The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-11
GERMAN SCHOOL
At L|HUE, kauai
Hans Isenberg Writes of Its
Purposes and Good
Methods.

W. 4. harrington has resigned as a
member of the Board of Education.
His resignation was forwarded to the
Acting Governor yesterday, and Mr..
Harrington himself announced it at
the meeting of the FoarI yesterday
afternoon. In making the announce
ment to the Board he said that he
did not have the time 70 devote to
the work of the Board, esl ecialIy the
work of making the ii pcintments for
the ensuing year, ami adjusting salaries
to the basis of the new appropriation.
This matter would red.ire great deal
Of time, more than he could devote to
stances he should resign at once, so
that his successor would have time
to acquaint himself with the Work of
the Board and of the schools before
he was called on to undertake aid in
the work of making the appointments
for the coming school year.
Mr.. Farrington's announcement was
received with expressions of regret by
his fellow-member on the Board.
The following correspondence in re-
gard to the Lihue German school which
has made application to be recognized
as school under the new law, was
presented to the Board, by the Super
,4 J. -
the correspondence to the Attorney
General for an opinion, whether under
the law and the statement as to the
carried on in this school
it can be accepted by the Board SO
that it's pupils will be exempt from
attendance at the public
schools.
May 21, 1907.
Rev. Hans Isenberg, Lihue Kauai.
Dear Sir: In reply to your favor Of
sIay IA in which you ask for hermit |
or the Lihue German school to be con-
lucted as a private school, I beg to |
ay that your communication was
,laced before the Commissioners of
Public instruction at a meeting held
'esterday and it was the feeling that
more specific information should be
,iven relative to the teaching of Eng
sh in the school.
Section 206 of our laws reads, "All
chools established and maintained by
he Department in accordance with law t
re public schools. All other schools
established and conducted in comp1i-
nee with law are private schools"
ection 211 reads: "The English Ian
uage shall be the medium and basis of
in all public and private
chools within the Territory and any {
ehool where English is not the me-
lum and basis of instruction shall not
e recognized as a. public or private /
,hool within the provisions of this /
1apter and attendance thereat shah t
ot be considered attendance at school {
compliance with law. Provided, Y
owever, that where it is desired that t
lother language shall be taught in ad- q
tion to the English language instruc-
on may be authorized by the depart
ent by direct order in any particular 9
stance"
On information given by Inspector
a1dwin the Board felt that the schools
as primarily German school and
at the medium and basis of instruc-
On therein was the German language
ther than the English. At the re-
lest of the Board I therefore write
u to ask you to give me more infor- a
alton as to your courses of instruction
d statement from you as to whether q
1glish is the medium and basis of K
struction in your school though Ger p
an may be taught extensively. n
Awaiting your reply, beg to remain, :.
Very respectfully yours, =
w H BABBITT, il
of Public Instruction. II
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