Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-31
Kamehameha Alumni
Enjoyable Smoker

In all the history of the Kamohameha
Alumni Association entertainments,
the smoker given by It's members IA
their clubhouse ON Fort street last SAT
urday night was the best and the most
enjoyable one There were not many
people present Besides the members OF
the Association: but r. l.. Horne the
president of all Kumehamehas, Chus.
H. King. the school inspector OF Ha-
wall. ana r. ]. Tesla were there Tie
program was made M of different ma
tcrial, such as smoking. playing check
ers and cards, singing. speech-makins
and indoor games. A. q. KaulukOd
acted as the master of ceremonies, who.
after telling OF his school experiences
while abroad. introduced the speakers
Ia the audience. The house was some.
what handicapped owing to the absen~ =
of the young ladies, but otherwise the
affair was successful, Before commenc-
ing with the speech-making. the com
mittec In charge of the smoking room
treated the audience with . lot of new
~ purchased smoking pipes with boxes
Of matches. and both the smokers and
the non-smokers awaited themselves ol
this opportunity. w. H. Abbey, an
island boy and one of the Kamehamchd
graduates, who returned recently an
American naval officer, was introduced
as the first speaker of the evening. lie
t.tl 10. AZ k.., h.. l.,..
gone through all sorts OF hardshipg
while away and how he finally rot Ia
the service of Uncle Sans navy. The
speaker while proceeding with his
naval story said that he had done the
hardest kind of work aud on one oCca-
sion he was put 10 shOveling coal fOr
a long time and did not have II bath
for three days. II was unpleasant aud
wished that he could run away
He stuck To II and was sent down Ia
Havana on battleship. to protect the
Interests OF the Americans there. Al
the end of his fourth year he was given
u good position and was assigned IL
Honolulu naval station. where he Is AT
present yooman. His expressions and
| the language which Is common In III,
navy, amused his hearers very much
| ana he was compelled to act ns a die,
tionary" In order To make his audience
understand him. He spoke In humor.
Gus vein and was the hit of the even.
| ing.
President Horne of the Kamehamcha
school was the next speaker. He spoke
of the necessity oil bringing the boys
10 closer touch with the school. The
| Association was Il part of the school
and he invited the boys. especially the
older boys, To visit the school ag OFTEN
rs they could. While ON the island ol
Hawaii last summer, Horne met II larg,
number of the kamchameha boys ana
girls who were holding prominent gov,
ernment offices, aud whom he was
proud Ia know. Some of them, he said
had not seen him before, but were very
glad 10 come and shake him by the
| hand. In ClUSinL. he suggested that
every one who was connected with
the school, and especially the student 3
'l'iN 'OliIlDUlt u uDlldl 81 more TO-
wards raising fund for the purpose
ol getting MI. Oleson, the first prin,
| cipal, ana his wife, here next year Ia
celebrate the twentieth anniversary oI
| the Kumehameha schools The sug.
gcstlOn was heartily In accord with the
wishes Of the boys and a committee
will soon be appointed fol that pur
pose.
Chas T. King spoke In favor Of see.
ing the suggestion carried through. The
| school quintet club furnished the music
Tor the evening. and was followed by
indoor exercises. The fitting match
was the most enjoyable game OF the
evening and JON Manase %: the local
police force won the championship ol
the heavy weights and was presented
with II fine Panama hat. The cham
rionship of the light weight was Won
by MrCandlcas, the all-round champion
athlete Oi the Kamehamehns, who ex-
lIibltcd a great deal of skill and quick
ness Of eve. The exercises ended with
plenty of lee cream and cakes and the
boys in commemoratiOn of their smok-
cr came away with new smoking pipes