The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-22
ANSWERS Il
SHARP CRITICISM .
. Of GE:RMANCRURCH
Charges Made BY G, r. Garter Of
vinilanoe Corps Bring Reply
Il From Arthur Herman
ONLY ENGLISH TAUGHT -. u.
IN SCHOOLS, He SAYS
Reviews History Of instruction In
Classes and Asserts We Is
i Genuine Loyal American

classes OF instruction Conducted AZ the
German Lutheran church and at SINH
lar classes at Lihue, Kauai, voiced yes.
terday by George r Carter, president
of the Hawaiian Vigilance Corps, were
answered last night by Rev. AStbur
Hoermann, pastor of the Lutheran
church, who said he wished to make
public The nature Of the instruction be
ing given at the two schools. d. Z So.
The head of the Vigilance Corps at
tackled the schools at the noon lunch
con Of the. corps yesterday. He strong
ly opposed the continuance of the two
schools, saying that IL Americang 10
Germany at the present time undertook
10 conduct such classes for American
children the results would betdisastrouS,
States Position Wv. Z
eve want the children Of this Amer.
lean Territory first taught our language,
our history, our principles Of govern
nient, - he declared. Until this has
been thoroughly done, there Is no ex.
cuse for continuing the teaching Of
German, "sla, '"s'
eve are at war with Germany TO
the bitter end, and yet we are told
that the Herr Pastor Of the German
church has the effroutery to continue
n German school two DAYS a week. here
in Honolulu and that Mrs. Hans Isen.
berg is doing the same thing in Lihue.
What does this man think Of usf What
would happen to an American pastor
in Germany that so ignored the changed
conditions due to the war; ~ t"s
"Let US not fall to their level by
doing him bodily harm, but bring TO
bear the full force Of outraged public
opinion on any such alien sympathizers
IA our midst. Whether they act pur-
posely or innocently they are aiding
che German propaganda that is trying
| to undermine our faith in our institu.
tons " .'-ody ~ a. .t
Pastor s Statement %. ~
Concerning the classes being held ut
the Lutheran church, Rev. Mr.. Hoer.
mann in reviewing the history of the
instruction work at the church said that
/ originally classes were held four days
a week at the church when children at.
tending the, public schools reported for
hour and.a.h half classes and were taught
the Germam language. The medium OF
the Instruction. given, was English, he
j said, as mary of the children had no
knowledge of German. 49,.
Shortly after the outbreak of thr
war, the pastor said, a change had gonG
INTO effect and the classes were held
only two days week instead of -four
lays Pastor Hoermann said he had
made another change early this year
when all teaching of the German lar
guage was discontinued,
He saiii atiiat, two classes a week TO-
pupils were still maintained, but that
the instruction now is devoted wholly
weekly classes, he said, is devoted tc
Bible history and the other class that
il being held is Q confirmation class
which is being prepared for formal al
mttance to membership in the cougre
CATION of the church, The text books
being used in both of these classes h,
said, are published in America and arc
in beth German and English, German
IN one page and English on the other
The English pages are used here nj
most exclusively.
Concerning the services at the churri
"as'o or Hoprmann said two Of th'
moDthly services are in English TO
he younger people Of the cOngrega
ion, many of whom have little knOwl
'dge of the German language. The
other church services, he Said, are il
German for those Of the congregation
who have little English aud are unable
to understand fully services held in an.
other medium.
German is the language Of thei
PRAYERS" he explained while referring
10 the nature Of the church services.
The Lihue School ''.' '''
Referring to the school at Eihue. tn
pastor said that il was regular pri
vate school recognized by the depart
=. hent of public instruction and teach
ing the various courses taught in 9th
} er private schools. He said that tn
medium of instruction formerly ha'
been German, but that this had bee
changed and all instruction is now CIV
: EN- In English. The people of tn
. Lihue parish, he said, had recent
asked him TO get them can America
pastor so well trained in English tina
he will be able to give the children
full high school preparatory course.
This school is maintained by Mrs. Han
. Isenberg, wife Of the former pastor
: who died recently, aud the new pas
D tor 10 be appointed will be a succel
| SOI 10 inc luNo ANVNs pAA. AoShbCiE' IL
= school is now being conducted by
Maser as principal.
' Pastor HOermann reviewed his Ow
| career in his, statement, He said hi
e grandfather had been a German, bu
/. his father was an American, born i
the United States, he himself was a n
tive Of st. Louis, Missouri, and h
sons, who are students at PuuahO'
are third generation Americans.
: ~ am heart and soul an American,
he declared emphatically. He said 1
had taken his degree al the Univers
Of Berlin and that he had there me
II aud married his wife, who is a q
y man.
d The Ijhue schools record in y
l thrift stamp CAMPAIGN has been loo
r ed up 1t compares favOrably with II
' rest Of the private schools, The tive
; ty six pupils Of the school In their tir
ii week of buying War Savings STAMP
6 ending February IS, had purchase
n $IS worth and in the following wet
a had lifted this total to $6l.75. he
IS ords Of purchases since have been fo
10 wardcd to the Honolulu committee Al
the weekly average Is well maintaiue