The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-06-26

to be very strong, but it seems to have
grown steadily. The coming election
will test it. The popular vote, however
disturbing, is educative, and the ten
dency is apparently in the right direc-
ton. But the polyglot Hawaiian popu-
lation, that speaks over twenty languages,
especially the non-voting Asiatics, nearly
ali NAL, s, transient and refusing to a.
simulate, give you most interesting and
difficult social problem.
My closing thought is that Hawaii
should as far as possible be led and
helped by Hawaiians, as Chinese must
be by Chinese, Indians by Indians. and
Africans by Africans. But Hawaiians
for Hawaii, as Mr.. Olsen nobly puts il
in Handicraft-not the lemsgogue's cry
of Hawaii for Hawaiians. Let all good
citizens be good Hawaiians and work for
the common good.
Nature has cure for every disease
there's an antidote for every poison.
There is in every man u good that with
the right training may overcome the evil
in him. Men are made to be what they
ought to be, with alternative action in
kind which they may choose, with power
full lower impulses to overcome the
higher. and the adjustment of these
forces varies i'm individuals. In al, RACES
there are gifted youth potent for far
reaching influence; give them the drill
they need, discretion at the right time.
and in the mission world to-day these
trained native workers far outnumber
teachers from abroad. In ECONOMY. eff
cheney and value they have succeeded
wonderfnlly. Responsibility is the best
developing force and development rs the
end OF all education. Yet mission work
here and elsewhere has suffered unspeak-
ably from giving too broad discretion to
those suddenly made prominent. Their
failures have not been due TO lack of
brains or of knowledge: but to lack of
the perceptions and guiding instincts
that come only after generations of cult
ure. In good work we must be as philo-
sophical as We are earnest and progress
slve; bold, bnt not too bold.
shall hasten from this celebration to
see and study the work now doing on
these islands to train Hawaiian youth to
lead their people; your teachers and the
way you train your boys and girls.
The noble gift of Mrs. Bishop, the
kamehameha School. towers high as a
hope OF the islands. Its work for urls
Will be as important as its work for bows.
Not doing as much for the one as for the
other has been the mistake of more than
one worthy mission work. Owing to the
dlsproportion OF sexes through the Ash
atlcs and others your difficulty and dam
ger ara great.
Make the most of your girls. The con-
dition OF woman Is the gauge of civiliza-
ton. l delight in and especially greet
the Hawaiian girls in this audience.
They will make your future. Great is
kawaiahao school. as we'll as Kameha-
mehe. The experiment of minplinp the
sexes at the Kauai school is thought un.
wise by many. With the right man in
the right place, it can be done
and 1t is. worth trying, / think. L
DO not, however, know all the facts bear
ing on the matter, but can safely say
that the self-sacrifcing devotion which
mas 30 far pushed this enterprise is the
spirit that manifested by all would make
Hawaii and Hawaiians noble kingdom
and people.
But once more, what of the voter.
There are ABOUT 5000 voters of the
stronger races and 200 of the weaker
races-weak chiefly on the moral aide
well disposed but easily misled. Think
ior yourselves, but work together: work
Ior all you are worth, and all will be
we'll. va"
Hawaii is after all for Hawaiiansi
put Jet all your people be good Hawaii
ans, OF whatever race, or varying social
scale, rich or poor, alike devoted to Ha-
waits good.
You will gather where you SOW. Won
will get what you work for: but Won will
not get that you do not work for. The
best In civilization comes from disinter-
ested efforts, by the gift of material and
OF service according to each ones abil.
lty,-the least may be as good as the
greatest.
Enlightened selfshness works for the
welfare of all. Business enterprises
through which the many are fed and
clothed is the basis of general peace and
comfort. The large-minded business
men OF this kingdom 30 well represented
among the alumni of Oahu College are
part OF it's hope and bright future.
Let this college be more and more a
power in Hawaiian life, felt by the per.
snnai touch of its professors and teachers
OF all departments throughout the seven
ISLANDS. II you say there is no time for
TINS work then take the time. In Boston
New York and elsewhere vacation clas.
SEES in cooking and handicraft have SUD-
pied the great deficiency in practical
training OF school children, and It can be
done here. The boys, and by and by
the girls, OF the Kamehameha and other
schools could now or later do such work.
FROM this centre of industrial education
why should there not go out for few
weeks between seasons instructions that
would reach hundreds of children and
a 90 good in households all over the land.
The homes of the people are the central.
vital facts everywhere.
The country is safe in the hands of the
voter only as he has interest at stake and
wholesome home influences. But the
little children will one day rule, and the
future OF Hawaii is chiefly in the hands
OF its mothers and it's teachers, Then
tram the young broadly, thoroughly;
ana care for your girls as you have never
Race spirit is harmful. National spirit
Is noble. The bitterness of the one
threatens you; the strength of the other
Will truly make paradise of the " Cen
trai Blue OF the Great Tranquil Sea-"
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