The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-07
LAHAINALUNA
DEDICATION


must lead strenuous and hard working
lives. Life does not consist in guitar
playing and amusement. The life that
is worth living is the life that consists
in hard work And yet the hard work.
ing life need not be dismal and color
less. Indeed the hard working life
gives a pleasant contrast to the periods
Of recreation. There is no truer pro-
verb than that all work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy. But the re-
verse of 1t is also true, for all play ana
no work will make Jack a still duller
boy.
The aim then, as I understand it Is
to have this institution educate men,
true, honorable, manly men. This Is
what you pupils of Lahainaluna must
set yourselves earnestly to work out.
1t rests with yourselves far more than
it rests with your teachers. They can
give you instruction, they can set ideals
before you, but unless you assimilate
the instruction and grasp the ideals
yourselves, making them part of your
being, the work will have been done In
vain. In Principal Macdonald and
the teaching staff associated with him,
you have some people of rare ability
it is for you to grasp the opportunity
which now lies before you. Do your
duty by yourselves and by this school.
Show to the Islands how you can take
advantage of what Is given to you. You
have practically a free education
free instruction in farming and as citi-
zens. I am proud that l was instru-
mental in building up this institution.
1t has had its enemies, it has had its
ups and downs, it has had its time OF
depression and it has had its times of
| fruition Make 1t a mark for the fu-
! ture. Lahainaluna has a great past
let it have a greater future. 1t rests
with yourselves to make that future.
Devote yourselves earnestly to the ele-
walton Of your race, and the elevation
of your race will come through the
| thrifty and comfortable home. Marry
when your home is ready and bring
up your children to be honest, honor
! able and virtuous men and women. the
! future of any people and their success
! depends upon the home and the family.
! This is an ideal to put before your
selves, to think about and to live up to.
You will then not only have regen-
Grated and rejuvenated Lahainaluna,
but you will have regenerated and re-
| juvenated race.
A great American thinker once wrote,
every man has at times in his mind
the ideal of what he should be, but Is
not" This ideal may be high and
complete, or it may be quite low and
insufficient yet i'm all men that really
seek to improve it is better than actual
/ character. Perhaps no one Is so salts
fled with himself that he never wishes
to be wiser, better or more holy. Man
never falls so low that he can see moth
ing higher than himself. and the same
is true of woman. This ideal man which
we project, as it were, out Of ourselves
and seek to make real-this wisdom
Il goodness, holiness which we aim tc
transfer from our thoughts to our lives
has an action more or less powerful
on each man, rendering him dissatisfied
with his present attainments and rest
less, unless he is becoming better. II
is this reslessness in seeking higher
ideals that count upon in you. Bet
ter be restless in seeking after gooc
than sink into that apathy which is the
lsurest path that leads to the destruction
of manhood and eternity.
Says the greatest poet Of our race
considering the grandeur Of man:
what a piece of work is a man! How
noble In reason! How infinite i'm facul
ty In form and moving-how express
and admirable! In action-how like al
angel! In experimentation like
God! The beauty Of the world! TIL
paragon Of animals"
Boys Of Lahainaluna fit yourselves t
be men, and aim that your each in
dividual epitaph may belle was
Man!