The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-04-29

should be taken only after the most
careful consideration. and that no hasty
step be made towards that or a similar
end.
1t is understood thu .shile officials
generally approve of the idea of anal
gamation, they prefer that II be left
to the department and the course of
time and be effected gradually and in
order rather than by a summary legis.
lative act.
Wood Replies.
As to the manifold details of the re.
port. Principal Wood has made public
most of the original correspondence and
reports concerning the various cases
taken up, especially those of the teach
ers who petitioned the legislature fol
'redress. -
In many cases the statements con
tanned in this correspondence are fatty
contradieted by the statement in the
committee report. In particular, severa
statements relating to the training and
, qualifications of some of the teachers
as contained in the report, do not agree
with the data furnished the department
by the teachers agency.
Documentary reports also do no
igree with statements in the commit
.ee's report of the condition of affairs
, Principal Wood yesterday called atten
ton to one statement that "the worl
of said petitioner was satisfactory t.
t her principal, referring to that o
Miss Eta Davis. Mr.. Wood points +
4 lis report to Superintendent Pope il
September of last year, in which h
(. says regarding her.
/. ''She started geography lesson a
9:15 aim, and continued the same wor
4 until ll:l5, claiming that she believe
G in doing it thoroughly. ! interfered q
!. this point and asked her to change tn
d work as the children were escaping nc
b only through the doors, but through TIL
Il windows. At II 1880 she began lesso
O in arithmetic and continued this I
). 1:45 pm, when | again interfered, 9
e the children Were shouting and pount
l. ing the desks (the windows having bee
e fastened DOWN."
A number of other similar cases al
contained in the data being gatherc
-, by Principal Wood, which vert eth,
y not considered or not called for by I'll
10 committee.
Teachers Deny Statement,
;. Mr.. Wood also wrote to numb,
!. of teachers upon points made by Pa:
/. son. One of these was to Miss Ida
Zicgler, chairman of the Normal Scho
committee on examinations, whom |
queried regarding the truth of the cor
y mittee's statement, cit seems that I
II definite standard of examination is r
8 CURED; that pupils simply walk int
l. the school irrespective of their DIT
l. vious training and ability to take a
y vantage of the courses offered.''
L. In answer to this the examinati,
committee, consisting of NJ. Ida lie
10 Ter, Ida G. Macdonald, Ruth C. sha
a. and Lila U. Marshall, replied:
I. 1.-The examining committee at Il
Normal School meet and examine 9
oil candidates for admission to the Norm
e. School, except such as present sat
It.. factory evidence of proper preparati,
" for the work. Graduates of Punah,
n. and the High School are examples
the EXCEPTIONS
In reply to the committees doubt
3 to whether the dual cadet system w
80 in use in any other school, Mr.. Wo,
said yesterday:
~ 1.-The system of more than one teac
NJ er in room is an old and well esta
u lished method of training persons
~ teach. AT one time it was the only sy
~ tenn in England. Under the name
IN the Bell and Lancaster system it w
lie introduced into America in Penns,
m vania.
Sc 1t is now used in many of the nc
n nal schools of the mainland, as Il
d, San Francisco Normal, San Jose Nc
es nal, Cook County Normal, Bridgew
IN ter Normal and Others
Protests Are Many.
'r The Advertiser has received SEQ
~ of protests against the proposed am,
lie gamation of the normal with the CT
Ell lege of Hawaii and in defense of Su
IN crintendent Pope and Professor Woo
The following represent the thr
classes interested the supervisor
s. principals, the teachers and the publ
G. Public Owes Much to Pope.
u Editor Advertiser:-In their reno
ot on the school department, the joi
As committee of the house and sena
. criticize Superintendent Pope's acti,
y the supervising principals meetir