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EDUCATION NOTES 1/ Ralph S. K u y k e n d a l l , The H a w a i i a n Kingdom, Volume I, 1 7 7 8 - 1 8 5 4, F o u n d a t i o n and T r a n s f o r m a t i on ( H o n o l u l u : U n i v e r s i t y of Hawaii P r e s s, 1968), 106. (Hereinafter referred to as "Kuykendall, Volume I.") 2/ A comment received by the Commission from Violet Ku'ulei Ihara suggests that the Royal School was founded at the request of Kamehameha III. This may very well be true even though the works consulted here (including Fuchs, Daws, Liliuokalani, and Kuykendall) do not so state. J/ Lawrence H. Fuchs, Hawaii Pono: A Social History (New York: Harcourt, Brace t, World, Inc., 1961), p. 264. 4/ Kuykendall, Volume I, p. 360. For more on the Hawaiian language, see "Language" section in chapter on "Native Hawaiian Culture," below. 5/ Andrew W. Lind, Hawaii's People, 3rd ed. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1967), p. 87. 6/ Kuykendall, Volume I, p. 360. ]/ Fuchs, p. 264. 8/ Ibid. , p. 265. 9/ I b i d . , p. 264. 10/ I b i d . , pp. 265-266. Comments by Haunani-Kay Trask, e_t a_l. , s t a te t h a t t h i s e x c l u s i o n a r y p o l i c y was "white supremacist" (p. 9 ) . Fuchs s t a t e s t h a t : "When t w e n t y - s i x Chinese boys a p p l i e d in 1896, the t r u s t e e s of Punahou, u n w i l l i n g to adopt an extreme r a c i s t p o l i c y , were p l e a s e d to p o i nt to a new r u l e t h a t no p u p i l could be a d m i t t e d who was " i n c a p a b l e of using t h e English language as a medium of i n s t r u c t i o n , ' and quick to argue the advantages of the new free high school e s t a b l i s h e d in Honolulu only the year b e f o r e . Punahou would remain e x c l u s i v e , but never again e x c l u s i v e ly h a o l e . A few O r i e n t a l s - - t h o u g h only a token--would be admitted" (p. 266). U./ Fuchs, p. 268. 12/ Comment received from Robert C. Schmitt, p. 2. 13:/ Fuchs, pp. 271-272. 14/ Ibid., p. 272. 15/ Ralph S. Kuykendall and A. Grove Day, Hawaii: A History, from Polynesian Kingdom to American Commonwealth (New York: Prentice- Hall, Inc., 1948), p. 246. 16/ Comment received from Violet Ku'ulei Ihara, p. 2. 12/ Fuchs, p. 274. .18/ Ibid. , p. 275. 19/ Ibid., p. 279. 20/ Ibid. 3.1/ Ibid., p. 283. 22/ A comment received from Violet Ku'ulei Ihara states that: "Criticisms on education are one-sided. Where are the opinions of teachers in tne field, administrators, parents, retirees'.-1" (p. 2) The Commission did receive comments on this section from the Superintendent of the Hawaii Department of Education, and these comments are included at the end of this section. 23/ Dr. A. Ije lomalairta Solomon, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Co-Chairperson, Education Committee, "Cross- Cultural Conflict Between Hawaiians
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