Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-19
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Continued from Page One.)

May 6, 1905. passed the following resolu
Resolved, That the board Of eauca+,o,
Is determined in its efforts to effect tn,
establishment of separate schools for Chi
nese and Japanese pupils, not only fol
al .te PURPOSE OF relieving the congestion
also for the higher end that our children
should not be placed in any position
where their youthful impressions NAV be-
aaHected by association with pupils Of til.
Aud on Oct. II the board passed the
following resolution:
.; RESOLVED, That in accordance with Ar.
ucic X, Section 1867. of the school law OF
children to the Oriental public schooi'
situated on the south side of Clay street,
and after Monday. Oct Is, 1906.
The action of the board in the passage
q! the resolutions of May 6. 1905. and Oct.
II, l%s. was undoubtedly largely infiu
Korean Exclusion League. an organiza-
tion formed for the purpose of securing
the enactment by the Congress of the
United States of lrw extending the
provisions of the existing Chinese exclu-
son act SO as to exclude japanese and
Koreans. The league claims a member
snip IN the state of California of $500
three-fourths of which membership is
said to be in the city of San Francisco
The membership is composed almost en-
tirely of members of labor organizations
Section ,. Article =. OF the constitution
OF the league is as follows:
The league as such shall not adOpt any
measures of discrimination against any
ChlneSe, Japanese or Koreans row or
States.
Yet on Oct %. 1906 at a meeting of the
league held in San Francisco, as reported
IN the San Francisco Chronicle of Oct
- I9o5, a resolution was adopted by the
league 1nStructing its executive commit
zee to appear before the board of educa-
tion and petition for separate schools for
the Mongolian children of San Francisco
Prior to the action of the league the
ceived many protests from citizens of
San. Francisco, whose children were at
tending the public schools, against Jap
i ahese being permitted to attend those
SchooiS. These protests were mainly
aealHst Japanese boys and Hen ranging
from 16 to q. Is and "a years of age az
tenolnG the primary grades and sitting
years of age. When these complaints be-
came known tn japanese residents, I am
informed that some OF the older pupils
leit the primary grades.
On the day when the order of Oct. II
went into effect. viz: oct. Is, there were
attending the public schools of the city
or San Francisco 9; Japanese pupils.
I Ihese pupils WEI distributed among 90
eight grades in the public schools of San
Francisco. the first grade being the low
est and the eighth the hlghest-gradu
High school. OF this total Of q pupils
S were born in Japan and % in the United
states. Those born in the United States
t would. OF course; under Section ! of Ar
ca states be citizens of the United States
and of the state wherein they reside. and
as such subject to the laws of the ma
ton as we'll as of the state.
fyit. fnI,1 Of 8,
point in his report showing that JaDanese
pupils i'll San Francisco born in the Init |
ed states occupy about the same position |
iii the different grades as American chill |
dren of the same age. while those born
in Japan are very much older
Inc number of schools in San Fran |
cisco prior to April Is. SAYS the secreta-
ry. was 7G. OF this number 2S primary |
n grammar schools and two High schools |
were destroyed by fire. and one high |
school was DESTROYED by earthquake, |
porary structures have been erected. |
making the total numbr;. Of school build |
nEs at the present time -.
The Oriental s"hccl, the school ST apart
Tor the Chinese japanese and Korean
children, is in the burned section. There
IS only one japanese student attending
his school at the present time and there
are no Japanese children attending any
Il the other Iublc schools. | visited the
oriental school in company with the
Japanese consul and found it to compare
avorably with many of ihe new tempo
AIRY structures erected in the city. The
curse of instruction is exactly the same
IS at the other public SC hools and COM
1e ei. ,, teachers are assigned for duty in
endthS TINS school have to be laugh. the
english language
An cNaminat ton of the map attached
hereto will at once clearly show that il
will he absolutely impossible for children
'esidlng IN the remote sections of the
1ty 20 attend tn" Oriental school The
cndltions in San Francisco are such, ow-
ng 70 the great coniiagra ton. that 1t
would not he possible even for grown
hlldren living at remote distances to at
end this school. If the action of the
'oard stands then. and if no schools are
provided in addition to the one mention
a. 1t seems that 4 number of Japanese
hildren will be prevented from attending
ne public schools and will have to re-
ort to private instruction.
l found the sentiment in the state very
trong against Japanese young men ait
ending the primary grades. Many of the
eopie were outspokeI in their condcm-
would take exactly the same stand
galnst American young men of similac
ges attending the primary grades.
m frank to say that this objection seems
oiitlcal PARTIES in the state have inserted
their platforms planks in favor of Jap
nese and Korean exclusion. and on
1arch I, 1906. the state LEGISLATURE nasse5
l
AIKEN by treaty or otherwise to limit and
lmlniSh the further immigration of jap
nese lahorers into the United States
he press of San Francisco pretty gen |
rally upholds the action of the hoard of
ducat1on. OF the attitude of the more
Iolent and radical newspapers 1t is UNI
ecessary to speak further than to say
hat their tone is the usual tone of hos
lity to 'Mongol hordes." and th.e bur.
en- OF their claim is that japanese are
o better than Chinese and that the ,
anne reasons which dictated the exclu-
on of the Chinese call for the exclusion {
[ the Japanese we'll
Many of the foremost educators in the i
ate. on the other hand are strongly on .
oSed TO the action of the San Francisco
GARD of education. japanese arc admit q
"a to the University of California an in 6
tuition maintained and supported by :
ne state They are also admitted to- |
erSlty. San Francisco, so far as known
the only city which has diScrmina ted
sainst Japanese children. | TALKED with 7
number of prominent labor men and 7
lev all said that They had no objection r
, Japanese children attending the pri-
ary grades; that they wanted .Japa nesn I
lildren now in tn" United States to have I
le same school privileges as children of !
Lher nations. but that they were unal-
'rdblv opposed to Japanese young men S
tending the primary grades. 9
The objection to Japanese men attend Y
e the primary grades could very readily q