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THE MAUI NEWS, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1912.
THE MAUI NEWS
Entered at the Post Office at Wailuku. Maui. Hawaii, as second-class matter
Republican Paper Published in the Interest ol the People
Issued Every Saturday.
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SATURDAY.
MAY 25, 1912
The sheriff and his workers in the fruit fly campaign are meeting
with considerable opposition in some quarters from property owners.
This is very unwise. Some people can never see beyond the end of
their nose and in this instance they are doing themselves, and the
whole community an injury and an injustice,' when they refuse to al
low the sheriff io destroy the fruit in their yards. The sheriff has no
object in wantonly destroying the fruit, and there is no doubt, but that
in his judgment the fruit is a menace, before he gives the order for its
. removal. True, some of the frtf't may not be affected, buf if the fly is
in the vicinity how long do the people think they can escape. They
may save a little fruit this year, at the expense of loosing all fruit for
years to come. This fruit fly is without question, the worst pest which
has ever invaded Hawaii. It has not got nearly the foothold here yet,
that it has in other couutries, but it is gaining fast, and unless the pro
perty owners, overcome their mulishness, even though they cannot see
the necessity of it, and co-operate heartily with those who are fighting
the pest, the fruit trees of Hawaii, might as well be cut down, because
they will be as barren as an ant hill.
Wailuku is a comparatively small community, and it is entirely too
small for the practice of stealing servants as it is carried on by a few
Some people have become such a nuisance in this respect that the ser
vants are hid when they are about. It is strange these people cannot
see the folly of this, as the only thing they succeed in doing is to im
press the servants with a false sense of their own importance, and the
consequent raise in wages We know of several specific cases of this
attempted servant stealing within the past few weeks, with the result
as stated above. Courtesy alone keeps us from giving the names of the
parties involved at this time. We think something should be done to
stop this underhand business, however, and we shall publish the details
of any transaction of this kind which comes to our ears in the future,
and show these people in their true light.
Supervising Principals.
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present course. One of the princi
pals believed there was something
good in the Copeland idea as well
as in the Pope cuurse and suggested
that sections of each be combined
in the -general result. Even little
Cox, who generally Jhinks what
Pope thinks, was opposed to -that
part s;f the Baldwin motion to "dis
continue reading" the Copeland
plan because, he said, it would
shut it out altogether.
Prof. Scott gave out forty minutes
of wisdom during which he re
marked that the Copeland course
was all right but too long and that
instead of the everlasting quibbling
that was going on in the meeting
they had better get down to busi
ness. His reference to length of
the course brought Brodie to his
feet in contradiction. And after
all nothing definite has U-en done.
There will I another meeting this
afternoon at which something may
happen.
The . following' Higned statement
by Messrs. Copeland and Wells, the
"insurgent" supervising principals,
has been handed in for" publication
THH STATEMENT.
The Commissioners of Public In
struction requested the supervising
principals, at their meeting held
last October, to make" recommenda
tions toward adaping the course of
study for use in the rural Bchools.
Having had no opportunity for con
sidering or discussing the subject,
the supervising principals were un
able to formulate any recommenda
tions at that meeting. Inspector
Gibson, however, presented a re
port endorsing the eourse of study
and urged the adoption of this re-
iHJit bv the KUDervisnK principals as
their report to the commissioners
The supervising principals refused
to comply with the request; the
matter was passed over to be con
sidered at the present meeting.
: When this meeting convened on
Saturday last,' it was found that
pncisely as before, a cut and dried
program had been prepared in the
education oflice for ratification.
Nothing whatever had been done
toward any substantial compliance
with the mandatory instructions of
the commissioners. It was dis
tinctly proposed that the official
section of the meeting should be in
control, and that any action taken
should be along lines laid down by
them, all the rest of the members
being considered interlopers. It be
ing evident that no independent or
useful discussion could be had with
the official whip continually, crack
ing over the heads of the principals
It was thought best to reorganize
with a presiding officer chosen from
among the principals, retire to some
convenient place, Bit down inform
ally about a table, and try to ascer
tain the real sentiments of the meet
ing, uninfluenced by official dire&
tion or suggestion. The vote on
the motion to reorganize resulted in
a tie, and Superintendent Pope re
tained his seat in the chair by vir
tue of his own ruling.
When the Copeland-Wells course
of study was prepared by them, it
was with the full realization that it
could be nothing more than a clear
definite plan which might be usefu
to the supervising principals in
their work. It was never supposed
or intended by its compilers that it
would or ought to be adopted as a
wlioie ny me meeting, u was
hoped, however, that the experience
of educators in New York and San
Francisco, where educational condi
tions are not greatly unlike those
prevailing in Hawaii, and whose
ideas had been freely drawn upoi
might be found useful here.
The motion to introduce , this
course of study met with the most
bitter opposition from the official
Side of the meeting, who seeme
determined to prevent its consider
ation; The attempt to bar it out
however, was defeated by the spirit
f fair play which generally pre
vailed among the members and its
main features were briefly outlined
by the compilers.
Subsequent to the close of Satur
iy's session, the whole situation
as canvassed by the insurgent''
faction. An agreement was reached
to the effect that on Monday morn-
ng the . attempt at reorganization
hould be resumed; the Copeland
course ot stikly as a wlioie, laid
aside, to be referred to only as its
leas might lie generally acceptable,
and an earnest effort made to ac-
nplish some constructive work.
In this decision there was no inten
tion of slighting either the office or
the personal feelings of. Superin
tendent Pope, or of Inspector Gil)-
son. it was, uowever, cieariy seen
that no substantial advance could
be made in accordance with their
iews, which were already perfectly SK
represented in the present course of
study. On Sunday two or three
supervising principals who had voted
against reorganization were convert
ed to the idea, and one of them
efinitely agreed to introduce a mo
tion to reconsider. Having thus,
as they supposed, reorganized their
forces, the "insurgents" calmly
awaited the opening of Monday's
iceting. But the best laid plans
sometimes go awry. Official pres
sure proved too much for the reso
lution of the convert who had agreed
to reopen the subject. Pale and
trembling, he came to the leaders
f the progressives, and informed
them that he could not keep his
promise. Accordingly, the steam
roller was started and the cham
pions of free speech were squelched
Why, it may be asked, was there W
so much acrimony displayed in in- ijjj
terminable wrangling over seeming-
si tion was voiced almost entirely by 16p
the standpat element, who regard
the present course of study as the
last word of educational progress, as
something holy, sanctified and in
vblable, not to be touched or ques
tioned by any save the official hier
archy who have been instrumental
in constructing it. So entirely sa
tisfied are they with it that they go
into hysterics at the mere suggestion
of alteration or improvement. They
mnot tolerate the idea that any
mprovement of it is possible or
desirable. Consequently they op
pose with the whole weight of their
official prestige any proposition
treating of the course of study along
any lines other than those mapped
out by themselves. Hence, these
loud cries of anguish, these predic
ions of overthrow of the whole edu
ealional system by the legislature,
the endeavor to nnect the race
question into the matter, the path
etic concern for the pocket-books of
the poor, and the general imputa
tion of base and unworthy motives
to the progressives
Now. it may well be that the
present course of study is perfectly
adapted, to the educational needs of
the Territory. It may be that in
the official -element of the supervis
ing principals' meeting is concen
trated all educational skill, wisdom
and integrity. It may be that tlx
compilers of the course of study
proposed for consideration only
are, as has been publicly asserted
merely ignorant, bumptious ana
presumptuous Bore-heads and dis
turbers of the peace. It may be
that the proposed coHrse of study i8
utterly unworthy to be considered
by intelligent men and women
Even so, what harm could possibly
result from extending to everybody
Diopouents and opponents alike, the
ordinary courtesies and facilities for
debate? What good can come from
misrepresenting, ridiculing and im
pugning the motives of those who
may differ professionally irom the
official element? We are firmly
convinced that this meeting, al
though hampered, fetted and cowed
bv continual apiwals to stand by
the department,'' will make some
real progress toward fulfilling the
directions of the commissioners
We are also convinced that much
more would have been accomplish
ed had we been permitted to set
about our work in a rational man
ner unhampered and unrepressed
by stand-pat official influence
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Casey at the Bat.
While we have no Casey on Maui
to immortalize still we have better
baseball men than Casey ever dared
to be. We also have men who like
to boost the great national game
even though , they are beyond the
playing stage themselves. Among
these latter are two of the members
of the present Board of Supervisors,
Messrs Pogue and Henning. Both
Mr. Pogue and Mr. Henning have
agreed to be present in Wailuku to
morrow afternoon to participate in
the opening of the league season.
Mr. Pogue will pitch the first ball
over the plate, and Pop" Henning
will lie on the receiving end. Every
one should be present to see these
two grand baseball artists in action,
and to show them how we appre
ciate their efforts to. give us a good
ball park.
Jurors Drawn.
The following jurors were drawn
to serve at the June 1912 Term of
the 2nd Circuit Court convening at
Lahaina, June 21st;
Guano: John B. Abreu, John
Chalmers, C. C. Clark, A. G.,
Dickins A. C. Dowsett, Jos. Freitas,
G. A. Hansen, C. H. Jennings, C.
Knackstadt, D. C. Lindsay, A. Mo
Phee, Frank Madeiros, Jas. Mers-
berg, Jr., H. Neubaur, W. R. Pat
terson, August H. Reimann, H. W.
Rice, E. Soper, Chas. Thompson. L.
von Tempsky, E. A. Watson, II. B-
Weller, C. G. White.
Trial: Jacintho Ambrose, Chas.
Bailey, A. Borba, Jr., Jerry Burns,
A. W. Collins, C. E. Copeland, A.
J. Cremer, Win. Enos, J. T. Fan
torn, A. J. Fernandez, A. D. Fur
tado, B. J. Guerrero, L. Henning,
L. N. B. Keahi, Lot C. Kealoha, C.
B. Kinney, W. Kohlmann, J. V.
Marciel, Win. Miner, Chas. Mol
teno, Nelson K. Kaloa, Russel New
ton, E. J. Walker, W. G. Scott, II.
D. Sloggett, Joaquin Torres.
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The new Union Restaurant on Market
Street, Wailuku, will open on Saturday, May 25th,
1912. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights,
meals will be served up to 11 o'clock. The new Res
taurant is fitted up in an up-to-date modern style,
with two private rooms up stairs. - '
When you feel hungry, and want a good meal
remember the Union Restaurant. If you want
tho best plate of ice cream in town (the kind that
Blancbard likes) call in at the Union Restaurant.
The Rovolntion of China.
Sleepy old China awake at last.
After slumbering peacefully for
many hundred years, China has
aro -sed itself with a shake that has
been felt in every corner of the globe.
Over three hundred years ago the
wheels of the mighty revolution
were first started, and it remained
for Dr. Sun Yet Sen to finish. Truly
can he be called the "George Wash
ington of His Country.". China's
freedom today is a mighty tribute
to the modern education and liberal
thought, as the relvoutionary leaders
are all educated men, without it the
revolution could not have been a
success. We are living in an age of
progress and achievement, and
amongst others is the invention and
development of moving pictures,
and those who go to the Orpheum,
Wailuku, tonight and see how sleepy
Old China awoke will admit that it
is the most startling historical event
ever Bhowu.
