The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-09

PRESENTED

Bishop Memorial chapel was throng-
ed last night at the Fourteenth
Annual Commencement of the Kane
hameha School for Boys. A class Of
thirteen boys was graduated, the first
under the administration of President
Horne. The exercises were most inter-
esting, consisting of addresses by
members of the graduating class, an
address by DR.. Scudder, music by the
glee club and instrumental music. The
decorations of the chapel were a fea-
ture. The front of the platform was
bank of potted palms and other trop-
ical foliage. In the corners of the
building were great palm fronds, while
the electric light fixtures were 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 "'O5' worked in 1t in yellow
flowers, green and yellow being the
class color. The motto of the class,
plain Living and High Thinking"
was emblazoned above in yellow old
English letters on green scroll. The
choir rail was a mass of green dotted
with yellow flowers.
The organ prelude, Batistes Grand
Offertoire 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. j. l.. Hopwood, the chap
lain, gave the invocation and the re-
sponse, Schubert's "Sanctus" was.
given by the Glee Club, which followed
with Beethovens worship of God in
Nature The Salutatory was then de-
livered by Benjamin Kamakau. He
spoke on the subject, Civic Fedora
tion," and gave 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 IL 1t 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
lCiioW StuucllS " ltdTll 10 serve lOuT
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 un--
able to get a college education. 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-
tinually and demanding great in
creases in wages. He made an i'm
passioned appeal for the Chinaman
who "is forbidden a home in a land
dedicated to the proposition that all
men are free and equal.' The Glee-
Club followed with medley, which
brought much well 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
pletion. David Desha followed with A.
very scholarly presentation of THE
Influence of Printing on Civilization"
In which he showed the value of books.
the service of newspapers. and gave n
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, THE Homes of Hawaii"
His address was a very practical and
well 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 ka alma 1 ka pono."
After a selection by the Glee Club
DIR. Doremus Scudder delivered the ad-
dress to the class. He spoke of man as
being "a 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-"Fors self, get most" "of
self, make most" and Put self into
most" saying that the latter was the
motto Tor 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
commencements by speaking to each
a word of commendation for some spe-
cial 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,
all standing. Rev. ]. NJ. Poepoe pro-
nounced the benedlction. Miss Bying-
ton played an organ postlude.