Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-30
RIP. CONNER VISITS
HIGH SCHOOL
Talks To The Scholars
On Patriotism And
Loyalty

The grammar department of the
High School received a most pleasant
visit yesterday morning from Repre-
sentative Conner of Iowa. Patriotic
selections were recited by the pupils
of each room who were lined up under
the trees in the school yard.
Professor Scott introduced the Rep
resehtative to the scholars and he
spoke to them as follows:
Children, cannot begin to tell you
how nv heart is touched listening to
| the patriotic sentiments which you
nave expressed today. Let us see Il
YOU can think of the things we love
the most. | think about parents. we
all agree that we love our parents, &c
we not? We all agree that we love our
homes, do we not? We all agree thai
we love our country, do we not? How
much do we love our parents, our
| homes, our country? ] believe that We
| love our parents so much that II some
one should try to assault them, we
would fly to rescue them. | believe
that we love our home so much that ii
something should happen to it we
would try to avert the harm. l believe
we love our country so much that II
some danger should threaten we would
rise up quickly to protect It.
Il wish to talk to you about our
country. the country which we love sc
dearly. In this country of ours there
is State caIed Iowa. 1t Is beauti-
full State We raise corn, wheat, and
nearly everything else They say that
| I'VE raise hogs, and SO we do. Nearly
everybody can read and write in Iowa
Nebraska is the only State with larg'
er percentage of citizens who can reaC
and write than Iowa, and nearly every
| body in Nebraska came from Iowa.
That's probably the reason sait
Prof. Scott.
Il merely mentioned the fact" was
| the reply, "you can draw your OWL
conclusions.
MANY thousands of lives of gooC
| people were given to defend this Unior
of ours when along in 1860 there were
some people who appeared disloyal tt
this Union and so we had great war
The best men we had gave up theil
| fortunes and gave uD everything II
TACT to fight for their flag. Over 36O,0O'
lives were given to save the Union ant
we had expended untold treasures FOL
this war. The country was devastated
and yet that was a good inVestmen
end no man regrets it for we saved thu
Union, and saved the flag. point Thu
out to you that you may see what i
has cost to preserve the Union. AM
we meet once year to commemorate
| the death of those who gave their live
to save their country. | wish yol
children would appreciate the fact tina
SO many men gave their lives for thel
country. Boys, some day you may b
called to the battlefield to give up you
lives for your country. Now tomorrow
all the people of the northern portion
at least will go to the graves of thos
who died for their country and plac
flowers there. And when they plac
them they will shed tears and expires
their admiration and appreciation O
the gift
when you go to the graves tomor
row | wish you would appreciate tn
;act that those sleeping there CAV
their lives for YOU. In fighting TO
their country they fought for you.
You are a part of this great govern
ment. What | see in these island.
which have SO recently been added t
the Union, pleases me immensely.
means my country, the MISSISSIPPI
Valley, Washington and Hawaii. Ha
waii and the United States are one an
the same. Your flag and the flag {
the mainland have been merged an
they mean, the same thing-Liberty.
my prediction is that the mainlan
will not suffer for the merger. | hav
no doubt of the benefit to the Unite
States