Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-06-30
TWO COUNTRY SCHOOLS
!CLOsING EXERCISES AT wAIAwA
AND Picnic AZ wAIANAE.
Very CredItabie work BY NIr. smith,
Pupils = w"isws Jeins wsisnse
school nt a PIcsie

The closing exercises for the
school year form the gala occa-
sion in rural districts in these isl
ands. Eva district is no excep-
ton and on Friday last the envi.
rons of the school near Pearl City
were crowded by the parents and
friends of the scholars who had
come to witness the progress of
the young ones and to enjoy the
excellent program Of entertain
ment which they knew from past
experience Mr.. j. W. Smith, the
Principal, would present for their
enjoyment and approval. First
in order came the review of the
work the pupils had gone through
during the past year. And the re-
suits showed that they had been
well and thoroughly grounded in
all their studies and had faithful
ly endeavored to retain all that
had been set before them. Where
all was 80 uniformly excellent it is
perhaps iuvidious to particularize
any branch as exhibiting better
results than another, but at
tention cannot help being drawn
to the excellent and thor
ough results attained in the
use of colloquial English, the ex-
cellent penmanship and the ease
and ropidity with which arithma-
tical problems were solved. In fact
it is safe to state that in all res
poets the Waiawa school has no
superiors outside of Honolulu
and few equals within it. Mr..
Smith, who is thoroughly train
or and experienced trainer of
youth, must feel deeply gratified
at the results achieved by his
thorough and painstaking labors,
After the regular studies of the
pupils had been duly set forth
recess was taken and then the
following program of musical and
oratorical exercises was performed:
Opening Hymn-We'll Work
Till Jesus Comes. :. :. School
Concert Recitation Star of
Heaven. -. Eight Little Girls
Song-Our Harvest Home. -.
......................S School
Recitation-Ihe Dying Boy.
.............. Lydia Kahoa
Song-The Precious Name. :.
............. -. School
Recitation-The Old Arm Chair
.......... .......... .Adalia
Song-Hear the Warbling Voice
.............. ..... School
Recitation-The Water Drinker
'....:,....:.......; 80. .:Julla
Song-Kiss Me, Mother. School
Declamation-Death of Roder-
lex Dhu. ...........G. Smith
Song--Oh the Sports of Child
hood. .......... ..... School
Recitation-One Country and
One Home. ......... Isabella
Hymn--Eternity. -. -. School
Recitation-N -No!.......... .Addie
Song-Iwilight is Stealing -.
....... .......... ...... School
Recitation-Three Black Crows
.............. ....... Antoine
Song Our Fatherland. :. . School
Reading-On Study. -. .Kaona
Temperance Song Marching
On to Victory School
Recitation-We Are Seven. :.
.....,.......... .... Mama
Song-My Mountain Home. -.
...................... School
Recitation-Never Say Fail. ..
49,. -. Eight Small Boys
To say that the program was
surprisingly we'll rendered would
be to do Mr.. Smith and his pupils
but scant justice. The singing
rendered in four parts was a
genuine artistic treat, and resi-,
dents of Honolulu who wish to
hear what may actually be done
in school singing should visit the
Waiawa school. Mr.. Smith is a
true musician and has been one
of the earliest exponents of the
Tonic Sol ia method on the ISL
ands and the results attended
justify his attachment to the
method. Special encomium is
deserved, for distinct articulation,
dramatic defamation, and evident
comprehension, by Misses Lydia
Kahoa, Julia and Isabella, and
Master G.. Smith; as also the eight