The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-28
REGENTS W|L[ ACT ! !
ON HEUER MATTER
German Teacher Tenders Resig-
nation From Faculty Of
:. College Of Hawaii

Inc matter OF aceepthnee OF MISS
Maria Heuer's resignation from the
faculty Of the College of Hawaii wili be
taken up at meeting Of the board Of
regents this morning at eleven O'Clock.
None Of the regents could be reached
last evening TO say what the action Of
the board was likely to be.
In Offering her resignation to Doctor
Dean, president of the College, yester-
day noon, Miss Heuer stated that she
took this action for the benefit Of the
College Of Hawaii, to which she was
deeply attached. According to a state
ment said to have been made by Doc
tor Dean, she felt that the criticism to
which she had been subjected was unr
deserved.
The public disapproval which has
followed the publication Of the facts in
the case Of this German language teach.
er has led up to the sending in Of her
resi- gnation. Her attitude toward Amer
lea at war was felt to be not one that
should be placed before the youth Of
the land in an educational institution.
The payment Of territorial and federal
moneys as salary to a professed Teu.
ton, who according to the statements
of welLknown Honolulu people, has
since Americas entrance into the war
made strongly ro-German statements,
is also q matter which has been sub
,ieeted to a considerable amount of cri-
ticism in the past week.
Aiding the Enemy =,
SIT seems to me that something has
)heen said by the President about Civ
ing aid and comfort to the enemy -
said one prominent Honolulu man yes
terday, "and il the payment of a sal
AIRY to anyone protesting such senti-
ments as Miss Heller g is not doing that
very thing, my intelligence must be at
fault. Even when not eonfessedly pro-
German she Is far from being pro-
American, and at this crisis any luke
warm or neutral residents are enemies,
whether Teutons or not. Practically
every one of the statements made by
Miss Heuer, II analysed, will be found
to be the same as those which are being
spread by German propagandists ON
the mainland.
SIT is also Unknown fact in the
East that one of the aims of the Ger
mans has been TO retain all teachers of
German birth in American institutions
wherever possible, so that even when
not openly working for the Huns they
could spread the insidious falsities of
the propaganda among the younger
generation. Might. not that be the
case in Honolulu alsof Even If not
in the pay of the Germans Miss Heuer
was helping them by her cultivated
attitude toward the war, aecoi ding to
her own statement made to Doctor
Dean in her first letter. ....., =, u. . ;,
Miss Mathews Mum ... III
Miss Mathews still has nothing to
say as to whether she is CONSIDERING
the sending ofqher resignation in the
near future. She is included with Miss
Heuer in the resolution drawn up by a
number of the students Of the college,
who state that they viii not attend
classes taught by either of the two
women after the beginning Of the, Jan
uary term. It is now vacation.
A question blank will he sent out by
Henry w. Kinney, superintendent of
the public schools of the Territory, If
the approval of the school commission
ers is gained, asking the teachers If
they are absolutely loyal to the United
States in the war against the Huns.
There are only about twelve teachers
of the 900 in the public schools who
are put down as Of German blood, hut
it is thought that they are only of
German descent and not Of German
sentiments Any other teachers about
whose attitude doubt might be felt will
be asked to answer the questions. 70.
The Importance of right teaching of
natriotism i'm the schools ia emnha sized
by Superintendent Kinney, who says
that the production of loyal American
citizens is Of more importance than
scholarship Those who work for Amer,
lean money are expected TO be abso.
lutely true to American institutions
and ideals, he says. 49,.