The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-22
HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
A LARGE CLASS RECEIVE THEIR
DIPLOMAS AND PRESENT AN AT
TRACTGvE PROGRAM SATURDAY

The graduating exercises or the
class Of 1903 of the Honolulu High
School were we'll attended at Progress
Hall Saturday evening. The hall was
attractively decorated. The class
motto "Wiwo ole a lanakila," which
means Courage brings success was
displayed in paper flowers, above the
platform. The accompaniaments for
the musical numbers of the program
were rendered by Mrs. Yarndley on the
piano and by w. A. Love and Joseph
Rosen on the violin.
The following are the members of the
graduating class Clara May Cameron,
Code Marion Garden, Agnes Gertrude
Dunno Ellis Lando, Ethelinda Florence
Schaefer, Elsie Kamoani Smith, Blan-
che Ethel Soper, Clara May Thomas,
Rebecca Hull Thompson, Anna Woods
Tucker, Alice Mamie ziegler, Ella
Sophie Ziegler, Ernest Nathaniel Smith
(speciaD.
The program was opened with an
invocation by the Rev. G. L. Parson.
The school chorus sang Brooks Shall
Murmur". The Salutatory address was
given by Miss Cordie Garden. Ellis
Lando sang Asleep in the Deep" The
class poem, the composition of Miss
Ethelnda Schaefer, was read by her.
The Valedictory, was given by Ernest
Nathaniel Smith. The school chorus
sang, "Ladybird," and the class song
written by Miss Schaefer, and in
closing the program, Mendelssohn's an
them from "Atalie," The Lord is
Great" There was an address by Sup
erlntendent of Public Instruction, and
one by Principal NJ. NJ. Scott in pre-
senting the diplomas to the members
of the class Prof. Scott also, on be-
half of Mrs. Samuel G. Wilder. a
former High School teacher presented
each of the girl graduates, with a
handsome hat pin. Following the
closing anthem there was a class re-
ception.
The address of the Superintendent of
Public instruction was on the assimi-
lating quality of education. Among
other things he said:
"The Christian world educates on
somewhat similar lines, and the result
is that the races which have adopted
| Christianity easily assimilate. The
Mahommedan world educates upon en-
tirely different lines. The so-called
oriental world educates upon entirely
different lines, and the result is entire
lack of power to assimilate. l do not
think that the Mohammedan or the
| Chinese Oriental does not assimilate
on account of his religion, but I do
think that he does not assimilate on
account of his education. Educate on
similar lines, and you reach assimila-
| ton.
Yesterday, in company with others
| who take an interest in education, /
made visits to a number of the schools
in any such visits than the mixture of
races which one comes across. The
manner in which these children as
simulated was simply wonderful. There
ought to be many causes for disassimi-
| lation. There were differences of race
differences of home training, differences
| of color differences of religion, and the
| latter truly radical, since though there
may be the wide difference between
| Professionalism and Roman Cathlicism,
a difference which threw the Christian
world literally afiame some three hun
dred years ago and between the Pro-
| testant sects even now yet all these
unite under the one Christian banner
| but there is the further difference that
| the oriental contingent in the school
enrolls itself under an entirely diff
ferent and antagonistic banner Yet
with such differences, every thing went
smoothly and there was the most per-
| feet assimilation" a