The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-27
i0iAnl COLLEGE REUNION.
large Attendance and "a Merry Time
Prize Hist and Record of Aihie-
tic sports.

--Ffizt kist ana RECORD Of anne
Tie sports.
This event, the last probably in
the school year l6909l, took place
at Iolani College, Nuuanu Valley, on
Saturday afternoon.
Iolani College, the boys boarding
school of the Anglican Mission, has
now a history extending over a
quarter of a century, dating from
the time when early in the sixties
Archdeacon Mason commenced the
educational work in the Islands for
which his name and that of Mrs.
Mason are still held in high esteem
by many of their former pupils now
potent, grave and reverend .sieniors,
whose names rank high in the, com.
munity.
The present Iolani College has
been for the last nineteen years the
object of unremitting care bestowed
upon it by its Principal, Bishop
Willis, and the goodly assemblage
of young men, decorated on Satur-
day afternoon with the College badge
of blue and white ribbon-occupying
all positions in life from prince to
artisan, yet in their respective spheres
honorable and honored, aud many of
them destined to exercise no small
influence upon the future Of this
country-is sufficient testimony to
The sounfn ness Of the preparation for
the battle Of life given to their pupils
by the Bishop and his coadjutors.
Proud as lolani boys are that so
large percentage of their number
hold +, sponsible positions under the
Government Or in the walks of COM
merce, and that to some of them any
position in the country seems attain
able, they are still more proud of the
fact that very few black she p indeed
can be credited TO their flock. This
gratifying fact can be traced to the
system pursued at Iolan. There
the first aim is to made The boys
into good men, honorable without re-
proach and then to equip them as
fully as possible fortheir iIfe's work.
But that the secular port on of the
curriculum does not suffer from I'M
due attention to the moral and rel-
gious, was plainly evincsd by the
excellent display of draughtsmanship
on the walls Of the schOolroom, and
by the manner III which the closing
exercises were rendered. First as to
the drawing. Coiored maps, as is
usual at this school, were plentiful,
and drew forth much admiration from
all beholders. One especially, a
large chart of the Pacific Ocean by
Ten Yung, correct to the mlnutest
details, with beautiful lettering bear
ing the closest inspection, was adj
judged by prominent member Of
the Board of Education and the
highest authority probably in this
country on draughtsmanship as the
finest production Of its kind in the
school year in Honolulu. Other maps
fell little short OF the excellence of
this freehand drawings by Lionel
Hart, All Yau and other pupils were
so true and so neat as to lead some
to suppose them to be copperplate
copies. That the drawing instruction
is in good hands was clear from
blackboard specimens by the Head
Master, Mr.. j. Bush, and his son
and assistant Mr.. }. r. Bush-one
large board displaying perfect
aviary of British song birds, while
on another group of deer gazed in
mild surprise upon some excellent
scroll and corDice drawings upon the
wall opposite.
In the Rotations the enuncation
and emphasis especially of Albert
Harris, Lionel Hart, and K. p. Hat
field were well mark Il, while George
Clark performed feat of memory in
reciting a long extract from Long
fellows "Hiawatha" without error
or hesitation. A dialogue civilian
Tell" with Hart as Gesler, Harris as
Tell, Clark as Tells friend Werner,
Hatfield as the boy Albert, and Cook
as the soldier, was performed with
dramatic effect, Harris displaying
considerable histlionic ability. An
amusing incident not rehearsed, took
place when Tell indignantly tlinging
away the small apple with which the
tyrant had supplied him, hit band
hoy looking in at the window, on the
head, to his no little establishment.
The pathetic appeal of the small boys
to their elders to ''give the little boys
chance was also very amusing.
The singing led by Rev. W. II.
Barnes, and accompanied with her
weIl-known skill by MIS-. Gray, met
with hearty applause. Several fairly
difficult operate selections were sung
in excellent time and tune, and with
due regard 10 expression, even the
little boys taking their part, in their
piping treble, with great vigor.
The following is the program:
Chorus-Defance q PuritanD Bellini
Recitation-The Spanish Cham
plon. .......... Mrs. lIemans
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