The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-07-14

very grateful for those words.
Rev. DR.. Beckwith, ON being called
upon, gave an amusing story of his
experience with street arabs In New
York, one of whom took the doctor
to be deaf and dumb. Thirty-ni
years ago he DIR. Beckwith) was car
ried from the bark Constant into |
Honolulu, an invalid. 1t was eight |
weeks before he was able to be about |
and he then assumed the duties of |
teacher at the Royal School There |
was nothing but four square walls,
no desks, no furniture. When the |
school opened the pupils brought |
their own desks, and they were OF all
kinds. Three years this went on and
it was a very respectable school. |
Among the pupils were His Majesty,
Chief-Juseice Judd, Mrs. S. q. Will
der, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Carter, Mrs
Dillingham;, Miss Judd, Mrs. Rosa,
and others. The number of pupils
increased, another room was added
and another teacher came. There
were between hundred and hun
dred and fifty pupils. In eight
years there was not single death
among the pupils which speaks well
for Honolulu. He never came across
better lot OF pupils, especially the
girls. The pupils have made good
records for themselves and occupy
high positions from His Majesty and
the Chief-Justice. May the Royal
School live and grow until it grows
into the Royal University of the is
land world of the Pacific.
Mr.. Macintosh spoke of the next
regime when DIR. Kinney was prin
cipal, and then stated that he en-
tered the school nearly twenty years
ago and found strange crowd. The
internal fittings were very poor. The
Board of Education had been good,
and given them little more of the
luxuries as it were, of education.
He could place his hands on about
two hundred pupils in all walks of
life. Some of the pupils had risen
to be Ministers of the Crown, mem
bers of the Legislature, lawyers,
while many were following various
trades, The Hawaiian can be raised
up to the same position as his foreign
brother. He wished the foreign
residents would take more interest in
the school The earnest and faith.
full work done for so many years by
the corps of teachers, especially by
Miss Louisa Brickwood and Mrs. j.
H. Brown, was a thing that called
forth the greatest gratitude, and was
the foundation on which the work Of
the school was built.
Hon. Chas. r. Bishop, President
of the Board of Education, remem-
bered the first Royal school. 1t was
fourishing when he came here in
1916. 1t was then for boys and girls
and continued so for some time, then
only for boys. This school had been
fortunate in having SO few changes
in its principalship. 1t was a great
thing for school to get good prin-
cipal. The school had only had four,
DR.. Beckwith, his brother, DIR. Kin
ney and Rev. Alex. Macintosh, the
latter for the last twenty years. He
considered that fortunate. Judge
Dole had remarked to him few
moments ago that he had lived OPP
posite the Royal school for fourteen
years, and, though there were nearly
four hundred boys attending, he never
had any encroachment or trouble
from them, which could not be said
of schools in other countries. This
school had been a power in the land,
and many of its pupils were holding
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in excellent condition, he knew it
was good school, and doing good
work, and hoped it would continue
SO.
Chief Justice Judd stated that the
school was established at a place
near the barracks in rear of the
palace. 1t was one story building,
built in Spanish style. It was only
for chiefs, but few others were al
lowed In. Among his playmates
were His Majesty and his three pre-
decessors. It was his father, the late
DIR. Judd, who looked after the cree
ton of the school. They moved to
the present place. There were no
trees, but the pupils planted some,
as at that time they had formed a
Horticultural Society. The school
has prospered. His Honor then re-
lated how they used to play ball and
other games in those days. He had
watched the progress of the school.
In asking Hawaiian boys where they
learned their English, they generally
said cat the Royal School," He
urged upon them, if they wanted to
become good mechanics, to avoid
saloons; if they wanted to look after
their clients they should avoid poll
tics, and if they wanted to be patriots
they should have their homes pure.
They should be as proud of the Royal
school as Elton boys are of Elton,
Harvard boys of Harvard and Yale
boys of Yale.
MIR. A. L. Atkinson, Inspector Gen
eral of schools, said he had been
through the rooms of the various
teachers at the school and the work
there was really good. The best way
was to take it from the beginning
and go through all the rooms, and in
that way you could find the improve
ment going on. He hoped they
would not forget the motto, "what is
worth doing, should be done we'll"
Prof. M. Nj. Scott had passed
through the Royal school, but more
particularly among the young pupils
He was much pleased with their
writing. The Royal school work is
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