The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-20
OUT
OF SCHOOL
tFrom saturday,s AdvertIser.l

Sweet girl graduates and the manly
representatives OF the other sex had
their own way last evening at the
commencement exercises Of the Homo
lulu High School for twelve young
women and young men entered upon
the activities Of life and said farewell
to their alma mater, These diploma
honored young people and the courses
they pursued We're as follows:
College Entrance Course-Miss Eva
Beatrice Boswell. william Thomas
Garden. Nina Grace Craig, Stella Duff
field Halsey. Elsa Peterson.
General Course-Miss Inez Edith
Underwood. William Seymore Chill
lingworth (provisionaD. Miss Maud
Patty. Foster Lester Davis, Paul os-
car Schmidt, Ellwood Coggshall Wild
err.
Commercial Course Miss Nera
Louise Costa (provisionaD.
Progress Hall was crowded with
pupils of the school and parents, end
friends OF the institution. Upon the
stage decorated with a large Hawai-
ian flag and branches of bamboo sat
the graduating class, Principal III. NJ.
Scott, Rev. Doremus Scudder, who
made the address to the graduates,
Rev. Alexander Macintosh of st. AN
drew's Cathedral, Superintendent Of
Public Instruction Davis and the COM
missioners of Education.
Rev. Alex. Macintosh invoked the
blessing on the graduates. The High
School chorus, led by Mrs. Yarndley.
sang the Song of the Mountaineers."
Miss Nina Craig gave the salutatory.
speaking in an easy manner and pre-
senting cheerful greeting to all the
friends of the school. Miss Elsa Peter
son read an original poem, THE Open
Door," which was quite clever. Fol-
lowing another song by the High
School chorus, Lacome's "Estudian-
tina" Mr.. Paul Schmidt sang two bari
tone solos in a very acceptable man
ner.
The valedictory was given by Mr..
VIM. Garden. He spoke of the regret
the graduates felt in leaving schoo,
whose teachers had given them so
much encouragement and had taken
such pains to equip them for the
worlds battles.
The address to the graduates was
made by Rev. Doremus Scudder, n
scholarly presentation of many truths
and facts for the guidance of the
young people. He told of the old-time
school days when he went to school
when all the teachers seemed to think
their one duty was to cram the stu
dents with heavy luggage He spoke
! s,f tlnn rnl,1 -,
dren learned to think for themselves
and to create. He spoke of Japan,
even in its earliest days, as a nation
which was able to think for itself and
to create, but 1t needed co-operati ton
and in the end, it linked itself with the
nations of the world and no nation has
shown such progress in so short a
time. 1t was the same with the pupil
Cooperation was an essential of his
advancement, after becoming thinker
and creator. The speaker urged the
young men to be like Theodore Roose-
welt, the highest type of the Individual
thinker.
After another chorus, Now to the
Lord a Noble Song" VIM. Garden
stepped to the front of the platform
and in few well chosen sentences
presented to Prof. Scott, on behalf of
I the class a beautiful cane of cocoanut
wood, adorned with the Hawaiian
coat of arms, a miniature replica OF
the Hawaiian crown and gold orna-
, ment representing the Kamehameha
statue.
In accepting the cane, Prof. Scott
10 in n c
Gus way. He then referred to the
statement regarding what the schools
are expected to do for pupils, but he
| thought the schools We're expected to
do too many things. The modern
school was certainly an Improvement
on the old-fashloned school but he
thought 1t was sometimes case OF
where the good fairy came to a house
and blessed it with a child, and later
on the parents greatest desire seemed
to be to get If off to school that il
might be cared for by teachers. How
I ever he had never had any great
trouble with parents. Some parents
We're imbued with the idea that the
school will do everything for the
child, but the greatest energy in the
nourishment of the child was in the
home. Schools at best, can only co.
operate with the home.
lie said the graduates were only
twelve out of about $1,000 school chill.
dren In the territory. He had heard
some thoughtful men here say 1--WE are
over educating" But 9S per cent. OF
that $1,000 were in the first six grades
"a per cent. being In the first -four
grades. They learned there a little
reading, writing, geography and arith.
metic. That was the "over-education'
the young people In this country were
receiving. Prof. Scott made some COM
4 plimentary remarks to the graduates
on the excellent showing they haG
made during their four years, and then
presented each with diploma.
After brief reception by the grad
yates, the floor was cleared and to the
music of the Royal Iolani Qulntette
Club the students passed the next two
hours in dancing to their hearts con.