The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25

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II my memory serves me Alright.
1 do not remember whether the Fresh
man boys were seized upon by the AFRO
CANT Sophomores and ducked, as usual.
in the pond, but / hope they were, for
that was the initiation ceremony in those
days, and / am quite sure it was an en-
| tirely harmless one. But / shall not
| weary you with recollections of our early
days, although We Seniors have already
begun to feel sufficiently old and dignified
to delight in "reminiscences
In athletics We have not come off with
out some honors. On the track, in foot
ball, in baseball, in basketball, and even
in tennis We claim a record that need
not fear comparison with those of COM
ing classes. Why 1 should touch upon
| athletics first / do not know and for so
doing must hasten to beg the pardon of
| the faculty, a faculty whose tireless eff
| forts in our behalf and whose hearty CO.
| operation in our work win always be
| gratefully remembered
In the field of study we have neither
| failed utterly nor achieved complete sue
cess, but have made fairly honorable rec
ords everywhere except in mathematics,
| If specialization be for the moment al
/ lowed. That occult branch of learning
1 has failed TO attract most of US, yet even
| there we can boast of shining Light or
two.
/ We shall look back on our Punahou
days with great pleasure. What alum
nus does not? And We are SO soon to be
alumni! Doubtless we shall Grange with
coming years and our opinions and
tastes will undergo some alteration, but
LIN our memories Punahou will ever be
the same. Dear old Punahou, with its
beautiful campus, the scene of so many
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with its legendary fish and frogs; its or
/ ange grove of blessed memory, always
equal to the demands we made upon it;
| and it's historic buildings, eehoing still
| with the pranks of bygone days-pranks
in which tradition lisps even the names
of our honored trustee members.
| For your patience, for your apparent
| interest in this exceptional class of ours,
| we thank you. With courtesy toward all
| and malice toward none-some of US to
college, others to business, but all to
meet boldly and bravely whatever the fu-
ture may have in store-we take our
/ leave.
A burst of applause followed Miss Da-
mons valedictory, and two boys were
| kept busy for five minutes heaping flow
ers and leis upon the platform, one OF
| the outer rooms having been completely
| filed with baskets and bouquets of BIOS
| SONS from the friends of the eight grad
yates. The platform became veritabie
bank of flowers and the applause contin-
ued until President Arthur Maxon Smith
appeared to present the diplomas to the
class, making a very happy and graceful
congratulatory speech.
PRESIDENT SMITHS REMARKS.
| He referred to the class motto, ''Fides."
and recommended it as a watchword In
4 IA IN Al
yates should have faith in themselves,
that they might be strong in their conf
dence: second, they should have faith in
their fellow-men, both for the happiness
IL would make in their own lives and for
| the happiness it would bring others;
| third, they should have faith in the
| world, for the world would then have
1 faith in them, and finally to have faith
| in God, for the encouragement and com
fort and the great sustaining influence
that would be needed in the coming
struggle with the world.
The following statement was then read
by Mr.. Smith, after which the college
chorus sang Heaven and Earth Dis
play" and the benediction by Rev. Hiram
Bingham closed the program ana the
graduates received the congra tu,ations Of
| their friends:
The registration of Oahu College for
| the present year shows the following fig
ures: kindergarten, 80; Punahou Prepar-
atory 246; College, los; SPECIAL students,
20. Total, 40
! The college is able to report some steps
| of progress during the year. The Tetir-
ing president recommended one year ago
| that the course Of study be ceiacrd from
five years to sour During the present
year, with the approval of the trustees,
| this has been done The present course
of study coIreso oaiS precisely to the
! four years course generally offered by
| secondary schools in the States TIE
number of required subjects is reduced 10
| a minimum, w:.h the t~Cfold ot.eIt
that, on one han1, students iutehrjnS 70
pursue college ecu SIS in the States may
have as much IIDle as possible II i vote
| to the special couses required for en-
trance to IN er CHOSEN colleges, an. o.
the 3ths nand students who &c not con
| template college work in the States may
! have abundant time for work in special
| branches demanded by our local condt-
| tons To facilitate this work the teach
irg force has been increased by two new
teachers. We regret that we have not
the equipment necessary for the technical
work that ought TO be done. With such
equipments manual training and engi-
reering department, agricultural depart
nIent, d musical and art conservatory
also a gymnasium and kindergarten
building, together with several additions
TO the teaching force to accompany the
new eQuipment-Oahu College might be
an ideal school of its kind
The institution also needs, on its domes-
tic side. some new homes for boys and
| teachers. The school needs these things,
not as the pleasant fulfilling of dream,
but because the cause of education, the
cause of good life and culture in Hawaii,
demands such school with such equip
nent.
| During the year the trustees nave
adopted a general campus plan, subject
to future notifications, which will serve
somewhat as q guide in the material
growth of the school The trustees have
also adopted some general regulations
which will guide the school in its inner
organization and growth. theoretically,
thus. the ground has been prepared sc
! that in its inner and outer development
each step taken in the future may be
very largely constructive and least de-
structive.