Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-11
Prot. w. A. Bryan's Publication
Being Changed at Instance
Of Prof. ]. r. C. Rock

There is war on between faculty
brothers az the College Of HaWaii, and
az q result Of e William Alanson Bry-
~, b Sc. professor Of zoology and
Zoology az the college, may net have
nis Natural History Of HAWAII or
the press and IN the hands OF the pub
Ilc as soon as was anticipated.
Professor Bryan's adversary IN the
struggle is Joseph r. G, Rock, profess
DOr Of botany, collector OF the college
botanical museum, and author OF the
hook Indigenous Trees OF the Hawai-
Ian ISLANDS Rocks complaint against
Bryan arose from the fact that some
nine or ten pictures OF trees and Ha-
Nailan scener1 have been taken from
the INDIGENOUS Trees of the Hawai-.
ian Islands and placed In the tNatnr.
a History Of Hawaii" by the author
~ the latter,
Prof Rock knew nothing Of the use
" h.s pictures. he AYERS, until after
Bis return from q summer vacation ct
ne volcano Il would have known
nothing whatever about II. before the
book came out, be says, had ] not
happened down to the office where It
was being printed Prof. Bryan him
sen hsvef took the trouble to ask me
Tor the pictures. They are my own,
and are copyrighted.
The day ] happened down TO the
printing office, continues Rock, Il.
was on different business entirely,
and while stood waitxlg there / no,
tieed Che blndery girls folding up cop.
Ie6 Of Bfyanss book. You may imRe-
ne my surprise when, opening up one
ol the books, saw II well filled with
my own copyrighted pictures.
Hfyan,e book had been practically
completed, al except for the binding.
Letters asking for subscriptions TO the
book and pamphlets explaining II were
sent out more than week ago to.
people about the city. The book IS 70
~ q the hands Of the public the last
October.
The title pare bears the information
that Il Is illustrated with iii full
page plates from 435 photographs elu-
f|1aling the ethnnlogy Of the native
people. the geology and topography Of
the islands. and figuring more than
1000 81 the common or Interesting
species 81 Dlonts and animals 10 be
|onnd m the native and introduced
fauna and flora Of Hawaii
|./hefo1 .1flnn Many Years.
The preface states that the mate
raj used has been patiently gathered
|IIn ever possible source and care
fully selected, sifted and verified In
|1e field and study BY the author dur.
me many years residence IN the Is
.Ids as an ENTHUSIASTIC naturalist
n|hteun curator and college pfofes-
As soon IS found out what had
been done. says Rock Il began try
ne to get IN touch with Prof. Bryan,
and o learn his idea In the matter ]
found out on inquiry that he had also
u1eC pictures belonging to w. z. Brig
ham Of the Bishop Museum. When
AR Brigham found out what had been
done be declared he had q notion to
sue the printing office where the work
Was done for printing stolen goods.
II wrote Bryan that II he insisted
0non publishing the book with my pic
lures / should prosecute him to the
fullest extent OF the law. The pictures
we're my own and copyrighted They
we're made from plates which ! had
personally paid Tor.
eBfyan's first answer to my letter
was inclined TO be rather brusque, but
when he saw that was in earnest he
chimed down and has now agreed to
have the book changed, leaving out
the pictures he took without permits
sion.
III e no doubt q hard change to |
make when the book is this far along"
saws Professor Rock, but business Is
business, end what more could do,
when they were my own copyrightsu
pictures? Bryan claims that PC
thought the pictures had been dis
c6rded. but evidently he thought
According to Professor Bryan. tie
change will not be so great as would
seem. II viii necessitate only slight
Iemodeling OF the book as it has been
found possible 70 replace the renewed |
nictufes from Mr. Rrrgan's own col
lection and from that Of Professor
Vaughan Maccaugheg OF the college. |
Mr.. Bryan says that only six pages |
viii have 70 be reprinted 20CD times. |
that number OF books having already |
left che press,
TAKE, bW Disputed Photos
Professor Bryan told the Star-Bul.
letin today that he would take ont all
81 the pictures at Professor Rocks
request. together with such printing |
throughout the book as refers TO the
pictures.
Each Of the pictures has not been
nsed as d fun page cut, says Mr..
Bryan; many OF the fnil.page cuts /
are made up Of three or four or even |
more pictures arranged toeether. This |
means that / viii have to change only
about I'VE OF the fulipage cuts.
AT the time when Mr.. Rock was
absent, perhaps on his tour around |
the world, l got permission from |
President Gilmore, then head of the |
College OF Hawaii, to use certain pic |
lures which were at the college.
Please make IL plain that the photo
graphs In the majority Of cases were
previously published in the report Of |
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