Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-05
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
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dissolution Of the Hebrew confederacy.
Nh man that reads the proverbs of
solomon can doubt that he knew what
wisdom was. nut no man who reads
tho story of his life can believe that in
amy true sense he was himself wise, II
Is not enoughf. then to know wisdom,
or even to love wisdom: what Is need
ed is to be wise-bo.h to know and ia
do what Is best. knowledge. then, is
not wisdom. The scholars who die
as a result of debauchery. NAV have
knowledge hut no wisdom
Burr had knowledge. hut no wisdom.
Byron. shelley. poe-all had knowl-
edge hut no wisdom. On the other
hand. Washington Lincoln. Mckinley
| had hut little knowledge. speakjny af-
tor the fashion of schools. hut they had
great wisdom Knowledge is n yaIu-
able posse slon but wisdom tells YOU
| what to do about IL. A certain amount
of knowledge ia necessary to everyone
! without this. man Is M a great disad
vantage. even I'm the ordinary pursiits
of life The common sense legislation
of the day requires all children to at
tend school lcpg enough to get this
,bso,utcly necessary amount of knowl-
edge.
But whether II no invention. Gre
alton. inspiration. or accumulation, the
wise man does not necessarily do what
he thinks is best in itself but what,
Icing good he can do hest. Better be
good blacksmith than moor LAWYER
or an Indifferent preacber: better pro-
duce wealth and accumulate II than
write n worthless hook. better. in
short. have n heart of wisdom and
know what one can do best than then
do a. Daniel Webster was great law
YER at the head Of the American bar:
a great orator and statesman the lead
or IN tho Uni,ed States Senate in n
ner,oa DISTINGUISHED for stormy dis
cussions and the Investigation az pro-
sorpJ nr,,cinIes ue VIVA wise In
choosing To he what he was Az a
husi,ess man iudpipy from tho way be
ronducted his own affairs he would
nroboblv have beep Obliged tn max. an
assignment for tho bepef,, NJ HE credi.
Tors at least once a wear
The orator continued IN discourse ON
the hunting for wealth. which without
generous ideals became an ipnoh,e pur.
sui,. and nm tho ,uaIitv n, tboupbt
I, IL tho widening of tb. mimi and souI
n, tho intellectual aud sniri,u,, socu,.
ties and no, simply the d.yelopmeut
nj hone and muscie which contributes
re,I yrowtb and ,ransforms tho child
into a man II f. this which make,
him ,nyeIic 4, action and yod.like I'm
appearance And tho forces upon
which we must re,v for This process of
Transformation arc m: twin sisters
educ,t,op and ra,ipio, They do M,
necessar,lv work ,opether through the
same agency for m. church aud tho
scboo, are two distinct institutions II
| is not tho business NJ the church Ia
teach human learning. but to pro.
claim the pospeI II ia not the business
nj tho school and coI,ay. IN nrocIaiu
the gospel but 10 acquire and teach
luman learning Yet the church IL no,
ON that account TO clotbe itself I'm tho
garments Of il,iteracy. nor breathe an
atmospnere of Ignorance: neither Il
the school to become acnostic AMI
breathe only the air Of unbeIief
DIR. bingham and PRINCIPAL :. p
French performed the ceremony OF Law
ing the corner stone "well and. truly. :
students giving the college veil AS nm
accompaniment.
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