The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24
FOUNDERS DAY"
Appropriate Exercises at the Kameha-
meha School.

celeDr1uon fnday morning at the
Kamehameha schools on the anniversary
OF the birthday of Hon. Mrs Beruice
Psuahi Bishop, granddaughter of Ka-
mehameha the Great, and founder of
the institution known by this name. The
boys from both schools were gathered in
the large hall. Lovely bouquets of
flowers decorated the platform. A large
company of honored and sympaihizing
visitors were present to assist in doing
q honor to the occasion, H. r. H. Prin-
cess Liliuokalani, Gov. ]. o. Dominis,
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, Chief Justice
Judd, Judge McCully, Hon. W. o.
Smith, E. Bailey, Col. w. F. Allen, c.
A. Brown. A. 7. Atkinson, a. Rosa, R.
W. Meyer, a representative of the
GAZETTE, and others, with many ladies,
besides the trustees. Hon. G. R. Bishop,
Rev. C. NJ. Hyde, and c. NJ. Cooke.
The glee club under the leadership of
Mr.. Richards sang artistically and affec-
sItively as part song bright and Best
p" After which Rev. DIR. Hyde offered
prayer.
Hon. c. r. Bishop congratulated the
4 boys on the pleasantness of the clear
= cool morning, auspiciously opening their
annual school holiday, wishing that all
who had been or might be connected
with the schools would always esteem it
their privilege TO help celebrate Found
er's Day. A goodly number had left the
school since the last anniversary and he
was glad to hear such good accounts of
their fidelity, diligence, and success in
the various kinds of work in which they
were engaged. A record of all connected
with the school, with further record of
their various residences, occupations,
and achievements after leaving school,
had already been begun, and he hoped
that every boy would be ambitious to
have his name stand fair and high on
this roll OF honor. Hawaiian boys ought
to know what would interest and stimu-
late them in patriotic endeavors to emu
iate those who had been honored lead
ers and helpers Of their people. Kauike-
aOuli in giving the people constitu-
AiOnal government and clear title to
:, the land they occupied, had shown a
self-sacri6cing and regal magnanimity
which it would be hard to parallel in the
history of any other people. Others had
own nationality. Mr.. Richards, Dr.
Armstrong, DR.. Judd and especially
Judge Lee. Mr.. Bishops personal
friend, a man whom he had loved for his
unselfish devotion and unwearied labors
for the welfare of the Hawaiian people.
Surely they would be prompted by the
example and memory of such men to
prove themselves worthy of the sympa-
thy and affection that had been shown
by these and other friends and bene-
factors. He wished that he could have
visited the school oftener, could know
every boy by name and closed by assur-
inn them of his personal interest in the
success in life of every one.
The whole school, under the direction
OF II. S. Townsend, then sang with clear
fRll-voiced precision the Christmas an
Nem, "Harki the Herald Angels Sing"
Mr. Oleson, the principal of the school,
then introduced the orator of the day,
fGen. J. F. B. Marshall, who delivered
G1th fine effect in a pleasant, converse
J0nal style, a most appropriate address,
Of which the following is an abstract:
Washington Irving, a famous Amer
lean author, tells story OF one Rip Van
Wrinkle, who, going into the mountains
after game lay down to take a nap, and
"
supposing he had only slept few hours,
his clothes were in tatters, his gun had
rusted and fallen to pieces, his beard
had grown long, and turned from brown
to white, and his limbs were stiff and
rheumaticky. Amazed at this, he hob
beld down the mountain as best he
> could, to his home, where he was astont
ksned and bewildered to find his wife an
"a woman, his young children grown
up and married, with babies of their
own, and that the small village which
he had left, as he thought, only the
night before, lad become a large city,
with new and handsome buildings.
Looking round for his young boon COM
panions, with whom he had had many
Jolly lark. he found they had suddenly
become stately, sedate old gentlemen,
who did not recognize him, but greeted
him with grave courtesy. Now my
Young friends of the Kamehameha
school, as / stand before you to-day, l
feel as if l were a second Rip Van Win
kle. Long before any of you were born
I lived at these beautiful islands. For
twenty very pleasant years, enjoyed
this charming climate, the Inequalities /
of the King and his people and the inter
course with warm and loved friends.
Allen went away, anu INV, ditCi
.fthirty-one years absence, | have been
permitted to return, and, like Rip Van
Wrinkle,
STAND AMAZED i
and almost bewildered: by the wonder
fal change that find here in my old |
Home. Barren plains, where were then
neither grass nor foliage, are now COW
cred with pretty cottages, which are en-
powered in trees and shrubbery. Where
1 left grass huts find stately public
buildings and elegant private mansions
which would attract attention and adj
Eniration in any city in the world. And
on this spot, which remember as I'M
slightly, and almost impossible, covered
with rocks, and uninhabitable except by
coats, my eyes are gladdened by the
sight of the beautiful and commodious
buildings Of this Kamehameha school.
The little boy used to trot on my knees
while 1 sang and told stories to him, is
Wow the Chief Justice and Chancellor OF
the Kingdom The young men left
I,a-o are now white-haired and bald