The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-02

. '""I W. NAhhNyy SUI
perintendent of public instruction, is
enforcing a system upon the public
schools that els treason to, American
ideals, = but j. 'Hthe Ptussian idealt'',
Mrs. Estclle Baker, teacher in one
of the private schools sends a state.
ment to The Advertiser for publication.
Among other things the statement
sets forth is a. charge that pthe Nc
Kinley High School is kept purpOsely
small In order to furnish the, plea
that certain pupils who apply for ad,
mission cannot be accommodated, when,
in the opinion of the writer of the
statement, the real fact is that the SUI.
perinendent wants. to, make the school
"aristrOcratic - and to keep "cOm.
mon " children from securing a higher
edueation. gtGi
Fl In AZ letter accompnn ying the state
ment, Mrs. Baker states that il was
written after conference with the
persons who are outlining a very def.
mite and determined campaign against
The heavy hand of repression and OPP
preston In the public schools of this
Territory - -
M1staken, says Kinney q.
n Superintendent Kinney, to whom, the
statement was shown Yesterday, and
who had already been furnished with
"a copy by the writer, remarks, that
Mrs Baker is entirely mistaken In re-
gard to the facts she alleges. He points
tn the fact that the Mckinley High
School has been doubled in enrolment
a fonr,Itty L. r. -
and that arrn ngements have already
been made to double the present size of
the school. ,
Mrs. Bnker writes:
A. Statements = e.,ai .
;, 3" The Dictator of Hawaii's schools
must be 'deposed.
who says sou g."
-" Hawaii I" teachers, Hawaii 5 par.
Mckinley High School stud
cnts say so,
"Why should he be deposed3
BECAUSE the school system enforced
by him is treason to American ideals.
1t is the Prussian ideal. '''''
"What Is the Prussian methodf
4 ''It is caste teaching. The child of
the carpenter. shall be a carpenter, the
gardeners son shall be gardener.
The pupil is refused all voice in the
choice Of his life. work. -,
"What is the RESULT " g.. .'La ,rr'.' ;
1.-THE school children Of Germany
suicide in great numbers .. 2
-" Recently Mckinley High School,
students won in fright against ty''
ranny
"'rhey would not have won in Ger
many-they would have suicided.
"What is the American ideally ID.
"That every child shall climb as
high as he can. That he shall be,
taught reasoning instead Of memorizing.
eneouraged-npt lock step.
That he shall be melted to hitch his
wagon to star.
"Does the education Ruler of Hawaii
want anything like that
"Any teacher, who tries it is mark.
ed tdapgerous2-he stands for Demo
crazy! I
Dictator Kinney will reply that
he is applying the New York Regent
method to Hawaii.
"Exactly! For years, American
teachers have heen combating Prns-
sian methods, in the schools of New
York and, Chicago,
University of Chicago War Papers,
June, 1918.
America is,N to- be contrasted
with Eurpnet beeaGse in the coun-
tries across the Atlantic education
is so organized as to cut, off large
percentage of the population from
higher opportunities.
$50 would Dictator, Kinney and his
masters have it in Hawaii-if they
could.
In America every possible
agency is at work to bring all the
the penple into as, full contact as
possible with as much education -
they will accept.
"Not so in Hawaii; the High School
building is kept, purpOsely small that
nn the plea: I'VE are full to our capa-
'ity.' ,.,.
"This highly Important contrast
can be made very vivid by com,
parisou betwecn the school system
of Germany with that of the Unit.
ed States. In Germany the com
mon boy goes to school known as
the folks school. At fourteen years
of age his. schoolingjis oyer. There
is absolutely no possibility. before 4
him of u higher calling This
school docs not lead him to any
higher school. " O." ~ ''fi
"Neither do the folks schools of
oahu lead to High School because
We keep our High School building pur.
'Osely too small. - ~" -
There were, before the war only
eight percent of the youths of the
German Empire in the aristocratic
school. The other 92 ercent,were
in the folk school! -
The schools of Germany are so.
cial devices for dividing the people
into distinctly marked classes. The
"c0mmoR people are, given. a
kind of education. suited to their
humble lot. The official teguln
tihns constantly call attention tn
the fact that the 'Heohmon" peo-
pie are to be educated, to- obedi.
eRce: they are to serve their rul-
ers: they are to be kept cOntented
with the trades followed, by their
narents. '1
"Note, that children entering the
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