The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-26

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tFrom Sundays Advertiser)


Bishop Hall from President A. f. Grit
fiths, and afterwards received the con-
gratulations of a great concourse of
people. The exercises attendant upon
the presentation of the sheepskins were
interesting throughout, especially in
the awarding of the prizes in the Damon
Rhetorical contest and the announce
ment of the name of the student to be
placed on the Punahou Roll of Honor.
Bishop Hall was resplendent in
garnishments of flowers with back
grounds of green. Upon the platform
ford B. Dole, son of Rev. Daniel Dole,
first president of Oahu College, and
Rev. Stephen L. Desha. In addition,
| the graduates of the three divisions
were grouped upon the platform, com
prising the following:
College Preparatory Glass: Helen
Martha Carlton, Mildred Carlton, AL
bert Hong Sung Chuck, Margaret Vera
Cobb, Wallace Mckay Cooper, Leslie
Cooper Clark, Stephen Langhern
Desha, Jr., Alsoberry Kaumu Hanchett,
Moses Lono Heen, Alice Roth, Adolph
George Christian Schnack, Robert
Shipman Thurston, Margaret Water.
house, Lothrop Wilmington, Jr.
General Course: Janet Kenny Cat
ton, Helen Ramona Gifvin, Marion
Lucie Greene, Florence Kim Fung Ho,
Katherine Matthews Hopper, Sara
| Elizabeth Lucas, Isabella McCorriston
Alice Helen Muller, James Robert
Paris, Jessie Cunningham Shaw, Ethel
Sewer Spalding, Claire Julia Hokulani
Williams, Edward Assegut Kalehuaueli
Williams.
Commercial Course: John Rollin
Desha, James Pearse Whine.
Following an invocation by Rev
Stephen L. Desha of Hilo, the saiuta'
tory was read by Miss Helen Ramona
Girvin. Her essay was entitled, "Thc
Hawaiian Art of Weaving very in
teresting and comprehensive study of
the handiwork of the Hawaiians,
especially of the ancient times. The
Gloria was sung by the school chorus
and this was followed by an oration by
John Rollin Desha, "The Motto of Ka.
mehameha the Great
| This grafton was one of the most in.
teresting features of the evening, mas
much as the address dealt with peril.
nent local economic and political ques
| tions. The advice to his fellow-H
waiians was timely and the young
speaker was accorded salvo of ap-
plause at its conclusion. Men of affairs
| who heard the speech pronounced it one
of the finest efforts along this line that
has been heard in recent times. The
address was as follows:
MOTTO OF KAMEHAMiHA THE
| GREAT
Mankind is prone to idolize and re-
we're the deeds of the great. Each ma
tion loves to hold up to the rest of the
world, the valor of its generals; the
craftsmanship of it's diplomats; the
writings of its scholars; the discoveries
of it's scientists; the marvellous inge-
nuity of its inventors. Hawaii can not
beast of great achievements in science,
literature and art, but it can show some
records of craftsmanship and general
| ship that equal those of any other ma
ton. Rome had its Caesar; France had
| its Napoleon: England had its Crom-
well; America its Washington, and Ha-
wall its Kamehameha. Many tales
have been told of the prowess, valor
and sagacity of the great ruler of the
Hawaiians, but none with such a lesson
to his race as the Battle of the Sand
Hills" This was an engagement be-
tween Kalanikupule and Kamehameha
the one defending Maui. and the other
attempting to conquer 1t.
After the battle of Mokuohai, IN
which he defeated Kiwalo, and after
several other minor skirmishes, by
which he established his supremacy on
the island of Hawaii, Kamehameha
conceived the idea of conquering Maui,
Acting upon this conception, he called
| into council all the great chiefs, kahu-
mas, and wise men OF his realm, ami
laid before them his plan of conquest.
The councillors upon deliberate consul
tation, unanimously adopted his sug-
gestion. aud it was at once put into
execution. Great preparations were
made for the undertaking. Men called
kahuna- -kalai-waa, canoc-makers, were
sent into the forests to hew down the
lordly koas. and fashion them into ca
noes. All day long the work went on
week after week went by, and month
after month, until he had fleet, the
greatest ever seen in these waters.
Meanwhile other preparations were go
Ing on. Provisions sufficient for a long
campaign were procured, ammunitlons
~ war as spears ANA daggers, We're
prepared Tor use, Fortunately, for ka-
mehnmeha, he had some Foreigners
John Young and Isaac Davis, who
manipulated the cannon and furnished
firearms to the soldiers. The army
numrred about sixteen thousand men,
When eyerythina was IN readiness, and
hen the nuIrupTiutr ceremonies hud