The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1912-06-01
Pope Is
Jolted
The Commissioners Talk Out Loud, and
- Rattle the Try Bones.

sioner Aiken came to the front yes
terday and in a manner that left no
doubt, told those who were present
at the session Of the commissioners
and principals, that it was he who
suggested to Mr.. Copeland the adj
visibility of change in the school
curriculum. Incidentally Mr.. Aiken
gave an afternoon newspaper rap
for bandying his name in connection
with the suggested change and the
actual attempt to make it. If there
was any odium attached to the ac-
ton of Mr.. Copeland, Mr.. Aiken
certainly wiped it out.
1t is gathered from remarks made
by at least two of the commissioners
that the session of the principals
was called to give them an oppor-
tunity to talk over in a quiet man.
ner any change in the study course
which might be suggested. That
Pope, or Mrs. Wilcox or Mr.. Wood
should be present at and OF the
meetings of principals was not for a
moment expected so there was justi-
fication in Mr.. Copeland's opinion
that they were the genuine Buttin-
skys' of Buttville. Even the most
anti-principal commissioner cannot
reason out why Wood should have
been present when he is neither
supervising principal nor. commits
sioner. That all should be peaceful
and harmonious is the wish of the
commissioners. That it will not be
is the groundwork of doubt in
the minds of some of the principals,
and l would say that Copeland,
who seems a very earnest man in
his profession, will be one who will
not turn his other cheek for a swat
because he got one on the off side.
Mrs. Wilcox seems to be the main
opponent Of a free session for the
principals and she wanted Pope
present because he is the head and
should be the guiding star in the
deliberations of any body connected
with the board. In this she was
opposed by both Moir and Aiken
who seemed in favor of freedom Of
action with a report to be submitted
to the commissioners at which time
the superintendent could be present
for his side. At the final session
Copeland seems to have strengthened
himself personally as well as in his
position on this particular question.
He denies strongly any desire to get
into Pope's shoes and the public,
with one or two exceptions, are will
ing to believe him.
1t looks as though there will be a
material change in the study course
and all children will have an equal
show. There is desire on the part
of some parents for course that
will leave out cutting paper flowers
by boys and their sewing on buttons
because every mother hopes for bet
Ter things for her boy.
One cannot tell just what hap
pened in the board meetings by the
newspaper accounts published in
the Honolulu papers for they seem
to be inspired by the enemies OF the
Maui bunch. | would say in an
off-hand way that Copeland and
Wells are OH the right side. Two
suffrageutes in the board, OF opposite
temperament, by-the-way, held out
against them but the principals have
won enough to encourage them tC
believe that there is more to come
and it will come their way. Mrs
Wilcox seems to be one of the
strong supporters of her opinion
that Pope should be in the chair a
meetings of both factions but car
find no one outside the board agree
ing with her.