Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-17
KAU SCHOOL AFFAIRS
CHRISTIAN ANDREWS IS
OPPOSED TO METHODS
purported to Have Been Used by
School Agent--Also Has Some
thing 10 Say on Schools
General

tnlS DOtneT stdTteu, tOiu sOu tndt
would keep you informed Of the antics
OF the Department of Education and
its local representatives Here are
some more developments In the case.
Miss Paris received that returned pc.
tition. She was to investigate and
give further information. Her modus
operandi was thiswlse: She sent for
her henchman. the truant officer. but
what orders he received from her
could not say. He told one or two Of
the interested to have all those TWEEN
ty.five signers to congregate at a Ger.
tain store and there he would have
them make a duplicate Of their former
petition. Now this was on a Sunday,
while the church service of those sign.
ers was going on. ergo some of those
who signed previously were not there.
but at their church. now what sort Of
a report will Miss Paris make? Every
possible care was taken not to give
the people chance to sign the new
paper.
Now. Mr.. Editor. is that the way to
conduct an investigation? Don't you
see the villainous attempt to smother
the truth, to utterly ignore the wishes
Of the people? I'd come out 'top-side
up" like duck every time. II they'd
give a fair show, but they'll take awful
good care that don't get that. When
Mr.. Baldwin was here six months ago.
no heard the vox populi demanding a
permit for private school and for
yours truly" to be the teacher: but ]
suppose he never told the department
OF that. II that permit is not soon
forthcoming, We will have our Honor.
able Representative come over this
way before he starts for the extra ses
sion. He has promised that much. The
Home Rulers are not very busy Just
now owing to the game that is going
on, which II Is useless to say Is not
at all calculated to fortify the Repub
lican party In this Second District.
The people here would like to know
, Why South kona Is chosen the dump
ing grounds" for uncertifca,eu teach.
ers. to wit. out of possible fifteen
there are twelve who hold no papers
Among these twelve there are fouI
prinsipals. But all OF these twelve are
church.members OF Miss Paris church
or of an afIiliation Of ii. The truani
officer tone of her church members
gets $50 month and has nothing else
to do but to carry the payroll arount
every month. He has therefore thirt,
days to look after his private affairs
and one day to earn his $50 in. That
s,oria,,, or,n,,,Io 49,, ,,.,a,,,ar o., 90
m tn, ,nachars arn al, a ,orv wi,,in,
sa, hut In order m od,,ca,, yo,,ny mo-"
rIa on. a,ah, 90 hava n i,,,ia ~
han cn'nmon school adnoa,,nr
Wany -, o,,r ,ann,a ha,.n no, ,ha,
told A. paida,n ia., I'm, Tho, a, u,o
ali loss or time IN driii me,hods nm
modes os ,.achi,a ,n,n so,no -, ,han,
time wou,d he more nroa,ah,v emn Mo,
cd 4, tsacbiny thar, ,ha tho. ..p's
Tho Edo. ~, n Sr,ncin,, st.ndins hasor
class noin,ing IN the n,ct,,rc nj n
lox and asking them "How many oxc
do Won see9" And .you Who /. vo,
nance" such n man IN GET Az
month for numbering .,e English In,
ovaga, wbv In .nv ciy,,i,oJ nn,,,,r
he'd no ,arred and fea,bered long NO,
In have given these teachers LESSONS i
reading smelling dictation a,c Tor,
Tia, an saturdavs for oyer tvo nontb'
one sbouId think Ina, m no the No
mai INSTRUCTORS business but be nov,
does n I'm Soutb Kona Ono t.acb.
approached him last Jupe and hske
him 10 show how he would nroccod
teaching geography In rho secon
grade. He told the teacher thar n
had no time lint thai nod ,aIo IN
class tbroupb after he'd return n
six monthsJ' That was true, he ba
not time. I'm witness tn tbat mysel
He had Ia take in the sights In 9
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