Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-17

from the department without cause.
4. The agricultural department in
the schools is useless.
8. Commissioners of Education have
rarely. II ever, for many years visited
any Of the schools. or made a personal
inquiries as to the conditions prevail.
Ing In the schools or among the teach.
ers. The public schools being almost
entirely under the control of school
agents.
G. No provision has been made for
lavatories and facilities for the pro-
curement Of drinking water in the
schools. No care exercised In this re-
gard even in new buildings. The new
Royal School has water facilities for
neither drinking nor fire purposes.
Z. Architectural extravaganza has
been INDUCED in. in building the Royal
School.
s. No care has been exercised In
placing school buildings. The Normal
School is built in most peculiar po-
sition relative to the rest Of the lot
and the adjoining properties.
Q. The existing sanitary conditions
ct Kaakopua School are bad, and the
school building is absolutely unfit for
school purposes.
We ask leave to submit the balance
OF the report by tomorrow morning.
Respectfully submitted,
lsigned) J. A. X. HAYSELDEN,
GEO. c. HEWITT.
] do concur.
Z. X. LILIKALANI.
The Secret Session.
Grand Jurors Coffee and Eagan
called.
Eagan did not think there were any
teachers In the Department incapaci.
tated by age.
Coffee thought the old teachers were
better than the young ones, having
more experience. He had heard no
criticisms Of Atkinson until he be-
came member of the Grand Jury.
Both men testified rather favorabIy
than otherwise in regard to the De-
partment SO far as the conduct of pure.
ly educational matters were concern
ed.
Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Hall and Messrs.
Hopkins and Alexander. Public In
struction Commissioners, were called
Hopkins had nothing to say.
The others testified in substance
that no teacher had ever been dis.
missed from the Education Depart
ment without just cause.
Teachers dismissed were always Civ
en- hearing. unless they failed to ask
a hearing. Sometimes they failed to
ask a hearing. for obvious reasons;
perhaps the hearing would not be to
their advantage.
Dunno Defending.
Attorney Dunno occasionally inter-
rupted the questions OF the commit
tee with objections, suggestions or
questions of his own.
Representative Rice, a member of
the committee. wanted to know the
necessity Of Atkinson engaging an at
torney to defend him in this matter.
Atkinson held that where charges
were preferred he had a perfect right
to be represented by q legal mind.
Dunno refrained somewhat from en-.
gaging In the examination after Rice's
question.
Superintendent Atkinson sat at tho
mead OF long green.covered table In
the N. G. II. officers headquarters In
the bungalow for about two hours. On
MS right sat Col. Jones taking short.
hand notes of the proceedings. On his
left sat Attorney ]. ]. Dunno. In a
semfcircle OF chairs about the other
end OF the table sat the members of
the committee. In another room wait.
ed the witnesses, some of them anus
Ing themselves playing billiards in the
officers recreation room.
Silva on Guard.
There was no door to hide the sight
'f the inquisition, and, to prevent per-
sons butting In, Silva, an aged Portu-
suese wearing great white and yell
ow beard, was stationed at the OPEN
ng near the head Of the central STAIR
Ease, to keep all off and out.
Sensational Report.
The House Committees report, pub
ished in another column, created
lutte stir In education circles this
morning, and elsewhere.
A rumor had II that one of the wit
lesses as to the disposition of De-
'artment funds, was about to become
persuaded that he had mistaken the
acts In regard to his statement in the
natter and that his amended state.
nent, II made. would eliminate any.
hing OF sensational nature from the
eport as far as his testimony was
oncerned.
The Investigation Committee meets
gam In the Bungalow tomorrow
morning at $3.50.