The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-21
PUNAHOu
GRADUATES
The Class Of 1904 Got
Diplomas Last
Night.
(From Sundays Advertiser)

full of people last night to attend the
commencement exercises OF the class
of 1904. The majority of the audience
were women whose white summer cos
tunes gave the hall festival appear
ance. During the exercises the electric
lights went out and for perhaps twen-
ty minutes the place was pitch dark;
but young graduate, Miss Amy Pink
ham Hill, who was delivering the vale
dictory, kept on to the finish, receiV-
ing tremendous applause, and the rest
of the time was pleasantly whiled
away in hearing an organ voluntary
by Professor Gerard Barton.
The evenings program began with
a mastery organ Pilgrim
Chorus'-by Br. Barton, which was
followed by the invocation of Rev. w.
D. Westervelt. The honors of the sal
utatory, third honors, went to George
Clarence Pearson, son of Rev. Geo. l..
Pearson, who spoke in thoughtful
way on THE Influence of Democracy
in America The salutatory with sec
ond honors, Song Birds of Hawaii"
was delivered by Percy Gynlais Hiwa
Deverill. 1t was an essay showing
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edge of an interesting subject. The
next number on the program, violin
solo by Miss Florence Hall was omit
ted, the young woman having hurt her
finger.
The commencement address by
Walter G. Smith was the occasion. in
the Introductory remarks by President
Griffiths. of some pleasant compliments
to the Advertiser as "the organ of civic
righteousness" Mr.. Smiths address
which was entitled Getting On in the
World" will be published by request
of Prof Alexander, Bishop Restarick
and others, in tomorrow's paper. its
length precluding it's insertion here.
The piano solo, minuet in B minor.
by Esther Dagmar Sorenson. was
pleasant change in the program and
was received with a salvo of hand
clippings.
The valedictory, first honors, THE
Heroines of Scott" was so excellent
that it is given in full below. The VALE
dictorian was Amy Pinkham Hill and
it was during her appearance on the
platform that the lights went out and
put her self-possession to the test.
THE VALEDICTORY.
Imperfection is the fashion of this
world if not its law The fashion is
more prevalent in the higher order of
created things than in the lower, for,
the more complicated the structure,
the more difficult is its mechanism, and
the more readily are its parts derang-
ed. Consequently, there are more fall
ures in reaching the perfection of the
type in humanity, than in the lower
animal world, or in the vegetable
kingdom. Indeed it is never reached.
A perfect bird or flower is not rare.
but whoever saw perfect man or
woman? Yet a belief in human perfec-
ton is in every right mind, and an
aspiration to reach it in every right
heart.
Through all English literature there
runs an idea of feminine excellence,
and, whether it be Chaucer's Emily,
Spencer's Una, Shakespeare's Portia,
Wordsworth's portrait of the one who
had
"A countenance in which did meet
Sweet records, promises as SWEET
whether it be Ethel Newcomb, or Ro-
mola, or any other heroine of fiction,
we find, according to his intellectual
ability and spiritual insight, the au-
thor's conception of Woman.
1t is to SCOTS ideal l wish to call
your attention,-an ideal that unites
and harmoniZes the strong and the
graceful; the firm and the soft: the
and the modest; the wise |
and the innocent; the true and the
kind; the dignified and the gracious |
AS in every cable of the British navy |
a red thread runs through the entire |
length to identify it against wrong APP
over all seas, into all
ports, however widely remote, this lit |
tie and almost unnoticeable sign of ,
goes with it's quiet eX-
preston of the far-reaching power and
dominion of English sovereignty. So, |
in the women of the Waverley Novels |
whatever their station, whatever their !
land, or period, or tongue, Is the UNI
strand-the touch and the
stamp of the Wizard of the North.
There is Ellen Douglas, a mountain
maiden whose very heart seems to
throb in sympathy with nature. She
IL wild and timid as the deer, but her
step is light that
Zen the slight harebell raised its
head.
Elastic from her airy tread"
Her voice
"Those silver sounds, So soft, so
dear
The listener held his breath 60
hear
Her outer visor ana beauty seem but
the Visible expression 1T her inner
strength ana grace
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