Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-06
REV. MACINTOSH
Severely SAT UPON
Asks For Long Leave
OF Absence But
Wants Salary

Rev. Alexander Macintosh, princi-
pal of the Royal School, in COM
munication addressed to the Board OF
Education and read at the meeting OF
the Board yesterday afternoon, asked
for leave of absence for year or a
year and half on account OF Ill
health and intimated that he would
not take it at all amiss if the Board
should consider the matter of salar!
during his absence. The suggestion as
to salary was promptly and emphatic
ally sat upon by Superintendent Bah
bit and all the members of the
Board.
In his letter Mr.. Macintosh stated
that for some time his health has
been poor and it Is only with difficulty
that he has been able to carry on his
working during the past term. The
doctors had told him, he said, that it
was necessary for him to have COM
plete change. And in addition to this,
his daughter is ill and is obliged to
go away, and he feels himself obliged
to accompany her.
He called attention to the fact that
he was absent during the first two
months of the past school year and
that for that time he received no pay,
q circumstance which he seemed to
consider an injustice to him, as he
said that the principal of the school
feels the weight of responsibility
whether he is actually present and
teaching or not Also his long term
of service ought to be considered. He
relied on the liberality of the Board III
this matter.
Superintendent Rabbit after read
ing the letter to the Board commented
upon it and stated that the rules of
the Board prohibited the salary of any
teacher who was not present at the
beginning of school commencing until
the teacher began his work. Mackin
tosh had stated in his letter that he
would be in town until some time in
September and would be able to Or
ming order for whoever should carry
on the work during his absence.
Mr.. Williamson, one of the new
members of the Board, wanted to
know if the rest of the staff could get
along without Mr. Macintosh. Super
intendent Rabbit said that they would
have no difficulty in doing SO, as. they
had done so for some time practically.
Mrs. Dousett said she was decidedly
opposed to letting Macintosh organ
ize the school and then go away and
expect his successor to carry on the
work according to the ideas of the
absent man. She thought it was up
to Macintosh to ask for leave OF
absence, during which he should give
up all connection with the work of
the school, or else to resign entirely
and take his chances Of getting his
place back after his return from his
trip. Mr. Hutchins agreed in this idea
of the matter. The matter finally went
over until the next meeting to allow
the Superintendent time to see Mr.
Macintosh and urge him either to re-
sign or to ask for leave Of absence
for the time he wants to be away.
NO OUTSIDE WORK FOR TEACHER
The matter of teachers engaging in
outside work was taken up again and
the Board went on record as being
opposed to the practice through the
adoption of the following resolution:
THAT the Board go on record as be-
ing opposed to the practice of its
teachers engaging in outside pursuits
which may in any way tend to take
time or interest from school work. 1t
is felt that with the restoration Of
salaries, the Board is entitled to the
hest efforts of all it's teachers and that
recreation time should be used for rest
and regeneration rather than for
other vocations'
There was considerable discussion
over the revived claim of f. P. Rose
Grams. who wants $40 refund for the
value of sable fence and veranda
closet which he built on the Puunene
school premises at his own expense
prior to his resignation as teacher
here. This claim the Board had once
nefore disalowed. The matter was
finally referred to the Attorney Gen"
cral for an opinion as to whether or
not the claim could legally be paid.
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Al. a member of the Board up to the
time of his death, wrote thanking the
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