The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-01-02
NEW YEAR COMES WITH A
HEARTY GREETING FROM ALL
Din of Night Noises Welcomes the Stranger.
Many Mery.Makns Parties Dance
the Old Year Away.
PUNAHOUS CELEBRATE.

The most elaborate dinner was the an
nual one of the Punahou Athletic club,
in honor of the football team. There
was a full table and the evening was
spent with spirit and enjoyment. The
dinner was enlivened by music from a
Glee Club and the cheer of the college
was heard to resound through the great
building when a punctuation mark was
needed for any of the many speeches
which recounted the glories of victory
and the valor of opponents.
Clarence II. Cooke acted as toast
master and brought out speeches from
almost every member of the club pres
ent and the visitors as well. There
were toasts to the men whose individual
records had made the record of the sea-
son so brilliant, and to the clubs of the
league, and the occasion was one Of
the utmost good feeling and the appre-
citation of the occasion was unanimous
The men who sat down to the dinner
We're: F. II. Armstrong. II. A. Wide
mann, C. p. Morse, c. II. Elston, f. w.
Klebahn, F. A. Iaukea, T. w. Dibblee,
c. A. Macintosh, II. C. Easton, w. S.
Rycroft, II. A. Walker, w. II. Rawlins,
Percy Benson, C. II. Cooke, w. A. An
derson, II. p. Judd, II. w. Forbes, w.
S. Walker, C. G.. Fuller, n. B. Lansing.
A. Marcallino, j. l.. p. Robinson, j. D..
Marcallino, c. c. Cunha, and NJ A.
Robinson, with certain others who join
ed the company only for moment.
/ KAMEHAMEHAS CELEBRATE.
| The graduates of Kamehameha
schools danced the old year out last
evening at the club of the alumni on
Fort street. There was a merry party
and the hours were gladly speeded.
/ The entertainment began at s o'clock
with music by the Emerald quartet.
There was then dancing and the display
of costumes was a striking one.
The main assembly room was given
over to the dancing and the rear apart
ments were used for the service of an
excellent supper and refreshments in
general. There were some special fea-
tures such as an enjoyable selection on
the phonograph by E. stiles. The
dancing was under the direction of q
committee with C. II. Siemsen as chair
man, and everything was of the most
enjoyable.
THE REBEKAHS.
The New Years eve dance of the Pa
cific Rebekah lodge, No. 1, I. o. o. F..
at Progress hall was a huge success II
point Of numbers as well as in the
enjoyment derived from several hours
of alternate dancing the waltz and deuA
temps. In hall strikingly decorated
with strings of flags of various nations
embellished with flowers and greens
and motto, Happy New Year" con-
spicuous over the archway of the plat
form, hundreds of young people danced
from one year into another, only stop
ping for a few minutes as midnigh
came to greet 1903 with a blast from
horns and ear-splitting whistles.
Captain Paul Smith was the flool
manager and made distinct hit will
the young folks who demanded an en-
: core after each dance by gallantl!
acquiescing. The music was good thu
!, lemonade and cake excellent, the crowt
was in the merriest frame of mind, ant
, the hall rang with laughter and Hap
. py New Year" greetings. The program
m intermission before midnight for
light "c past. One OF the principa
, features was in the observance of tn
r birth of the new year and at the frs
r blast of horn given by a charmin
b member of the Rebekahs the hall re
sounded with noise for several min
utes.
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