The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-05

The tenth commencement of the Ka-
mehameha School for Girls was held
last evening in Bishop Memorial
Chapel, Kamehameha. The pretty
church auditorium was filled with
friends of the school, and the cadets
and preparatory students of the two
boys schools were also present.
The chapel was attractive in simple
decorations of green. vines being main
~ used. The class motto, Climb
though the path be rugged" made Of
vines and leaves, adorned the wall be-
meath the great memorial window.
Upon the platform were the years
graduates, eleven in number, and with
them the principal and some of the
Perley Horne of kamehameha, Rev.
DR.. Kincaid of Central Union church,
Rev. John Hopwood chaplain of Ka
mehameha. In the choir loft was the
Kamehameha girls chorus.
This years graduates are as follows:
Academic DEPARTMENTAL Choy Ahu,
Victoria L. Mikahala Awana, Esther
Cockett, Maria Kaha-
unani Haia, Maggie Kakkookalani N.
Kamakaiwi Miriam Kahiuaia Kau-
hane, Lily Leialoha Kekuewa, Lydia
Leimakani Macy, Louisa Maria Hano-
hano Nahinu, Daisy Kahaumealani
Sheldon.
Sewing Experimentation Thelma
Antoine
Following the prelude, Chopin's Noe
turne, played by Miss Sadler at the
piano and Miss Byington at the organ,
Rev. w. n. Lono asked the invocation,
and Liliuokalanis response, He Aloha
no ka HAIKU was sung by the chorus.
which also sang Wekerlia's Stars the
Night Adjoining
Miss Mikahala Awana one of the
graduates, read an interesting paper on
Whence Came the Hawaiians?'' Miss
Awana treated the subject in an ex-
ceedingly clever manner, and clothed
the story of the origin of the Hawai-
ians in well-chosen language, suggest
ing some new theories.
Miss Miriam Kauhane told the pretty
story of the Menehunes, HaWaiis old
time folklore elves, in q charming man.
ner, weaving into the well-known ira
ditions of their existence some quaint
little stories Of their doings, such as
their building of great waterways and
fshponds overnight. Miss Kauhane
paid a tribute to Mrs. Days recently
published book OF the Menehunes.
The chorus then sang an old Hawai-.
ian mele entitled He Inoa no Kane
hameha,' chanting it with true native
cadence, and producing a weird, but
very sweet, melody, quite unusual from
so large a chorus To listen to meles
chanted with the voices of the Kameha-
meha girls is to obtain new and bet
ter idea of these oldtime Hawaiian
oils
The legend of Hawaii-loa was at
tractively told by Miss Kahaunan;
Haia. She told in a new way the story
of this traditional progenitor of the
Hawaiian race, his travels from the
isles of the far away South
Seas in canoes, guiding his course
to the northward and to these
islands, by the stars, his naming
the various islands after his children,
and the fading away into misty tradi-
ton OF his memory as the centuries
sped on.
Rev. DR.. kincaid made an address to
the graduates speaking on the subject
of Ideals in Life" He said that one
of the most beautiful memories he will
have when he leaves the islands, short
ly, will be his relations with the differ
ent students in the kamehameha
schools. He had enjoyed their visits to
the services at his church and he had
always enjoyed their music. He said
that the hope of Hawaii lay in the work