The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-22

Good Things to Eat
and an Aftermath
of Speaking.

Six hundred of the former and pres
ent pupils of the Kameharneha Schools,
their principals, former and present,
and numerous guests were present at
the Iuau given last night in the school
gymnasium as the closing function of
the LIBERATION of the twentieth anni-
versary of the founding of the instltu-
4ion. Among the guests present were
many of the foremost men and women
of the Territory and numbered among
the many members of the Alumni and
AIumnae were many Hawaiians VINO
have in their work throughout the Is
lands brought honor and credit upon
themselves and upon the schools Of
which they are graduates.
The affair was a noteworthy one
throughout, an especially effective
portion of the program being devoted
TO listening to the reports on the prog
ress of the various Kamehameha stu
dents as related by the visitors from
the outlying Islands. The addresses to
the Kamehamehas by several of the
visitors contained also much of worthy
advice and encouragement.
The gymnasium building was decked
/ in green's for the luau, the tables be-
= ing set beneath leis of banyan and
pepper leaves, while the walls of the
big building were screened with
palms. The tables were so arranged
that the graduates of the early classes,
commencing with the first of 1891 were
seated together, the affair being one
great reunion Splendid attendance to
the tables was given by one hundred
Kamehameha students, who saw that
no one was allowed to miss one course
of the luau, typically Hawaiian until
the ice cream and cake We're served.
Among the visitors present, occupy
ing the tables on the platform with the
members of the various faculties, were
Acting Governor Mott-Smith and Mrs.
Mott-Smith, Judge and Mrs. Dole, Mr..
and Mrs Theodore Richards, Mrs.
Frear, Rev. Dr.. Scudder and Mrs
Scudder, Rev. w. B. Oleson and Mrs.
Oleson, Rev. Moses and Mrs Nakuina,
Hon. W. O. Smith, Professor and Mrs,
Griffiths, Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Holloway,
Walter G. Smith, Professor Brigham,
Charles E. King, Miss Krout and many
others, including the members of the
ST. Louis College Alumni.
) Following the luau an address of
welcome was given by the Alumni
president, Harry Auld, who was fol-
lowed by Mrs. W. L. Bowers, whose
address dealt with the growth, pros
poets and aspirations of the Alumnae,
of which she is president. Charles T..
King, of Hilo. brought message from
the Kamehameha graduates on the Big
Island TO the anniversary meeting, the
message being to the effect that on
Hawaii all the Kan boys were busy
He gave a detailed statement as to
what many of these boys were busy
at, stating among other things that
twenty-three of Hawaifs school teach
ers and thirteen of her principals were
Kamehameha men.
of the work of the boys on Kauai,
William = Crowen spoke, warning his
hearers that four of the deputy sheriffs
of the Garden Island were once Kan
football rushers. Kamehameha's work
on the mainland was told of by W. H.
Abbey and Fred Beckley related the
influence on Oahu of the students of
Kamehameha.
A. G. Kaulukou, on behalf of the
Alumni, based his remarks on the
ideals of the association regarding
their alma mater. Among the things
he spoke of as desirable was the plac-
s ing of one of the members OF the
4 Alumni on he-board of trustees \
Walter G. Smith spoke on the subject
sof what Hawaiians can do for Hswaii.
his text being the advantages 10 be
gained by steady. conscientious work
Ge was followed by Hon. W. o. Smith, |
one of the trustees. who told of the in
&piration it was to him to be present
at such a gathering. He approved OF
some of the suggestions made by the
Alumni spokesman and advanced the
hope that other suggestions might fol- |
low.
Acting Governor Mott-Smith follow
ed with a pleasing reference to the
twenty years growth of Kamehameha
and an address of welcome to all the |
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