The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-28

Dialogue 60. Ernest Warehouse, May Waterhouse,
Nay Haly and Lizzie Alder.
Reading $500. ..-.--.-.. Nellie Brown
Scene from Richard Tu-The Dream of Clarence
by Edward Duuscomb and w. Grieg.
Speakiug-What Shall it Be >.... .... Lizzie Mott
ReadinS-Scene from Mrs. Caudle.MagSle Llshman
King CanUte ----.---. ........ Hattie Brown
S~peaking-Letting the old CAT Die Master Coney
During the performance of these exercises
Mr. Atkinson, the late head master of the
school arrived, and was warmly received.
After the programme had been completed
Mr.. Scott made some suitable remark 5, at
the same time distributing the prizes and
certificates to those deserving them; all
those receiving seveuty-five per cent. of
marks on an average, received a certificate
of promotion and will be advanced to a
higher class.
The following Is a list of the prizes
awarded: By Mr.. D.. ID. Baldwin, In
spector-G General of Schools-in Mrs. Hen
dry's class: Clio Sintaro, lst prize for best
general scholarship, the Gems of Genius;
I'd prize. Life of Napoleon. to Carrie Green;
81 prize, Webster's Dictionary, to Zelda
Cunha.
In Miss Robertson's class the following
prizes were presented by Mr.. Gibson, Presi-
dent of the Board of Education: LIST
prize, arithmetic, Antoine Cunha; ID prize,
for the best student, Godvery Erickson; Sd
prize, for the best improvement, to May
Hayly; 4th prize for good conduct, to May
W~aterhOuse; 9TH prize for spelling present
ed by Miss Robertson), to Miss r.. w.
Coney.
The following is the roll of honor, LIST
Willow Baldwin; ID Mary Lofquoist; 3d Fred
Peterson. Other prizes were also awarded;
1st to Willow Baldwin for faithful scholar
ship; % and 81 to Willie Mott and G.. Crane,
for regular attendance; 4th to Mary Lof-
quoist as being the most efficient girl; 9Th
to Jennie Hare for recitation; 9TH to Maud
Lycett for good standing.
IoLANI
The distribution of prizes at Iolani Col
lege commenced at half past two i'll the
| class room of Rev. w. y. Swan, the head
master. All the buildings were gaily dec
| grated with shru bs, evergTeens and flags,
Mr. Swa''~ room being very tastefully ar
rayed. There were wreaths and flags all
round the room AMI on the ceiling, and on
the walls were maps, drawings, specimens
of writing md the examination papers all
of which had been executed by the boys.
The prizes consisting of some very valuable
and handsomely bound works, were placed
on II table on the Gais, at either end of
which was a banner bearing the words
God Save the King" and "IOlani Col
lege. - The drawing prize was won by J.
AhOlo with Il sketch of a draft horse, true
to life. the second priza being taken by $.
Akana with a sketch of a ship. Several
other drawings of almost equal merit were
on view, the skeleton of a horse being par
ticularly good. The map work displayed
unusual care in its execution, those deserv-
ing special mention were maps of Europe
by j. AhOlO, one of the Hawaiian Islands
by w. Kan ohai, and one of Scotland by
d. f. Motley. The college numbers on its
books, tifty-two pupils, fOrty-two of whom
are bOarders. 1t is divided into four stand
ards, number one having eight pupils,
number two with ten pupils, numbers
three and four containing thirty-four pupils
The masters are the Rnv. w. a. Swan,
Messrs. Churchill, Smith and Taylor.
A very large number of people
were present, the rOom being crowded,
and they were received and conducted to
their seats by the Bishop of Honolulu and
the masters. Among those present were
Her Majesty Queen Dowager Emma
H. r. H. Princess Kaiulani, Hon. A. S
CIeghorn, Miss Annie Cleghorn, His Eek.
cellency w. NJ. Gibson, His EXcellency J
NJ. Kapena, His Lordship Bishop Willis
Rev. A. and Mrs. Macintosh, Rev. anC
Mrs. Wainwright, Rev. Geo. Wallace, Hon
H. NJ. Whitney, Mr.. w. JAS. Smith, Secre,
tery Board of Education, Madame Feer
the Misses Feer, Mrs. MD. Monsarrat, Sister,
Phoebe and Albertina, Miss Barnes, Miss
Luce, Miss AIbro, Major and Mrs. England
Mrs. Stirling, Miss Carter, Mrs. Webb
Mrs. Barnard, Miss Mist, Misses Mott
Major WodehOuse, Mrs. Kapena, Mr.. At
kinson and family, Captain Mist, Mr.. Hut.
ton, Miss Peabody, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Perry,
Mrs. and Miss Harris, the Misses Perry (2(.
His Majesty the King had sent an
apology for his inability to be present.
The exercises commenced with a chorus
' Welcome Friends" and were followed by
Recitation ........ Quarrel Of Brutus and Cassius
Chorus 1890. ....... ........T The Three Ravens
Duett...... .............R Ring the Merry Bells
II. Meek, A. swintcn.
Recitation-NelIy Gray .......... H. Cooper
Chorus $500. The Echo
Recitation-The Speech Of Mark Antony. Z. Stiles
SOng-The Cows are in the Corn ........G. Cooper
Recitation-The Pied Piper of HameIin G.. Harris
Recitation-The Chimney Sweeper. II. Swinton
Native Chorus ma Keiki 0 Iolani
Chorus ...|......".... Gaily Onr Boat Giides
Recitation ....-. .-..-.-.. Scene from King John
d. Morton, d. Motley, H.. Anahu, E. Cooke.
Kim Cha.
Chorus The PARTING Hour.
E. Stiles delivery of Mark Anthony's ora
ton was very good as was little Cooper's
rendering of the song "The Cows are in
the Corn" His little voice was very
sweet and he appeared to have all the conf
dence OF a professional. The ma tive chorus
INA Keiki O ~Iolani' was given by six
boys with particularly good effect and was
we'll worthy of an encore.
At the conclusion of the programme the
reports of tn head master and Mr.. Fur
neauX were read and then the Bishop pre-
scented the prizes to the successful recip-
tents with a few appropriate remarks to
each.
REPORT OF THE HEADMAsTER.
Before making my report 1 would say that
the examinations for which the prizes will be
presently given had occupied about ten DAYS,