The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-06-17
Honolulu
Newsletter
Racy Paragraphs From the Capitol On
Current Topics.
By Oscar Brenton.

l
John Hall is not on the list of
teachers assigned to schools in the
Territory. This is the lady who
walked out of Kalihiwaena school
the other day when Principal Cox
threw at her" rather sarcastic,
not to say impertinent note, after
he had been sustained by the Com
missioners of Education. Taking
it by and large this is rather rub
bing it in. All of the teachers at
Kalihiwaena were asked to contri-
butte literature bearing on the disci-
pline of the school. | have been
told that Mrs. Hall was the last to
yield, holding out until Superin-
tendent Pope insisted that she send
her opinion in writing for the good
of the service. Il know not what
the truth may be; l tell it as twas
told to me-"
| note, now, that Secretary Glib
son says the letter was more in de-
tail than any from the other teach
ers, so much in detail that it, ap-
parently, did not please the powers.
At all events when it came to pass
ing out positions for the season to
come Mrs. Hall was not in the run
ming and this after Pope had COM
PEELED her to write an honest criti-
cism. The trouble seems to be that
Cox is oversupplied with friends
and Pope is not. Hence the pro-
lection given by the latter to Cox.
No one questions the ability which
Mrs. Hall has. There are few who
do not recognize her as one of the
most capable teachers in the county
but ability has no chance against
pull where the head of the depart
ment has the last say.
l heard something from a Comp
ton sympathizer that does not sur
prise me in the light of events sub
sequent to her advance on Rich
mond.' - 1t seems that the depart
ment has to pay her a salary up to
the end of August. She was en-
gagged for the Hilo school and was
transferred at the will of the depart
ment, rather than on her own
request. OF the two schools offered
she selected Waialua because she
liked the principal and accepted the
assignment. Before going down, L
understand, she has told this to her
friends Mr.. Gibson was sent to
the principal with the information
that the assignment had been made
but that if she did not want her she
had only to make a protest to Pope.
And she says Pope sent Gibson to
Mrs. Churchill with that message.
If any part of that is true it seems
to me Pope must be bad one. He
has been proven unable to cope
with the duties of superintendent of
instruction. AS a teacher in the
College of Hawaii he did well and
should return there.
1t looks very like crusade and
the men who have been bringing in
the poppy -gladness via Hilo and
Kahului will be off for the tall tim
Der or | am buzzard in search of
carrion. The other day the federal
lightning struck the S. S. Mexican
'midships, tween decks abaft the
shaft and in the neighborhood of
the galley. The cook was on the
line of least resistance and conse-
quently felt the shock. / have no
information to this effect but |
would not be surprised a few weeks
hence to learn that the lightning
was generated somewhere in the
vicinity of Honolulu. Smugglers
are on the run these days and every
one is trying to get the ear of the
district attorney before some other