Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 38, 20 February 1894 Edition 02 — The Board of Education [ARTICLE]

The Board of Education

Professor W. R. Castle, Presi«lent, Professor M. M Scott, Professor W. D. Alexander, Professor A. Perry, Mrs B. F. D;llingbam. and Mrs. F. S. Do»lge constitate tlie new Board of Education—tbe rcsult of mueh tbongnt aud nuieh labot of tbe g'gantio brains of Mr. S. B. Dole, so he tells us. We canuot sav tbat Mr. Dole is to be eomplimented opon the resnlt of bis tremendous etlbrts He bas evideutly l»een forc*nl by the Cei.tral l'nion coterie to abaadon bis out lincd policy. He stated tbat it w is his int« ntion to, as f«r as j»ossible. have all uationalities and creeds represento«l in tbe Boanl. He complained tbat tbe intelbgeut aud suitable Germaus 1 to be found in tbis town were eo - suls aml be tborefore fixed bis eagle-eye on! a Dane to represeut Gennany. Now Ccrm ny bas been dropped and so b»ve Englaud and Scot- ■ land, by our gre.st edn. ational | refonner. lt is evident, to judge from tbe seleotiou of tbe new meiubers of tbo Board, tbat all j childron freiiaeuting schools in i this country are Aoiericans and i recognire that peeuliai religion ! whieh is peddled out in ihe Ceu- j tral Union Churoh. We are uu- j der the itnpression that one of j the laws of this conntiy, whieh i yet is in force, establishes a Board of Education and makes a special proviso that it shall not be sectarian. Mr. Dole bas evidently overlooked that fact. We ■ believe th«t be elaima that Mr. | Perry represent» tbe Catholic Chorch and alao the Portugaese i colony, but in &pite of the most'

earnest inve<digation among lead ing C=.tholics and leading Portu- j guese, we hare beea onable to get Mr. Dole’s aAsertion confirm ed. 3Ir. Perrj- is a per*ona in cognita both in the Church and among Portnguefe and we cer- I tainly don t blame the young man who so recently bas left school ! for not having gained notoriety ■ yet. What qualification he has to be a member of the Board of Education, we don’t know, but jierhaps Mr. Dolc will arise and eiplain. If Mr. Perry doesn't belong to tbe Central Union eombination —but we have been nther inclined to believe he does

—we slall of course so far eon- 1 sider him an acquisition to the * Board and acceptable to the i people who foot the bills for i oar schools. <3f the otber i roembers we willingly admit 1 that Professor Alexander is from • an educational p:>int of view a raost suitable man to sit on the Board. He is a pedagogue of no mean experience and he knows the educational bnsiness of Ha waii pretty thoronghly. It is deplorable that the Professor instead of remaining satisfied by being recognized as an escellent surveyor and a aii'ini in raany brauches bas seen fit to branch out as a poor politician a still poorer diplomat aud a decided . sacc<?ss as a history--no— st >ry • writer. The h»rge majority of school-children and their parents j have lost faith in him and view schools under his supervision witfa a great deal of dire . | apprehension. Professor Scott's appoiutment j is simply absnrd. He is a school teacher himself, and we decidedly conslder it impolitic to plaee a 1 p,iid servant on an equality with the men who virtually are his superiors. Bnt if the Professor wi{l coufine his bnsiness on tbe Board to reading Herbert Sponcer to Professor Castle, we sliall feel satisfied. bnt we don’t think Willie will be President, s Professor Castle will cut a funnv figure ou a Board of Educatiou. 1 As trustee of Kawaiahao femalo ’ seminary and a chief spouter in a Snnday school class, he has ’ perhaps gained snch know!edge as will fit him for the job. ' His Cbinose every day-school-class in his law offiee wonhl 1 bardly enlighteu him on educa- ■ ■ - i r a:u. i,.,,,* J f members of tbe Board are ladies L ' . God bless them! If we are going s to have women pitcbforked into ; spheres were they don’t belong the ehoiee of them is immaterial j to the country and one will suit us as well as the other. In the rneantimo Mr. Dole has brokeu ■ his pnblicly stated promises. He I has deliberately ignored the Hawaiians, tbe English. and | . j the Germans, and he has paid no attention to that portion of the taxpayers who worship in the Episcopal Chnrch or in the Roman C«tholic Church or to the j uuiuerous Lntherans in the eomt ronnity. If his action in regard j i to the appointment of tbe Board | of Education is an indication of t the fairnes3 and impartiality he i inteuds to sbow iu matters political theu —well theu, we are 1 donb!y gbul that Cleveland is President, and McCreary’s resot lution is passevl. t■ — =