Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-20

Warm Retorts.
The meeting this morning was mark.
cd by several warm interChanges be.
tween Principals Wood and Davis, as
well as by an apparent difficulty on
the part of all concerned in sticking
to any one subject in debate.
At the opening of the meeting. Prin.
cipal Baldwin made a general address
in which he took up the defense of the
present Superintendent of Public In.
struction. He pointed out many pro.
gressive policies which Mr.. Pope has
started and is carrying out, and de.
clared that he should be upheld in the
present administration of his edpari-
ment.
Five important improvements in la.
waits educational work he ascribed to
Mr.. Pope. First he spoke of his fight
for the School Fund Commission and
of the work of the whole Commission
of which w. II. Harrington was chair.
man. He said Mr.. Pope's work for
this bill was largely influential in, car.
rying II through. Second, he put his
! fight for the summer school and the
securing of the appropriation for It,
| He lauded the development of the sum
mer schools, and also the organization
of the conference of supervising prin'
cipals and closed with the fifth
achievement, that of the establishment
of the boys high school.
Having shown what Superintendent
/ Pope Is accomplishing, he moved to
discontinue the reading of the Cope
| land suggestions. In closing, however
| he added, that in the consideration OF
| the present course, the principals
should take up the discrimination
against Hawaiian teachers in the min
imum. medium and maximum grading
system" which Mr.. Copeland's plan
/ would involve.
, This brought Copeland to his feet
There's no foundation for that state
ment. No reason for it," he declared
with heat. However, both statements
were passed over.
| Revolutionary, Says Wood.
Principal Edgar Wood seconded
| Baldwin's motion. He declared that
| the matter of initiating and creating
/ policies lies with the Superintendent
' of Public instruction and the Commits
sioners, particularly with the Superin
, tendent as a paid expert.
These are revolutionary policies,
he asserted referring to the attempt to
have the principals change the entire
course of study. "They are not con
structive. This is serious situation
we are facing. If this meeting at
tempts to initiate policies II will result
in experimental chaos"
After this there was some desultOry
I discussion as to whether or not the
resolution passed by the Commission
crs and providing for the principals
conference intended that such sweep
ing changes in the course of study
could be taken up, but no conclusion
was reached as to this point.
i Principal Cox wanted to amend Bald
wins motion, striking out the words
discontinue reading Mr.. Copeland's
:, course Of study" etc, but he got little
support.
II About this time fresh cause of heat
i came up. Principal Davis declared
that when he moved to adjourn the
=, last meeting until today he made the
motion to include that the meeting
i when II reconvened take up the read
ing of the Copeland suggestions. This
assertion was Immediately challenged
: by Baldwin, who said II Davis did
! make such a motion, he had no right
to do so. Davis said he knew he had
made the motion in this form.
The stenographic report was called
for, and nothing to bear out Davis
contention was found Davis reassert
y ed that he knew what he had moved
; but after some parleying the point was
!, dropped.
! Then the venerable principal of Nc
} Kinley High School, Mr.. NJ. NJ. Scott
} arose to pour oil on the troubled wa
tiers: With real earnestness he begged
the principals not to squabble longer
over small things, but to look on the
larger things of education. He said he
regarded any course of study as al
best but of secondary importance. lie
went on to illustrate his remarks will
apt examples. lie took occasion alsC
to say that his friend Copeland's'
suggested course of study Is too lonl
entirely.
Mr., SCOTS pacifying remarks, how
ever, did not seem to do much in the