Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-05-23

| the Orientals, the japanese especial
| ly, contribute the majority of schoo
| tax money In this district? They are
| therefore entitled to some considera
ton in the matter. II Is the earnest
desire of the majority. If not all of you
here today, to make this new schoo
high school and there is no reason
why II should not grow into one. We
I certainly need an institution of that
nature and there are many schools IN
the immediate vicinity that ought to
be preparing students for the higher
education that will be offered here.
believe that the day will come when
we will find out that this building is
too small. am quite sure that If the
work Is made attractive, the rooms of
, this building would not hold the schol.
ars that would be coming In. am
probably alone in this view. There is
no need of having seven schools in
Wailuku. We want big school here /;
the larger the better. Then we can
have one grade In room and when
that time comes well have school of
which we can justly be proud. Fill the
school to overlooking next term so that
when the Legislature meets you'll be
ready with a petition for threeroom
addition. When this school Is opened,
hope you will do all you can to make
Il successful institution. We want
the parents and friends to visit the
school. Plan to call In once In awhile,
say four or five times year. The
children will be glad to see you and
It will be pleasure to the teachers
TO have your company. Make them
feel that you are interested in this i'm.
portant work. The pupils will be do.
lighted to have the opportunity of
showing what they can do. We are
anxious to have the pupils to be per.
fectly at home in the presence of
strangers. virtue much coveted by
many. If there is one thing that We
want very much, It Is that school and
the homes be brought into closer
touch with each other.
II Is indeed an honor to be here, and
II Is pleasure to observe the keen In.
terest In educational matters that Ia
being exhibited by Wailuku's people.
In behalf of the Department Of Public
Instruction. I wish to thank the I'm.
proyement Association of Wailuku
District for arranging for these exer.
cises. | believe that this Is the first
time In the history OF education in
these Islands that exercises In connec
lion with the laying of the cornerstone
OF school house have been held. Once
more. 20 Maui no e ka or! Today we
are building a high school and may |,
be an institution of which each citizen
Of Waikiki and Maui cannot help but
praise. May lessons of good manners.
sobriety, good citizenship and honesty
be instilled in the minds and hearts OF
the youths of our fair land that when
they go out from the portals of this
home of learning they shall be pos
sessed of the strong desire to be use
full members of society and valuable
citizens OF our great and noble Repub.
lie.
Mr.. Kings remarks were followed
by Hon. II. p. Baldwin, who was en-.
trusted with the work of laying the
cornerstone of this new building. When
the stone was carefully laid in position
he said Il now declare the corner.
stone perfectly and truly laid" Mr..
Baldwin then went exhaustively into
the history of early education in liza
wall mel during the past eighty years.
Following were the contents OF tho
cornerstone: Copy Of Maui News. May
nth, 1905 Hawaiian Herald. Nov. Is.
1866; Annual Reports of II. G. & s.
Co.; set Hawaiian postage stamps; set
Hawaiian coins; certified copies OF
minutes OF Improvement Association
Of Waikiki District together with
full list of members (9D. There were
other things put into the stone which
the committee could not remember,
but were all identified with education
al interests on Maui
A song by Mr.. II. w. Baldwin. and
then Hon. A. n. Kepoikai delivered
the following closing address:
The laying Of the cornerstone which
We have Just viewed, performed by
the Hon. II. p. Baldwin, one of the
most progressive of Maui's sons and
one also Of the staunchest supporters
In educational matters among us. and
who has spent fortunes In that direc'
ton for the support of schools and
scholarships. and one who was instru.
mental as legislator In the passage of
the appropriation which Is now being
used In the erection OF this school
building, Is an event that one and all
Of MS may glory In passing down 10
generations yet unborn. And the occa
sion upon which We are brought to
gether today to celebrate Is one that
all mothers of Maui should rejoice In.
In the year 1920. or "a years ago.
when the first missionaries arrived on
these our beautiful shores, the Ha.
wailan people, led by Keopuolani, the
Queen Mother, and Kaahumanu, the
Queen Regent, broke the tabus, abol
ished idolatry, and demolished the
heather temples which were reared by
our forefathers for the generation of
heather gods.
The history of education In these
Islands may be divided into four pc.
RODS, and each period had its own dis.
tinctivo class of schools:
!. Schools for chiefs, 1S20-25.
z. Schools for common people,
lS25.35.
3, BOARDING schools for boys and