The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-06-14
(CommunIcated.
Royal School.

The examination of the Royal School in Emma
street took place on Tuesday the 10th inst, in pres
ence of His Majesty King Lunalilo, and the Hon.
orable the Board of Education the members pres
ent were the President, their Excellencies Charles
r. Bishop and Robert Stirling, the Hon. !. NJ. Ka-
pena, and James Smith Esq, Secretary TO the Board.
His Majesty was attended by the Hon. J. NJ. KL?ena
and Adjutant General G.. II. Judd there We're
some few ladies present, and the room and grounds
were crowded with the parents and friends OF the
pupils. The exercises began at o O'Clock. The
Rev. Alexander Macintosh, Principal OF the
School, first examined the boys in Miss Davis and
Miss Brickwoods classes. These acquitted them
selves we'll, and gave evidence of having pro6ted
by the care and pains bestowed upon them by their
teachers. The elder boys were then examiHed in
the different studies which they had pursued dur
ing the year; they answered well and readily and
gave good illustrations on the black-boards. After
His Majesty's arrival (about ii o'clock), the boys
of the iirst-class read and showed their proficiency
in the English language by reciting, analysing,
parsing and paraphrasing "Gray's Elegy." This
they did admirably, putting il also into prose and
showing that they fully understood the meaning Of
every word.
A list Of the speeches recited and the songs sung
is contained in the Prologue. which we subjoin IL
was written for the occasion by the Principal and
spoken by Henry Long.
Prologue.
Here my kind friends we meet to-day,
Our work and talents 20 display
In earnest toll we've spent the year
some few results will now appear.
Our short programme we will submit
To you, who as our judges sit
Praying you not to be too stern
While we your praises try 20 earn.
Remember what is said and sung
VIII not be in our mother tongue
On this account our faults excuse,
And pardon il we don't amuse.-
Luz is but a little boy,
And like a girl 50 very coy,
lie will relate his tale Of woe.
That 10 your very heart will go.
KAMELIA In mournful tones
Hurmurs DER his sweethearts bonef.
In semi-chorus then we sing
Next fierce MoIoch's dreadful noise
Frightens all the little boys.
Altho' he's shaking at the knees.
Our fav'ite Hunting song well sing,
In tones to make the schooI-room ring.
MALUAIKoo attempts TO tell
What We schOol-boys do call a " sell -
An ocnist, though akamai,
Fails TO suit a buyers eye;
Because eSnf he 81 Knew = not not h D1S to sSS read
With flushing cheek and starting tears,
Our little KINo then appears,
With tiny hand outstretched above,
Then what we love and what we hate,
In dulcet strains we next relate.
SAN as a Roman PraetOi old.
Bashful JoHsSY then doth tell,
What in flight Xerxes befeL.
WILL. ALLEN truly en1uiOus,
T r. sI Psalm 1S o OF Life sh %%i t5 tcs% p e
"sar spsngled Bapner {" then rings out
In one terrific glorious shout.
A few more songs and pieces DER,
But beg you'll join with us and sing
With heart and voice God Save Our King"
The boys acquitted themselves well, and inst
before the last piece, God save the King" which
was sung with feeling and fervor, DR.. J. Mott smith,
the President Of the Education Board, addressed
them in an excellent speech. He told them that
the education they were receiving was not an end,
but means TO an end. 1t was but as the tools and
instruments to enable them to work in their future
life they must not think as too many young Ha-
waiians did, that when they left school their work
was over it had indeed not begun. What they
were learning now was TO enable them to work
well and diligently, and 10 give satisfaction TO
those who might employ them in any trade or bust
ness, and to enable them to earn money enough to
live decently and honorably. lie noticed the alb
sence of many older boys who had been there last
year. and remarked 4 great improvement ia those
who remained. He hoped they would persevere
and have sense enough TO appreciate all that was
done for them by the Government and by their
teachers.
AT a word from the Principal, Antoine. one OF the
elder boys, then stepped on the platform and said
" DR.. Smith, we thank you for your kind and en-
couraging words to us We will try and do better
still next year"
The boys then gave three hearty cheers for the
King and three for the Board of Education, and
dispersed.
The King, the President OF the Board Of Educa-
ton and Mr.. Bishop, congratulated the principal OF
the school upon the good examination his boys
had passed through, and expressed their surprise
that they had so good a knowledge of the English
and could speak il so distinctly when IL
was to them a foreign tongue.
His Majesty, with his usual kindness. then went
over to the Primary Department, where the little
boys under Mrs. Kinney's care went through their
exercises, showing they had been well taught and
well disciplined.