The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-28
IN CAMP
At MAKUA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Boys Enjoyed
Outing.

/ on Saturday afternoon the boys Of the
Kamehameha Schools returned to Homo
lulu from their annual outing vacation
OF a week at the little village of Mal<ua,
| about eight miles from Waianae The
I students protited by the weeks out-of-
door experience and seemed ready to
| meet their school duties with renewed
| vigor. Not one OF them became sick
and practically nothing happened to mar
/ their pleasure. All returned fully appre-
ciative of the efforts Of Principal c. Il.
| Dyke, the teachers and Major Wilson to
give them good time. The teachers who
accompanied the school were Principal
c.. b. Dyke. U. Thompson. La Crosse.
Bicknell. Kanuha, Grouse, Mcdonald
Hill. Bristol. Beadle, Robinson and Mr.
Elkin.
Makua is an ideal place for camping.
being close to the ocean and the noun
tains and only about a hundred yards
from the MaAua railroad station. The
only things lacking were fresh water
| and firewood. but these were readily OBJ
| tanned from town and brought down to
the train. In the mountains back of
Makua wild goats wild turkeys. MALE
and many things dear to the boys fancy.
and in the ocean are fishes of all descrip-
TONS crabs and opihis. 1t did not take
the students long to ascertain that the
railroad track was an ideal place for tug
of-war matches. and teams were prompt
ly organized. A team composed of heavy
weights among the teachers, with Sena-
tor Kanuha Tor an anchor was one of
the strongest.
The students left town last Monday
on the 9:15 a. m. train. in charge of
Major Wilson and all the male teachers.
There were about 124 boys On arriving
at Makua the camp was-laid out and in a
short time the siXty-five tents were up
and ready for occupancy. AS the wind
blows about as steadily at Makua as
through the Pail considerable skill was
exercised in erecting the canvas to with
stand the heavy gusts. While the tents
were going up. fire places for cooking
and tables were being made. BY noon
the camp was in readiness, lunch was
served and the afternoon was spent in
getting acquainted with the locality.
At $50 the next morning the boys
were reused from their slumbers. had
breakfast at and shortly afterward
small army carrying rifles was on it's way |
to the mountains in quest of wild goats. |
Before supper time had arrived thirty |
five goats had met their fate at the hands |
of the young nimrods. and the kids
were captured and carried to the |
camp. The evening was passed in re- |
counting their adventures and in talking |
Of the coming picnic and Of the guests |
they were to have the next day. as il /
had been arranged that the girls of the /
schools were to join them for a days /
outing and partake of the good things of
a Iuau.
On Wednesday morning big imu OF
oven was prepared in which
to cook the pigs that were to be brought |
from Honolulu. During the fore
rived. and with them two big puaas
ready for the imu. The girls re-
ceived hearty welcome. The boys told
them of their prowess with their rifles, |
and the number of goats killed assumed
wonderful proportions The blare of a
10 all all 70 he Ina a n
ed their attention to seven long tables
laden with edibles of all descriptions. AT
3:15 in the afternoon the girls boarded the
train again to return to the city.
The next day was spent in rambling |
over the mountains and in fishing. There
were fewer goats killed than on the first |
day. The teachers accompanied the boys |
on their sporting expeditions. That tv-
ening the tug-of-war teams pulled away
at the rope and a surprising exhibition of |
day. Visits were made by some to the
for MALE to be used for dec
orations on the return to the city; others
spent the day bathing and surf-riding.
Senator Kanuha being the acknowledged |
champion surf-rider.
That evening the Senator organized a
team among the teachers to pull I'm tug
of-war match against the heaviest team
Of the boys. The Senator was given the :
anchors position. The team was as fol-
lows: ID. Kanuha. l. EslSew. L. S. La
Crosse and c. A Mcdonald The weight
lest students were organized against the I
their team being composed of
the following: II. Paakil<i. II. Kaeo. Geo. |
Sahimi and j. Kamakau. The time was
limited to three minutes and before the |
time was up the teachers had lost bv one |
nch. The Senator declared that his
strength was only beginning to assert
Itself when time was called and challeng-
ID any three boys to pull against MIN.
TRY IL, try it." shouted the bows and |
'hortly the Senator was pulling against
hree members OF the opposing team.
rhe boys thought they had soft snap
tut they were mistaken. They could not
nudge him. and only the breaking of the
ope prevented him from winning
Camp was struck on Saturday morning F
nd by IL p. m. all were ready to start tor
Tome. The lads boarded the o'clock
rain and reached the schools shortly af-
er o'clock.