The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-29
INITIAL NUMBER
OF THE STUDENT"
Monthly Magazine Published
by Chinese Students of
Mills Institute.

made its appearance yesterday. 1t is a
welcome a.-4ltion to the galaxy of
monthly magazines devoted to education
al and religious work of Honolulu. The
first page is adorned by a handsome cut
of the stuuents grouped in front of the
school with Mr.. F. ~. Damon, the head
of the institution, and the members of
the faculty. prominent figures in the
center. The news matter is up to date
and athletics have as much attention in
its columns as that about the schools
and the churches and mission work.
A feature of the number are several
articles written by chinese and japanese
students, indicating that the education
gained by young Orientals in the private
| schools of Honolulu is of a higl. order
On the editorial page is the following
salutatoEy;
The Student, in making its initial bow
| to what is firmly believed TO be friend
ly and sympathetic pub.lc, does so with
all modesty. It is hoped that this I'M
| pretentious little sheet may still further
| increase the interest which We glau-y
recognize as existing among thoughtful
| men and women in our midst with ref
erence to the young Chinese and Japan
| csc in our different schools, and also in
| spire these same young people to avail
| themselves to the utmost of the oppor-
| tunities. which are here afforded them
| of obtaining a good and thorough edu-
cation. If it snail be in our power to aid
| in placing before these bright young
| minds such ioeals OF life and duty as will
quicken them in all right living, this will
be rich reward.
! Possibly We may be able, too, to clasp
| hands over seas Win representatives of
| these races wuo are working toward
| 'higner and better things" on the
Mainland both East and West, in Aus
| tralia, in Singapore, and in the two
| home-lands. 1t is a glorious time in the
worlds history in which to be young,
! and great vistas of hope and develop
ment open before our boys and girls, our
young men and young women, from ia
pan and China. nile the faculty and
students of the mills Institute are re-
sponsible for the launching of this lie
| craft and while naturally something of
our school life will find a place in its
| cargo, We hope that other friends IN
other schools viii help US to guide its
course Alright
| School life makes many demands upon
the time of teacher and taught, and we
can scarcely promise very frequent or
very regular issues: but when there is
word to be said which can be of help
and Encouragement to any one, we hope
The Student will not be found wanting.
| AS one watches the missionaries coci-
ing and going through Honolulu by .he
score or in little groups of two or three
he is impressed by the magnitude and
splender of the modern movement for
foreign missions. There is nothing in
the crusades of the Middle Ages to be
compared with it for one moment. The
chivalry of King Arthur and his table
round would seem dim if We had
greater Tennyson to write the new
| '-Idylls of the King"
| Dung men and women sail out of the
harbor, their wedding journey taking
them to their chosen fields of service in
China, Japan or Korea, and veterans re-
turn so broken down in nealth that they
cannot leave their staterooms- A mother
comes back to the homeland with her
orphaned Titles ones, brave and sweet
in her loneliness; and a father return
ing to his mission held in Samoa feels a
choke in his throat when he thinks of
his wife and children in England. whom
he will mot see again for years. Who
snal tell the dare and enthusiasm and
devotion of these twentieth century cru
saders? Who of the Chinese young men
in the Hawaiian Islands, fired by these
brave and conseerated ones, will give
! themselves to bring China to Christ.
Other articles are as follows:
A unique social cub meets at the Cas-
tie Memorial Kin-ergarten the first Sat
urday evening of every month No
where else in the wor4-, probably, do
young men and young women of so many
different nationalities come together on
such a footing. Hawaiians, Chinese,
japanese, Portuguese and Americans
make up the merry crowu, which, using
the pretty native word for pleasant even
ing has named itself me Mani Ahiahi
Club. The club was started at the sug-
gestion of Miss Panabaker in order that
the young ladies of the kindergarten
training class and their friends might
meet in social way, and ii is proving a
decided success. Especially significant
| and prophetic Of the new life which is
| coming in the last is the sight of Chi
nese young people of both sexes ming
ling in grand march or in pulling mo-
lasses candy.
We are glad to hear that Lau Fong
has a position in connection with the
: wireless biography. He is stationed al
Mahukona, on tile island of Hawaii. We
, are bold enough to think that no other
Chinese school has as yet any of its
: alumni intimately connected with this
magic discovery of the famous Marconi
One of the chief means, If not the
country is developed is .-e work of the
! paper establishments. For this reason
: the Chinese who are residing in foreign
2 countries, where they can have these pa
: pers easily. are brought nearer to tbs
[ truth of things than those in the mothel
country.
e IN Honolulu there are four Chinese pa
4 pers. two seni-weelly, the Sun Chul
Kwock Bun and the Hawaiian News
e one weekly the Honolulu Chronicle: an
: one monthly, the Tong Hook Bow
$ which, being interpreted. is the Studen
: Paper. Each has about 500 subscriptions
e including those sent to the Islands an
: other places.
+ the Student Paper, published by tn
n Chinese students themselves, is free, be
cause it is founded for the purpose o
leading the Chinese to see the world
" advancement
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