The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-25

, accomplishment or attainment? to do
rather than to be? 1 know the allure
ments of the material life, its beauty.
its splendour, its variety. l know that
the valleys of life. are filed with it's
triumphs, product of the wonderful ad-
vance in the arts and sciences, but its
mountain tops are the dwelling places
of the heroes of the ages, nor is the
path difficult or its end obscure The
voice of wisdom stands approved by
that of philosophy and of religion
There are but three ends of human
inquiry. says Emmanuel Kant in his
Critique of Power Reason. What can
] know, what ought l to do, what can
become?" Religion answers in the
words of Jesus: Il am the way the
truth and the life The difficulty is
not in seeing clearly if we take
thought, but in finding time for
thought, in thinking honestly, and in
the courage to adhere to our convic-
tions.
ITO you who are to pursue a college
course, I do not urge less diligence in
study but 7 do urge that you keep your
minds at;uned to the best of the
thought life which surrounds that
study. For myself I count the four
years which I spent in college some of
the best years of my life but after all
1 brought from them but two things
of value. One the association with q
body of young men of my own age
whose friendships have been with me
through life, with whose aims and pur-
poses 1 became acquainted who opened
to me a wider and more intimate
knowledge of my fellow men. The
other the association with instructors
in whom I saw how small the allure
nents which seem so great in the ma
terial world, are to men who have seen
the beauty and dignity of the service
of educating the youth of the coming
generation and leading them along the
right paths to the heights of wisdom
you who go into the school of life,
beg to remember that however loud
may sound the din of its strife and the
hum of it's industry, you can never
know when the call to duty comes un-
less your mind is alive to catch it's
voice. and ready to respond to that
call.
$50 nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man,
w llcIi uuly WiliSpSIS lc", liiOu liiCol,
The youth replies I can"
After a beautiful piano solo, ''The
Butterfly" by Grieg, played by Miss
Dagmar Sorenson, Miss Juliette May
Fraser, who led her class in scholar
ship, delivered the valedictory. taking
as her subject, Art. an Expression of
Love-" She showed how the Greek
sculptor, out of his love for his gods, !
beautiful statues, how the ca
thedral builder typified his love for
God in stone, how the painter showed I
his in the madonna that his brush Gre I
ated. The speaker closed with an al
fusion to the love that caused the
of such institutions as Stan
ford University and Punahou, and made
an appeal to her classmates to be loyal
to their alma mater.
Guilford H. Whitney, the class presi-
dent, presented to the college on behalf
Of tie class d beautiful koa chair for
the presidents use in the chapel. The
chair is carved with the college mono
gram. At the top are two griffns'
heads, while the arms are lions heads
and the front legs lions paws. Presi-
lent Griffiths made a happy reply,
thanking the class and saying that "if
the presidents chair is ever easy, I
-hink this will make it more So
The president then announced the
winners of the Damon Rhetoric Prize,
for in a recent defamation
contest. The contest was close. First
prize went to Miss Ruth Waller and
second TO Miss Alice Spaulding. Hon.
II Castle for tho fr,-JSta then made
he award of the Punahou Roll of
Honor and Trustees Loving Cup. This
;oes to that student who has, in the
pinion of the faculty, done most for
not on,y in scholarship. but in
ther lines as well. The coveted honor
nd cup went to William Spencer Bow
n of the senior class. Miss Florence
Hall, who won the cup last year. placed
he name plate on the bronze tablet.
President Griffiths also announced
hat Miss Beatrice Castle had founded Z
library of books in connection with
he college library. These books are
iven in memory of her cousin, Helen {
tors Lowrey. and the library is en-
owed With a sufficient sum to keep the
ooks in condition and purchase new F.,
mes each yea.
With a few Wen chosen words Presi-
ent Grffiths presented the diplomas.
.fter a song by the chorus and the
istribution of flowers. Rev. w. NJ. Kin
aid pronounced the benediction.
Following We're the graduates:
College Preparatory Course. STANLEY
-aze Healani Ashford William Spen- 7
ar Bowen, Juliette May Fraser, Cath !,
rfne Warren Gooda.e. Gerrit Parmele :,
udd, Lawrence McCully Judd, James r
hamilton Pratt, George Fullerton Rem y
m. Jr.. Guilford Harrison Whitney. =
auI Wilmington. General Course {
ichard Conrad Ahrens. Alice COrdelia
rown. Florence Hall, Mabel Kalahiki- ,
a Kinney. Eunice Cothren Pratt =
commercial Course.-KCan Yet Ching, y
i'm Fook Chung, James a. x. Hattie, .
ariel S. K. Pahu. II
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