Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03

children to school, but it is easy to be
seen that if out of 1900 Japanese only
100 are in school, the great majority
are getting along without an education.
There have been no formal complaints
made by parents but it is the general
belief that there is danger in asso-
ciating a full-groWn man every day
with a small school child This objec-
ton could be brought to bear on pupils
of all nationalities. Out of these one
hundred Japanese about sixty of them
are over 16.
No lsues Here
The board of education has taken no
action in the matter and II. w. FRANK
a prominent member of the board, sald
There will be no issue here at all
The courts have the affair in hand
and there seems no necessity for us to
take any action. The board has not
considered the matter. There are such
a few here that it does not seem worth
while"
According to Mr.. Franks opinion
there was no necessity in san fran
cisco for segregating the children, since
we have more than they have, and yet
he thinks there are not enough to make
it worth while.
In comparison with this Miss Mary
A. Henderson, the principal of the
Grand Avenue school, one of the
largest in the city. said;
Here we have ten Japanese chill
dren. of which five are full-groWn men,
1t is a great mistake to put these men
in with the children, but think the
rule should apply to all natlonalltes'
even to Americans themselves To nit
igate as far as possible any harm lhey
might do. we put them In the same
rooms. so that they will clique together
and not bother the other pupils.
Are DocIe Pupils
"They are very docile and never
cause the teachers any trouble We
have never had any complaints, but
all the way round 1t would be better
to have them separated. Now they
can. of course. have only their quota
of the teachers time, and they need a
| great deal more. If they We're by
| themselves they could have English
alone and that is what they want.
over the little Japanese children there
could be no objection raised. Ihey
are as dear as amy of the llttle tots
/ We also have several Chinese children
/ in the school, and contrary to what IS
usually thought they are much brighter
than the Japanese
! In the Los Angeles high school there
are only seven Japanese pupils and
| the first ono that ever graduated from
/ there received his diploma I'm 1908. Pro-
! fcssor ". II. Housk, principal of the
/ high school, said:
"They are all older than The classes
| to which they belong and are usually
men that have graduated from school
I'm Japan They are not admitted un-
/ less they can speak English Well so
that naturally limits them TO very
small number l do not see any reason
/ for their being separated in the hlgh
school but do I'm the lower grades be-
cause they take up more than their
/ share of the teachers time since they
have to learn the very rudiments of
. English.
They are bright and more indus
trous than the average American.
/ There have been no complaints against
| them. They are always quiet and re-
spcctful and most of them take special
courses i'm English only one on two
of them have takcu the regular curricu-
/ lum,"
Moore Sees No Menace
The superintendent Of schools, Prof
| r.. G.. Moore, has am entirely different
view from Prof HOush. He said
/ There is no Japanese question here,
and even i'm san Francisco n rs entirely
political and has nothing 90 do with
the educational department.. 1 do not
think thcrc win be amy trouble and 1
see mo- need of even "a discussion of the
/ question being raised here. The greater
part of the pupils are young, but there
are several mon working In families