The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-11-05

work that had been done in the past
which he believed would be contin.
ued. He believed the boys and girl.
would appreciate that the new schooI
| building with its development along
modern lines was 3 good opportunity
and would make the best of it. II they
should fail they could not blame the
Board of Education or their teachers
! for II.
The following sllegory was deliver
ed by Mrs. B. F. Dillingham;, one OF
the lady members of the Board:
Surely every girl and boy present has
studied geography, some very little,
others 8 great deal, but il is doubtful
if any of them can give the exact
geographical location of certain hill,
that belongs to no regular mountain
chain, but is nevertheless q hill tnst
was well known TO the sncients, and
one thst has occupied q prominent
place in the worlds affairs since soci
ETY. began in the garden of Eden.
Who will tell in what cou ntry of
the earth We can find the "Hill of
knowledge ?" Is II TO be found in any
one of earth's many lands?
Every country has its share in con-
tributing to the resources OF this fam
Gus hull, yet il calls no one grand
division its native land. Rising even
to the skies it borders on every sea,
and spreads through every latitude.
From every point of its world wide
circumference it may be aseended,
therefore, We lift our eyes aud know
that here, in beautiful Hawaii. some
of the outlying slopes, the enhancing
wales and restful heights of this noted
hill have their home.
Today We find as We essay q closer
acquaintance with its peculiarities
that the lowlands ST its base are divi-
ded into beautiful gardens where the
little children are allowed full posses
sion. Here they sing aud frolic, dig
and water, march and rest. Here
they play with thoughts. and psve
their little garden paths with words
to be remembered all their lives.
Chasing the bees and butterflies, fol-
lowing the songs of biris, their ewes
see the lovely lands rising gently from
their gardens; aud filled with sights
just as delightful as those with which
they have so soon become familiar.
What boy or girl does not like TO
climb, especially rising ground, and
see how things look little higher up.
1t used TO seem ~ if the ways of wis
dom were very hard to travel, they
were so steep and so crooked. Huge
boulders blocked the way; dense jun
giles wearied aud discouraged the
toiler; low on the sides of the hill
hung clouds that obscured the posi-
biiities of achievement. In propor-,
ton TO the LABOR necessary, greater
nerve and sterner stuff seemed reoui-
site then to accomplish even partial
ascent of this famous hill. But in the
present age OF system and organiza-
tion, from blooming plain to shadowy
summit each steep Is graded for the
feet. In like proportion,
however, the growing minds can
scarce keep pace with rising ground.
Wider the range at every step, higher
the stretch Of mountain topsin sight,
keener the thirst for the fountains by
the way, calling for the more con
stant, vigorous effort of ali who
mount
The resources of this "Hill of K Knowl-
edge" are endless Beyond the slopes
where the primary or fouudstion work
Is done by the young explorer, lie re-
gions Of unimsgined wealth of fact
aud thought, waiting to be discovered
by each earnest student The wild
flowers by the way, the sedge grass in
the streams, the wales replete with /
ferns and shining moss; the trees, 1
grand in their wealth Of fruit aud leaf, /
spicy sud costly perfume; the treas |
Ires OF shells that hide beneath the
shade; the life which peoples all this |
beautiful world, from tiuiest insect to
The lords of forest and monarchs of the 4
rag; the wondrous rocks that form 1
he base on which the mountains rest,
ne record of the ages since the world /
1egan, engraved upon the inner tab
cts, and read only by the tireIess
,sologist; the hidden wealth of min
rails stored by the Creator for the