The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-28


good you can; happiness. and true hap
piness. class of 1901, will be yours.
Before you leave Kamehameha tonight
young men, you must make it your aim
in all your dealings that you be honest
Be honest 10 yourself and it will GER
tainly follow that you will be honest to
your fellow-nlan. Whatever then comes
TO you, as the result of your dealing, La
rightly yours and you will enjoy that
peace Of mind which never comes to the
dishonest person.
PeF1aps the most difficult thing for
young men TO do is to lay aside a part
OF their earnings for future use The
money is earned with a certain amount
OF labor and II is your lookout that you
receive an equivalent for every dollar
you expend. No doubt you have heard
the expression, -Noho haaheo luna o
Ike kala-" May it be true of each young
man who receives diploma this even
ing. Let me add. however, that you no
no haaheo not for a day only but
throughout all the days you live
You leave tonight to enter the world
where other sons of Kamehameha are
to be found. We are increasing in num-
bers and l trust we are also increasing
in usefulness. Stand together. sons OF
Hawaii, for there is strength in union.
You can do so much more effective work
as a body; mai hukihukt, but let US all
join hands and help carry on 10 success
all efforts that are put forth for the
helping of the people of Hawaii aloha
Ke kau mai nei maka ka lahui ia
oukou; what are you going to carry out
| to them2 Show that your education has
not been wasted, and thus help to break
down the idea which prevails in some
| minds that 1t is useless TO educate the
KS Uajiapa &c Job
I want you 20 do. it is this: show that
| it does pay to educate Hawaiians.
In your nfe-work, each and every
member of the class OF 1901, may you
find happiness and may you meet with
prosperity. It is the wish of all who are
| interested in you that you reflect credit
on Kamehameha, add to the glory of
your class, and above all bring honor
upon yourself.
a pretty rendition of Glover Bios
SONS" was then given by the famous
glee club OF the school and Jesse
Nohoikaiu. who has carried away the
highest honors of the class. read the
valedictory:
Trustees, Ladies and Gentlemen: In
behalf OF my classmates, I wish TO ex-
press our aloha to the school which 50
long has been our home. The years we
have spent here have been to US years
Of great blessing. Before we leave Ka-
raehameha we wish TO thank the trus-
tees for the efforts they have taken to
fulfill the wishes Of the founder of these
schools. We highly value the interest
they have taken in the Hawaiian boys
Our teachers. we wish TO thank you for
the efforts you have taken in our behalf
We assure you of the deep and true
gratitude we feel to you for the good
things you have taught US. Our ways
will soon lie widely apart and this OPP
portunity is an appropriate occasion for
revival Of memories OF the many happy
days We have spent here together.
Dear schoolmates and friends we wish
to remind you of the happy days we
have spent together which We all are to
miss. For 1t was here we spent many
happy days on our campus, in our shops
and in our classrooms No more shall
We hear your voices; no more shall we
see your happy faces. But the days We
have spent here shall be remembered by
US all through our hfe's journy.
Dear classmates, our school days are
ended and tonight each of US has a
problem TO solve; and as We go out to
fight the battle OF life let US stand to-
gether through thick and thin: Let US
be truthful and industrious and. above
all. let us be manly. Let US be men of
noble character, so that by perseverance
and honesty we may win success and
happiness MY greatest desire for us
classmates is that we may live lives of
usefulness not for our own selves only
but for the good of others. Aloha Ka-
mehameha, aloha oukou apau loa,
Prof c. 3. Dyke. principal of the
school. then made a graceful address
to the graduates and presented the di-
pIomas. As the young men received
the documents number Of boys walked
up the aisle. laden with boquets and
baskets of flowers and leis. heaping the
clusters of blossoms and leaves upon
the platform and placing beautiful leis
about the necks of the graduates until
they fairly staggered under the weight
of them Prof. Dykes address was as
follows:
The world has a right TO expect GER
tain things of the man who holds the
diploma which you are about to receive
The loving forethought OF the generous
founder of this school for you, the con-
stant care of this honorable body Of
trustees and teachers for you, have been
exerted in vain if you do not. in your
future life bear witness TO the things
for which this diploma stands
It stands, first of all. for knowledge.
You have learned TO furnish society with
some of the things which It needs, and
society will reward you for every con-
tribution you make to its welfare II
Is a grand thing TO help on the march
of civilization, and that is what your
knowledge will enable you to do
Again, you have gained the knowledge
TO distinguish between things that are
worth while and things that are not
worth while You know that liquor ana
tobacco and gambling games are not
worth while: you have learned to find
Measure in more refined ways-in social
converse. in books. in pictures. IN music
the best things in life. You have learn
ed that a church and a school are neces-
sarv in the life of every child and you
are going to he a great force in estab-
fishing and maintaining these agencies OF
civilization. You know that honesty and
morality pay in engaging teacher and
hence are going to take an active part
in the school affairs Of your home
In the second place, this diploma stands
for will You viii see around you many
unsuccessful men who know that drink