The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-20

one increasing purpose runs Then
let progress and ambition run togeth-
er. Should it not be our ambition to
rule ourselves? What greater king
dom can each one of us control? To
quote again: True progress is to
know more and to be more and to be
able to do more And in this pro-
gress there need be no end.
ut is said that in the Duke of Well
ington's dispatches the word glory
never appears. Duty was his watch
word.
1--WE are building for eternity; let
us then attend to those things which
shall make us better able to walk
grandly toward the future and care
not whether we be rich or poor today,
peasants or lords. But we can never
know how important may be the con-
sequences which depend upon wheth-
er we do what is right or wrong. How
often we associate the adjectives great
and good! Can a good life be lived
which is not true one? Can a great
deed be accomplished without hon
esty? If we believe with Chaucer that
Truth is the highest thing man can
keep and we all can be owners of
treasure. Though character is the
end for which we strive, it comes by
gentle ways. First. we SOW an act
and reap a habit; and habits make
our characters.
"One thing needful, however, in
order that we may direct our progress
Alright and guide our ambitions is ed
ucation. Education is the harmonious
development of all the faculties and
can neither begin nor end with the
school days. 1t must continue through
life whether we will or not. We can
not keep our hearts empty, swept and
garnshed. Some knowledge must
come into them, and with us rests
the responsibility of choosing Alright
and making our education one which
shall enable us to live better lives, or
allowing ourselves to drift about with
no definite end and learn what comes
to us.
eff education,' as Plato says, is
the fairest thing that the best of men
can have how much better to have
the best education. Let our aim not
be to gain what the Germans call a.
bread and butter education,' but let
us strive to know wisdom and instruc-
ton. Difficult as it is to learn, it is
not easy to unlearn. What injury,
then, may we not do ourselves by maxi
ing false step in education. Let us
seek for the best in everything; in
men, in books, in institutions. There
is hardly anything so small that it
has no good in it,hardly any knowl-
edge which cannot be used to advaut-
age. 's3r
"It is not a knowledge of sciences,
languages or multitude of facts that
constitutes an education. 1t is some
thing higher than mere instruction =
to know wisdom and know instruction.
We are told that Shakespeare had
small Latin and less Greek Indeed,
books cannot supply the education we
need. More than half our universe is
nature, and how can he be a broad
minded man who knows nothing CT
nature and the world we live in Ifany
imagine says Jeffers, that they will
find thought in many books, they will
be disappointed. Thought dwells by
the stream and sea, by the hill and in
the woodland, in the sunlight and
free wind
"Can anyone say that Punahou lacks
any of the charms which make school
life attractive and unique? The white
reefed Pacific, wonderful Diamond
Head, lofty Tantalus, lovely Manoa.
the tropical verdure and the bal,ny air
and blue skies-what could nature add
more to incite to study and investi-
CATION and admiration? These are
what make life at Punahou unlike
that of other schools. There are col
leges and colleges all over the world,
but in all the world there is hut one
Punahou."
The remainder of this '.enutiful
valedictory address was directed es-
pecially to the trustees and teachers
of the college. At it's close the aud
ience showed its appreciation by gen
eral and prolonged applause.