The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-05
PUPILS SANG
Students Recital at
Oahu College.
Miss GGswold Scores Another Sue
cess = Some Good Water
Colors are Sho yn.

A very interesting entertainment was
given yesterday afternoon at Damn col
lege. This consisted of a students, re-
cital, under the direction of Mrs. T
w. Yarndley, together with an exhibit
ton of the work in drawing and paint
ing of the pupils of the college and alsn
of the children of the Punahou Pre-
paratory school. In this exhibition
were a large number of the mixtures
painted by little tots from five to eight
These were of course crude in many
cases, but all the still life stuates
showed a great deal of care and ma
thence and a real effort to reproduce.
faithfully and artisticauy the obiec,
used as a model. The children have
but 50 to 40 minutes to work upon
their paintings, and these show rnmis
takably that they have been very well
taught. They have been given wise
judicious. and helpful instruction. an0
furthermore their interest has been
stimulated, and they evidently so an
their work with an intelligent COM
prebension of the thing to be attained.
Much of the best of the work was done
by Chinese children; a fresh testi-
monial to the patience and the possI.
bilities of this race. Some of the flow
ers were lifelike, and soft and pretty
and you would have recognized the
mangoes anywhere. 1t was remarked
that the children who ranked with o.
ahead of the Chinese were the de-
scendants Of old residents here of ar
tistic prOcliyities. Some of the pieces
were outdoor scenes, evidently noe
from models; and a few of these, with
all their awkward Representations oil
the human figure, showed real imagin-
alton.
The water colors done by the pupils
of the college were of course much bet
ter, and some were very good, but they
were less interesting to see than the
little children's work. There were
some nice free-hand pen drawings.
copies from Gibson's work, of which
some were excellent copies, and Others
were more individual. Besides tnt
charcoal work, there were a good many
pieces of china painted by Miss Flor
ence Hall, Mrs. ingalls,, Mrs. Swain
and the teacher. The commercial de-
partment contributed some particular
ly neat examples of typewriting, and
all the other departments, Latin
Greek, French, German, English, and
mathematics, were represented by
creditable work. Miss Damon's papers
were noticeably good, especially one in
Greek characters, which were written
with the clearness and accuracy of
type.
The recital opened with a piano duet
'Pique Dame" by Won Suppe, which
was played with simplicity, ease and
grace by Miss Lena Rosewarne and
Miss Sarah X. Lyman. They played
with Commendable unconcern and nat
uralness, although in the presence of
an audience which filed the hall and
overlooked into the adjoining room.
The College Chorus then sang Pinsutfs
Spring Song" after which Miss Ger
trude X. Brown played with good exc
cution Chopin's Grand Valse" Misses
Ethel NJ. Damon and Ruth T.. Whitney
sang two very pretty Tuscan fold
songs. Both have sweet voices, and
the songs were well chosen for them
and rendered with sufficient feeling.
Miss Harriet X. Hapai played Beethov-
ems Fur Elise" acceptably; Miss Lena
Rosewarne, who has not a little musi-
cal gift, rendered Goddard's "Deuxeme
Mazurka" admirably; and the College
familiar Harvard favorite. THE Song
of the Triton"
Miss Della z. Griswold repeated her
triumph of the other night, singing
THE Lass with the Delicate Air" and
Una Voce POGO Fa" superbly. and
earning well-deserved applause. Her
voice is rich, flexible, and under per-
feet control. She is a real artist.
Mrs. Yarndley deserves much praise
for the excellent manner in which she
played the accomplishments during the
which opened the second part of the
program, was played with vigor and
enthusiasm. The Oahu Quintette Club
sang STARS of the Summer Night"
Miss Sarah K. Lyman played a solo,
"Papillons Roses" and Miss Florence
Hill, who is not devoid of talent, rend-
cred Heller's "Andante." The College
Girls Chorus sang two part songs
20 Hush Thee, My Baby" by Sullivan,
and Meyerbeer's Spinning Wheel
Chorus"-whlch were calculated to
test their musical training; and the
Glee Club and chorus of male voices
sang the Hunters Chorus" pleasingly
Miss Carrie Castle accompanied Mrs.
Yarndley and Miss Griswold in a Sc
lection from Rossini The last piece
was a voice obligato by Miss Griswold
to Now Tramp Ger Moss and Fell"
which was rendered by the College
Chorus. In some ways this was thu
best singing of the afternoon, and it