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

schools are built nowadays,-and tina
without any manual assistance from
J you.
/. In the year 1925 Kaahumanu issue'
a proclamation declaring that as sool
as schools are established all the PEG
pie must learn, and soon after tina
schools were established in all part
of tho islands and ten years after that
in the year 1885. Hoapili. Governor o.
this island of Maui, required all tn,
children above four years Of age Il
attend school, and ordered that no mar
or woman within his jurisdiction who
was unable to read. should have license
to marry. II was the same Governor
Hoapili who sent Moe. his pipe.lighter
to Hawaii TO establish schools in Pu
ma.
For me to speak on the subject OF
early education In Hawaii would only
tire my young hearers at this gather.
ing. And as to the adults present. per.
NIT me to refer you to the history u.
these Islands by Anderson. Alexander.
Dibble, Jarvis, Fernandez, Bingham
and others. So | shall but speak OF
the present.
Today we see here before lis the
foundation of new school house, not
of mortar but OF stones gathered from
, our streets and nearby canefields, and
which have been laying there since
they were first brought down presum.
ably from lao and from the Lihau
ranges during the glacial period. The
difference In the mode of constructing
these educational institutions may be
compared to the progress of civiliza.
ton in these islands. The history Of
the erection Of this building may be
told In few words.
Our Territorial Legislature of 1903
realizing the financial status of tho
g. Territory, yet believing In the advance
ment OF higher education. passed the
enabling act authorizing the Loan Ap.
preparation and by and with the an.
proval of President Roosevelt. tho
loan has been authorized. our bonds
issued, and the money is now available
for the completion Of this building.
The present generation believes in
erecting good school houses and en-.
gaging efficient teachers. Some OF us
who are here today were born and
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back and the sea and Haleakala in tho
foreground; but when look around me
today, II Is with deep regret that | fail
TO see products OF our English govern.
ment schools holding government DO
sitlons of trust and honor among us.
Ialents have been imported because
our schools have not turned out pupils
capable to hold those positions, al.
though we have expended enough mon.
ey In the education of Maui during the
past two decades and more to flood the
streets of Waikiki with such needed
talent. II Is not on account of lack of
materials, but we may lay this dismal
failure to the lack q such an institu.
ton as we are consecrating today Us
q memorial for future generations to
glory In the foresight of Its founders.
Hawaiian parents are weak and un,
ambitious. They do not fully realize
the advantages of higher education,
and most of them believe what Is good
enough for them is also good enough
Tor their children. Let us today cast
aside those weak and unambitious
feelings for want Of higher educa.
ton. The world is progressing. Let
us swim with the current.
We are today part OF the great
American nation, and as such in order
mat we may hold our own within this
Territory OF the United States, we must
strive to be on the same level with
our sister Territories and States of
The Union In educational matters.
John Stuart Mill. one of the worlds
famous students OF political economy.
has wisely said: ITO rear I'D minds
with aspirations and faculties above
the herd, capable OF leading on their
countrymen to greater achievements I'm
virtue. intelligence and general well.
being, these are the ends for which en-.
dowed universities are desirable: they
are those which all endowed unlyersi.
lies profess to aim at: and great IL
their disgrace II, having undertaken
this task and claiming credit for full.
hliing II, they leave II unfulhlled,
Having erected this magnificent edi.
ice for the cause of education. great
would be our disgrace II we do not
take advantage of this rare opportuni
" presented to ms, the finest and cost.
hest government school outside of Ho.
holulu, and raise the standard OF the
school TO that OF high school, first by
raising the standard OF teachers. and
the standard of pupils will necessarily
follow.
AT the conclusion of the exercises
the school children with their teach.
ers repaired to the old Wailuku School
building, where refreshments were
prepared for them by the committee
with Messrs. Wadsworth, Baldwin and
Coelho in charge, ana they made the
young ones happy with the bountilul
supply Of eatables.
Among those present were Hon. sen
ators s. Il. Kaiue, ID. Kalauokaiani. DR.
p. Frear and Or. A. J. Derby. and many
prominent people from the outside dis
triCts.