Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-23

what is IT.
I'VE have a committee OF the older |
teachers who pass on examinations.
Does grading affect salaries?"
Eyes 1t does. An ungraded teacher |
gets a very small salary"
Mr.. Atkinson then went on to ex.
plain In detail the system Of exam. |
lining. grading, appointing and over
seeing teachers.
Il take 1t, Mr.. Atkinson, from the |
testimony that has gone before, that |
you have taken very great personal
interest In the schools"
Eyes I have. | have taken great |
interest"
Il am not mistaken In this obser.
yation?"
mo sir, you are not mistaken"
What have been your relations with
the teachers?"
Little Wrongs Righted.
| My numerous duties In Honolulu
have been such that 1t has been i'm.
| possible for me to be constantly away
from the city. However, | meet the
teachers at various times; they come
to me before they go to school and
after they are through school. They
come to me sometimes for suggestions;
they come to me for advice; and
listen to all that they have to say;
L do the best | can to right their
little wrongs. | receive constant re-
ports from the school agent In Homo.
lulu. and from the inspector when he
IL here. | am constantly in receipt OF
correspondence on school affairs from
all parts Of the Islands; all this has to
be attended to-"
Discharged for immortality.
mir. Atkinson, have any teachers
ever been discharged without cause?'
IL do not think So
Mr.. Atkinson thought moment and
then added: 81 know Of no such case"
Are teachers discharged without
consultation with the Commissioners"
NO.
: III they were It would appear OF rec.
ord. would 1t not?"
Mr.. Atkinson leaned forward with
his elbows on the table, in an attitude
, OF confidence, and. first glancing in
the direction Of the representatives Of
the press, had the following to say:
IL ought to tell you this-but wish
/. II would not appear OF record-there
: have been times when teachers have
been removed. because OF immoral con.
i, duct. when we have stated to them
that we knew Of such immoral conduct.
r and when we have simply given them
an opportunity to resign without allow
!. ing the real causes to appear OF record
q We have given them an opportunity to
resign and to reform. We have kept
= Il out Of the record SO that at no future
time could anyone, by referring to the
n record, be able to say to them, tc
throw 1t up In their faces. that they
!, had led immoral lives. or course thii
may not be strictly right but ! thinl
4. It Is chivalrous."
Would Suppress Facts.
Observing that members Of the pres
= were continuing to take notes Mr.. At
- klnson interrupted the proceedings t,
- ask that the gentlemen Of the pres
:. kindly keep out Of their reports tn
~ explanation he had Just made in regar,
to the discharge of certain teachers.
II ask It for their sake" he said
ID "as for myself, l can fight my ow
d. battles"
I'd Mr.. Atkinson, for the moment, ev
n. IDENTIFY forgot that he was not being e'
III amined In any secret session, but tina
d. the investigation at which he was test
ie. flying was public affair and that Nj
er Judd was but following the public d.
ol sire to arrive at all the facts when h
"a put the question which brought fort
Id the answer which Mr.. Atkinson aske
lr- to be suppressed.
ng The witness was asked as to Ii
nd sanitary conditions Of the schools. i
replied that these conditions were r
on ported on by the school agents and 4
he spectors.
"Who has the selection Of the scho
he sites?"
Witness remarked that the questiC
on was rather an amusing one. Certa
lands belonged to the schools al
schools had to be built on these land
ng Where lots were inconyeniently Loot
ed sometimes an exchange was effect
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