The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-07
DIP TOMAS
PRESENTED
Boys Glass 'O5 Grad.
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| Annual Commencement of the Kane
hameha School for Boys A class OF
thirteen boys was graduated, the frs
under the administration of President
Horne. The exercises were most inter
esting. consisting of addresses by
| members of the graduating class, al
address by DR.. Scudder, music by the
glee club and instrumental music. The
ture. The front of the platform was
a bank of ported palms and other trop-
ical foliage. In the corners of the
building were great palm fronds, while
the electric light fixtures We're hung
| with pepper leaves. At the rear of
the platform the American and Ha-
| waiian flags were draped together.
| Upon the background thus formed a
| shield of green was hung with the
| figures Z" '05' worked in it in yellow
flowers, green and yellow being the
| plain Living and High Thinking"
| was emblazoned above in yellow old
| English letters On a green scroll. The
choir rail was a mass of green dotted
with yellow flowers.
| The organ prelude, Batiste's Grand
| Ofertoire in c. was played by Miss
| S. Lillian Byington. During the play
ing the graduates, dressed in their
natty gray uniforms, the trustees, fac
ulty and speakers filed on to the plat
form. Rev. ]. L. Hopwood, the chap
| lain, gave the invocation and the re-
| Spouse, Schubert's 'Sanctus" was
| given by the Glee Club, which followed
with Beethoven's worship of God in
| NATURE The Salutatory was then de-
| livered by Benjamin Kamakau. He
| spoke on the subject, Civic Fedora
| tion," and gave a very timely and
| thoughtful treatment of the problem
| of good government and the methods
being used in many cities to secure
| honesty in politics. He traced the
| Civic Federation movement in the
| States and then spoke of the local
one, showing how it would have saved
much money spent on the first county
| election if it had been in existence
| then to test the law. He appealed for
| support for the cause of good govern
ment and urged his classmates and
| fellow students to learn to serve four
| things-God, country, school and self.
industrial Schools was the title
| of a well-written address by Edgar
| Norton Jr. He spoke of the 95 per
| cent. of the people who are not col
| lege bred and appealed for support of
| the Industrial school as the heritage of
| the great working class who are I'M
| able to get a college educa ton. Abel
| All You followed with a paper on
| .Chinese Immigration which was
| undoubtedly the feature of the pro-
! gram He gave a history of Chinese
! immigration in these islands and
| showed how much better the Chinese
| were than the japanese, who with no
| increase of efficiency are striking con-
| tinuallyl~ and demanding great in
| crea ses in wages. He made an i'm
! FASHIONED appeal for the Chinaman
who lis forbidden a home in a land
| dedicated to the proposition that all
men are free and equal The Glee
| Club followed with a medley, which
brought much we'll deserved applause.
| Mr.. Livingston directed the singing.
George Maioho gave an interesting
| address on the subject. Hawaii and
| the Panama Canal telling how the
| islands will be benefited by its COM
pietion. David Desha followed with
very scholarly presentation of THE
| Influence of Printing on Civilization"
| in which he showed the value of books,
| the service of newspapers, and gave a
warning against some downward ten
denotes in Journalism, putting the
blame for these on the people who
read and buy. Henry Mahikoa, who
had the highest standing in the class,
delivered the valedictory, choosing as
his subject, 1.-The Homes of Hawaii
His address was a very practical and
we'll written composition making a
plea for the best home life, which is
the backbone of the nation and the
fulfilling of the Hawaiian motto "Ua
mau Ike ca o ka alma ka pono."
After a selection by the Glee Club
DR. Doremus Scudder delivered the adj
dress to the class. He spoke of man as
being ga bundle of wants" and having
wants for education. for power, for
possession He spoke of the good
wants and the bad wants and gave
three mottoes-"F'or self, get most" "Of
self. make most" and Put self into
most" saying that the latter was the
motto for the young man to take as his
own
The diplomas were presented by
President Perley L. Horne who made
a departure from the usual order of
commandments by speaking to each
a word of commentator for some spe-
ciaI trait of character or achievement.
After each graduate had received his
diploma he knelt on the platform and
a. schoolmate placed leis about his neck
and presented him with his flowers.
The members of the class We're almost
hidden under the mass of flowers and
there was much amusement in the
audience over some whose faces could
hardly be seen through the windings
of leis.
After the singing of Hawaii Ponoi.