The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-26
ADDRESS TO
HAWAIIANS


rnsafnf gHmtis af oahu ra.he,
delivered tna fflilaa lns excellent ad
irfas 30 ksuDlnmsha arha1t fha uth
~ evening
ny subject tonight d. knmehamaha
School and Something More an
going 90 speak So the students and
from their point Of view know oi
only one body of young people be- whom
! am more Interested For that roa-
son ! am going 10 disregard the Older
persons. and talk straight 90 the boys
and girls ! have no need 10 make
mention OF the soicmnity aud signin.
cancc Of this occasion. Il IL fitting
recognition Of great and generous
deed You are glad to meet here to-
| night to do honor to your noble
Founder II VIII be a pleasant duty
TO march tomorrow to the sepuIcher OF
her whose memory will live as dong as
Hawaii Itself, and there to bow your
heads over the dust OF her whose name
stands highest among Hawaiian women
and whose body lies moulder-
Ing I'm the lap of cath. but whose
! hopes and plans and spirit live on In
| NHt hdiHeHamend SCHOOLS.
| But this is not all | do not con-
ceive that Founders Day means that
alone. That would be a poor tribute
indeed to pay to one who has done
so much for you and for her race
tounders Day Is not the meeting here
of students and friends or the per-
functory memorial of great woman
whom we remember today and hasten
to forget tomorrow-whose memory
takes visible form on this day only.
II is not like a cloak which we put
ON for this occasion and then lay care
fully away for the rest of the year.
\ cloak used like that would grow
rustier and seedier at every appearance
until at last we would be ashamed to
bring II forth Founders Day should
be the elimination of a years graft
tude;-it should be gathering force
and power with every days work /
do not hesitate to say that the pigs
and vegetables which enter into to-
morrows feast, which you have your
selves grown, have received a little
more anxious care because of the fact
that they We're TO be used tomorrow.
Every day they have doubtless been
suggestion of what you were re-
ceiving at her hands and reminder
of the obligations that you We're under
to her In just the same way. the
daily lesson, the drill. the work i'm the
shop or in the laundry should have
been reminder that these privileges
do not belong to you by any merit of
yours but that they We're given to you
as sort of sacred trust. Mrs. Bishop
did not seek and would not now ask
If she were here any word of thanks. |
All that she would require would be
that fair appreciation which shows to
best advantage in a proper use of what
she has put in your hands for the bet
terment of yourself and your people
In just the proportion that she has
been generous with you so should you
be grateful and appreciative. Your
daily work In school should bear wit
ness to the spirit which pervades
Founders Day. And in your later life
when school days are no more comes
the greatest test of all. 1t is not so
difficult TO remember that we are be- |
ing generously dealt with when all |
around us in these large grounds and |
handsome buildings stand monuments |
of that generosity. and when teachers |
are with you to renTnd you lest you |
forget But when ydu have left these |
things behind and when that training |
which you have received here is serv-
ing you well and when nearly every |
act of your earning life reminds you |
that you have learned how at Kane
mnhl hn AfI
Founders Day be with you.
Every day you should rise UP and
call her blessed who gave you tools
to work with, who made new life
possible to you, who took you in and
after giving you food and raiment,
sent you forth with a new light shin
ing In your eyes-the light which comes
alone from the power of personal
achievement. The fires which flash in
TO flame on Founders Day should be
burned with steady glow on every
day.
kamehameha is an Industrial school;
of its benefits, actual and possible
which it brings to you, want to speak
briefly.
Education consists of two processes
-tHe acquisition OF knowledge and the
training of powers. Kamehameha gives
you opportunities TO acquire such an
amount of knowledge as will serve
you under any ordinary circumstances
throughout your life. You learn the
main facts in history and science; you
get a familiarity with mathematical
processes; you attain to a fair mas
-ery of the English language. Your
mind is stored. The main emphasis,
however, is laid on the work with your
hands. You are being taught in shop
md field correct principles of work. :
and the power of using your !
lands. An effort is being made to +
make you self-supporting You should \
ave acquired such a knowledge of ,
principles and such dexterity in the i
Use of your hands before the end of q
our course as will put you at a great c
advantage in the competition which t
'ou will enter when you go out into /
he world. The tools for success are /
low being put into your hands. The /
chool can do that for you but 1t can !
10 little more. You must keep them e
harp. Your experience in the car