Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-12
MetcaIfs Complete Report On Vexed School
Queston-Comments or President Roose-
veIt-Secretary Opposed To Grown Boys At
tending Primary Schools But Otherwise
Points FoIlies or San Francscans

lie schools of that city. A report on
this matter will now be made. there.
fore: and after describing the local
public sentiment concerning the re.
cent disturbances with regard to the
japanese. an account will be given,
first, of the boycott maintained by the
Cooks and Walters Union of San
Francisco against japanese restaur
ants doing business In that city. and
second OF the several cases of assault
OF injury inflicted upon the persons or
property OF japanese residents.
II seems that for several years the
Ioard Of Education of San Francisco
had been considering the ACCESSIBILITY
Of establishing separate schools for
Chinese. japanese and Korean chill.
d en-, and on May 6. 1905, passed the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the Board of Educa.
ton Is determined In its efforts to ef.
feet the establishment of separate
s'hools for Chinese and Japanese pr
pills. not only for the purpose Of re.
l!eving the congestion at present pre-
Nailing In our schools. but also for the
higher end that our children should
lot be placed in any position where
their youthful impressions may be ar.
fected by association with pupils OF
the Monaghan race.
And ON October IL the Board pass.
cd the following resolution:
Resolved. That In accordance with
Article X, Section 1862. of the school
law Of California. principals are here.
csc or Korean children to the Orient.
al public school. situated on the south
eide OF Clay street, between Powell
and Mason streets. ON and after Mon
day, Oct 10, 1906.
The action of the Board In the pas.
sage Of the resolutions Of May @. 1905,
and Oct. IL, 1906, was undoubtedly
'argely Influenced by the activity of
the Japanese and Korean Exclusion
League. an organization formed for
the purpose of securing the enactment
by the Congress of the United States
Ct law extending the provisions OF
the existing Chinese exclusion act 80
bs to exclude Japanese and Koreans
The league claims a membership In
the State of California of $500. three.
fuurths OF which membership is said
10 be in the city of San Francisco. The
membership is composed almost en-
tirely 81 members of labor organiza.
tons. Section 2, Article 2, Of the con.
stltution of the league is as follows:
The league as such shall not adopt
p.y measures of discrimination agains;
any Chinese, Japanese or Koreans
how or hereafter lawfully resident in
the United States.
Yet on Oct. 22, 1905. at meeting
Of the league held in San Francisco
ah reported in the San Francisco
Chronicle of Oct. %, 1905. n resolution
was adopted by the league instruct
ing its executive committee to appea!
before the Board OF Education and pc
tition for separate schools for the Mon
goiian children OF San Francisco.
Prior to the action of the league the
Board Of Education. as am informed
received many protests from citizens
of San Francisco, whose children were
offending the public schools, against
japanese being permitted to attend
those schools. These protests were
riainly against Japanese boys and
men ranging from le 10 20. 20 and "a
years of age attending the primary
grades and sitting beside little girl,
and boys of and s years OF age.
When these complaints became known
tn Japanese residents. am informed
that some of the older pupils left the
primary grades.
On the day when the order of Oct
II went into effect, viz: Oct. 10, there
we're attending the public schools Of
the city OF San Francisco SO Japanes,
lnpils. These pupils were distributed
among 23 schools OF the primary
grade. There are eight grades In tn,
public schools Of San Francisco. thu
first grade being the lowest and the
eighth the highest-graduates OF Tho
eighth grade goiag into the High
School,. Those born In the Unite,
Slates would. of course, under Section