Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-12
FORMER TEACHERS
TELL TROUBLES
TO LEGISLATORS
Long Hearing Given to Browns.
Who Ask to Have a
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From cut a mass OF testimony that
includes all phases Ga eyiIence from
the formal petitions of leading resi-.
dents OF Kauai TO the old familiar Il
heard il said" Of village gossip. terri
terial senators and representatives
making up n joint education commit.
tee are attempting to reach a fair de-
cision in the case of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry c. Brown, former teachers of
Waimea school. 81
In a meeting that lasted yesterday
afternoon from O'Clock to dinner
time. mrs. Brown was the leading wit.
ness; ana Henry W. Kinney, superin.
tendent, OF schools, and Inspector
General George Raymond we're also
placed on the stand. Mrs. Brown put
a number of the questions to Kinney,
herself She was an interesting figure
lat the meeting.
Reenaasement Is :Toposed
Senator Desha was all for fixing
things up-pau pilikia, as he put 1t.
He thought If the Browns could be
reengaged the whole affair could be
adjusted. But Superintendent Kinney
opposed this, declaring that he could
never have discipline among his teach.
ers il he allowed such action in an
individual case. The commission. he
said, had voted not to reengagey the
Browns.
Kinney did not answer many of the
questions that We're put to him. espe-
cially when Attorney cred Patterson
tried TO bring from a few specific in
stances OF where the browns had
shown INSTRUMENTATION.
He placed most emphasis on Mrs
Browns refusing to take an examine
ton that had been prescribed by the
department. writing On the paper that
she had not time for this farce" and
to time when sac had "butted in
On q conversation he was having at
the foot Of the stairs with her hus-
band, the supervising principal
Senator Castle attended the hearing
as member of the education commit.
tee Of the senate and questioned all OF
the/witnesses.
Mrs. Brown Makes Explanation
Mrs. Brown explained that the rea-
son she had refused to SPEND more
time on the examination IN question
was that she was busy that day, that
she had had no breakfast end that
she ives cooking lunch for $50 chfdren
when Supervising Principal Brodie ar
rived. She regrets having written the
words and apologized for II some time
afterward. but she declares that she
has not had justice or q fair hearing.
Island Splits Into Factions
Thorvad Brandt, manager Of Bishop
& Company's Bank at Waimea, was
splendid witness for the Browns. He
told how the island had been split in
factions by the case. He recited how
the Waiinea school had been built up
year by year under the Browns and
what shock 1t was to the community
when they were dropped from the
school.
He knew, he said, that the commit.
tee could not force the Unemployment
OF the two teachers but he believed
they could go on record as indorsing
their work and enacting laws which
would prevent justice going wrong in
the future. He declared great in.
justice had been done.
One Of the unexpected admissions
from Superintendent Kinney yester-
day was that Instances which he had,
cited as acts Of INSTRUMENTATION on tne
part Of the teachers dated back consid.
erably In the past, and that the
Browns had been in the schools for
another term afterward.
Raymonds statements filtered down
to two complaints from H. H. Brodie
and E. A. Creeyy, both Of the school
department on Kauai. Both COM
plants appeared to be Insignificant.