The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-01-27
Conclusions Reached.

W SAOoh iDpul
Conclusions Reached.
The commission in its conclusions
followed the best precedents of the
mainland experience when it favored
leaving the care of school buildings in
the hands of the counties, with thel
safeguard that money given to the
counties to cover the public school
needs shall be used for that purpose.
In some counties that is an unneces.
sary provision. In others it isn't. The
good children ought not to chafe under
discipline that may be considered neces-
sary on account of the antics of those
not SO well behaved.
These headlines give a slight indica-
tion of what the commission tackled
in its fifty and more meetings held
during the eighteen months of its ex-
istence Finally at the commission g
request bill was framed by Mr.. Hem.
enway, whose services were volun.
tered; then it was given haircut and
shave by the Governor so that it could
be accepted as good looking in admin
istration circles.
What VIII Be Done7
But the question isn't SO much a
matter of details as it is of purpose.
What are You going to do with your
schools9 What are you going to do
with your children7 What are you 90.
ing to do with your future citizens,
the men and women who must take the
responsibilities Of citizenship and home
making in few short years and will
look back to bless or curse the prosper
GUS day in which you and ] livedf
One of the notices of TammAny Hall
is said to be "What has posterity done
for wet Eawthin'.' Is that to be
the motto which we, in this assembly
or larger one of a similar nature scorn,
and then 60 out into the active daily
political life of the community and
live7
1t is all nonsense for you or me to
talk to any body of men about the
relative salaries and the relative costs
and the needs of the schools if you
and l are face to face with the wither-
ing truth that many don't care and
the taxpayers don It want to put up
the money necessary to properly care
for the public schools-though these
same men will pour forth their money
like water to assist some private school
enterprise. Mind you 1 have no quarrel
with the private school but they can
become a blight if they cause the lead
ing men and women TO forget the com
mon school where the great body of
future citizens, the ruling majority in
deed will have their character nodded
for the future and who will exert en-
masse the greatest influence on our
future progress.
You have got to take care of your
public schools. Yop have got to give
all classes the benefits of equal edu.
cational opportunity, if you have any
idea of developing this Territory as
an American Territory of right think
ing, right acting, independent, self.
respecting citizens. There are no two
ways about it.
And there is no excuse for not talk
ing care of the schools. The money
is here. Don t say it isn't, for we
know it is. And don't say that we
are grafters and job ehasers and self
seeking politicians, when we declare
we are going to get SO much of it as
is needed to give the city child and
the country child frst-class public
school opportunity. For if you do say
that you will not be sticking to the
truth, and of men and women who do
that as well as boys and girls there II
be something worse than COLLINS to get
yer If you don't watch out.