own and put In
qualified man who is the owner OF ;
life certificate and one who laugh
successfully for twenty-five years. Tha
school Is broken up Immediately, be
cause those people don't like mission
aries and the teacher, unfortunately, /
q Catholic.
In a years time the boomerang
will be homeward bound. Bad luc
to the ones that threw 1t; they'll get /
there, where the chicken got tn
Ratchet. The Republican party viii
have to thank the local Representative
Of the Department for treating tn
people so contemptuously. SO muc
for politics. or school matters, II
take good care. My school will stan
second to none and the people kno,
It. AS regards religion, that will worl
out its own salvation or perdition. tn
Book Of books speaks of good tree
bearing good fruit. How can a ba
tree bring forth good fruit? One for
mer church member said he'd b
id before he'd ever put foot int
the church in which charity is preach
ed from the pulpit; but hardly are the
outside, these pious leaders villif
their neighbors and Cypress poor pee
Pile.
l believe In giving my enemies a
the rope they want; they will EVENT.
ally break their necks. My wrongs {
Koolau have been avenged; my prime
pal accuser dressed in a little bri,
authority" played such fantast
tricks before high heavens that no
he is lying fiat on his back, rid Of a
government pap. As regards Napot
poo developments, all l have to say
"Qui vivera, vera" Justice is som'
times dealt out even on this side ,
the famous River Styx.
To have the accuser and his witne,
act as Judge over the accused one
thing unheard Of, but that Is Jul
what happened In our case. We yellt