Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21


tive del arnents In which they were
employ cd 70 teach. There did not de,
veIop any information which would
indicate that any member Of the CO,
Iege faculty was conducting a propa-
eanda among the students. Quite the
reverse IS true.
The first point brought to focus In
the discussion Of the regents was
whether the college was justified in
continuing the employment OF an
alien enemy, regardless OF his or her
qualifications as a teacher.
AT the first session, after very
long debate, a motion was passed that
person owing allegiance to an allen
| enemy nation should not be employed
ed.
, "On the following day. this action
OF the board was recOnsidered as Il
was believed that it would automatl-
cally dispense with the services OF
| Fraulein Heuer, the assistant profeS'
sor of modern languages, and ii had
not occurred TO the members OF the
board that Miss Heuer had been en-
| ployed for a period OF three years,
ending with the summer of 1918. This,
in the opinion Of some OF the regents.
constituted a certain moral obligation
which could not be set aside as a mere
scrap of paper regardless Of what
the strictly legal rights OF the re-
gents might be.
Attorney Generals Advice Asked
"As q result OF this point coming
up for discussion, the action OF the
! previous day was reconsidered and
the president Of the college was ask
| ed to place the situation before the at
torney general, who responded to the
query in a letter covering the subject.
His conclusion was that the regents
we're entirely free to act in so far as
an actual or implied contract was
concerned The attorney generals let
| ter closed with this comment: We
must remember that there are millions
of residents in the United States of
German birth or German descent and
though we should exercise every pre-
caution in protecting ourselves
against acts on the part of any OF
them tending to give aid and comfort
to our enemies yet We should be just;
furthermore, we should not waste our
energies in making public charges Of
those who are not a menace to the
community
First Motion Passed.
After devoting some two hours to
further canvassing the situation and
also endeavoring to adjust the indi'
| vidual opinions of the members Of the
board, the original motion, which had
been reconsidered at the second meet
ing, gave way to a substitute which
was carried unanimously, as follows:
"For the duration of the war, no per.
son who Is not actively and aggressive.
Iy loyal to the United States shall be
appointed to the faculty Of the Col
ieee OF Hawaii"
The point then arose as to the status
| Of those already on the faculty and
the responsibilities of the institution.
both in protecting the College from
any possible inroads of disloyal prop.
aganda, and also its responsibility In
doing full justice and seeing to it that
the organization should not be allow
led to be made the victim of idle
prejudice and gossip.
| Left to President
After a thorough airing of the views
OF the individual members, it was
finally voted:
"fThat the matter Of retaining or
Diminishing Miss Heuer and Miss Mat
thews before the expiration Of the
period for which they were employed
be left TO the judgment Of the presi.
dent Of the college,
/ This action was approved by W. r.
Harrington, Chairman of the Board
OF Regents, Mrs. C. w. Ashford and
/ G. r. Henenway, members, but it was
| vigorously disapproyed by Mr.. Fred
l.. Waldron, member Of the board, who
believed that the regents should take
definite and immediate action to eli.
inmate from the faculty any citizen
i Of an alien enemy nation who is un.
willing to pledge loyalty to the United
States in a period of war crisis.
Idle Gossip Spread
! "The canvass of the situation made
i by the regents shows conclusively that
/ individual members of the faculty,
whose loyalty to the country Is un-
i questionable, have been made the sub
ject of idle gossip which might we'll
be classed as fostering the German
propaganda of spreading suspicion
and breaking down confidence by the
reckless use of innuendo.
There has never been time in the
history of the College of Hawaii when
q more admirable spirit of loyal en-
thusiasm, both for the nation and the
college, has prevailed. The students
are interested in their work. They are
making splendid headway and by their
/ individual deeds, as we'll as words, are
proving that they ar, with the faculty
taken as a whole, actively and aggres-
sively faithful to the United States in
/ its present crisis. The standards of
| the Institution are high and the pupils,
as well as the members of the faculty.
constitute body of men and women
Of whom the territory has reason to
be very proud.
| tSigned) "W r. HARRINGTON" I"
Waldron States Position
Commenting upon his resignation
as a member of the board of regents
of the College of Hawaii because he
questions the loyalty of Miss Maria
/ Heuer, a German citizen, Fred L.
Waldron declared this morning that