Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
.DISIOYALTY IN COLLEGEFACULTY
DENIED; REGENTS Make STATEMENT

! tive del afments In which they Y ere
employed 10 teach. There did not &c
velop any information which would
indicate that any member Of the CO..
Iege faculty WAS conducting a propa
ganda among tire students. Quite the
reverse is true.
The first ppint 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 a very
| long debate, a motion was passed that
a person owing allegiance to an alien
enemy nation should not be employed
ed
, "On the following day. this action
OF the board was reconsidered as II
was believed that It would automatI-
cally dispense with the services OF
Fraulein Heuer, the assistant profe$-
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
CAS- a result Of this point coming
| up for discussion, the action Of the
a ~atd Nd
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
were 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 10 not actively and aggressive.
tiy loyal to the United States shall be
appointed to the faculty Of the Col
lese 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.
uganda, and also its responsibility in
doing full justice and seeing to it that
the organization should not be allow.
ed to be made the victim of idle
prejudice and gossip.
Left to President
After thorough airing Of the views
Of the individual members, it was
finally voted:
"'That 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. Hemenway, members, but it was
vigorously disapproved 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
Of an alien enemy nation who is un.
willing to pledge loyalty to the United
States in period of war crisis.
Idle Gossip Spread
THE canvass of the situation made
by the regents shows conclusively that
individual members of the faculty,
whose loyalty to the country Is un-
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 a time in the
history Of the College of Hawaii when
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 Roadway and by their
individual deeds, as well as words, ara
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 a body Of men and women
Of whom the territory has reason to
be very proud.
(Signed) "W. R. HARRINGTON"
WaIdron 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, German citizen, Fred L.
Waldron declared this morning that