{"id":1201,"date":"2014-01-31T21:11:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T21:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2014-01-31T21:11:21","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T21:11:21","slug":"hawaiian-gazette-patriotic-program-for-school-observance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/hawaiian-gazette-patriotic-program-for-school-observance\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Gazette: Patriotic Program for School Observance"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to counter the prevailing sense of Hawaiian patriotism and love of country that was reported in the San Francisco Call newspaper in 1897<\/a>, the Territorial government, which was illegally established in the Hawaiian Islands by the United States in 1900, embarked on a plan of institutionalized indoctrination in the public school system. One of the leading newspapers for the insurgents, who were now officials in the territorial government, printed a story on the upcoming plan to indoctrinate<\/a> the children in its April 3, 1906 edition. The Hawaiian Gazette, reported:<\/p>\n

“As a means of inculcating patriotism in the schools, the Board of Education has agreed upon a plan of patriotic observance to be followed in the celebration of notable days in American history, this plan being a composite drawn from the several submitted by teachers in the department for the consideration of the Board. It will be remembered that at the time of the celebration of the birthday of Benjamin Franklin, an agitation was begun looking to a better observance of these notable national days in the schools, as tending to inculcate patriotism in a school population that needed that kind of teaching, perhaps, more than the mainland children do\u2014although patriotism is inculcated in the schools there also.”<\/p>\n

“The matter was taken up by the school department, at once, and the teachers were asked to submit their views upon it. The result is embodied in the “patriotic program<\/a>” printed herewith, which represents the best educational thought of the Territory. The program follows, and will be sent out officially in pamphlet form as a guide to teachers in the observance of national holidays in the schools:”<\/p>\n

To view the entire article click “Patriotic Program for School Observance<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Library of Congress website Chronicling America<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Hawaiian Gazette<\/i>\u00a0was a fervent advocate of the sugar industry and other American economic interests in Hawai\u2018i. Early on, these interests were in line with those of the Hawaiian monarchy; as such, the\u00a0Hawaiian Gazette<\/i>\u00a0became the official newspaper of the Kingdom in 1865 under King Kamehameha V and was published by James H. Black and the Hawaiian government until 1873. In the mid-1870s, the paper turned decidedly anti-monarchy when the views of King Kal\u0101kaua and those of the local oligarchy\u2014a powerful contingent of pro-American, pro-annexation sugar interests\u2014began to diverge. The\u00a0Hawaiian Gazette<\/i>\u00a0attacked Kal\u0101kaua\u2019s government for what it regarded as wasteful spending on the King\u2019s coronation ceremony and efforts to revive public performances of Hawaiian chanting and hula. It avidly supported the call for a new government, which was achieved in 1887 when the Bayonet Constitution effectively stripped the king of his power and secured the oligarchy\u2019s political authority. At that time, the\u00a0Hawaiian Gazette<\/i>\u00a0resumed its place as one of the government\u2019s biggest advocates; indeed, several high-ranking members of the oligarchy, including William R. Castle and Sanford B. Dole, would oversee the newspaper in years to come. In January 1893, the paper was among several that refused to print Queen Liliu\u2018okalani\u2019s protest against the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and painted her efforts to reestablish the Kingdom\u2019s authority as illegal and counterrevolutionary. Following the Queen\u2019s overthrow on January 17, 1893, the\u00a0Hawaiian Gazette<\/i>\u00a0published the proclamation and orders of the new Provisional Government and began referring to Liliu\u2018okalani as Hawai\u2018i\u2019s \u2018ex-Queen.\u2019 Two weeks later, the paper asserted that it, together with the\u00a0Pacific Commercial Advertiser<\/i><\/a>\u00a0, \u2018contained the only true and extended account of the late revolution\u2019 and encouraged readers to sign the Provisional Government\u2019s loyalty oath<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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