The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-12-24
A KAMEHAMEHA
NA TIVE
LUAU
CFrom SUNDAYS Advertiser)

Six hundred OF the former anu pres
ent pupils of the Kamehameha Schools
their principals, former and present
and numerous guests were present a.
the luau given last night in the schoo
gymnasium as the closing function OF
the celebration of the twentieth ami
versary of the founding of the institu-
ton. 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
Alumnae were many Hawaiians who
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 bs several of the
visitors contained also much of worthy
advice and encouragement.
The gymnasium building was decked
in greens 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 were 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, |
HOE 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 Aud, 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 E.
King, of Hilo, brought a message from
the Kamehameha graduates on the Big
Island to the anniversary meeting, the
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
twenty three of Hawaii's school teach
ers and thirteen of her principals were
men.
OF the work of the boys on Kauai,
William Crowell spoke, warning his
1earers 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
AAAiNNiNC Oi OdAu VI lll6 OF
Kamehameha
A. G. Kaulukou, on behalf of the
Alumni; based his remarks on the
deals of the association regarding
heir alma mater. Among the things
lie spoke of as desirable was the plac-,
ng of one of the members of the
Alumni on the board of trustees.
Walter G. Smith spoke on the subject
IT what Hawaiians can do for Hawaii,
lis text being the advantages to be
'ained by steady, conscientious work.
lie was followed by Hon. W. o. Smith,
me of the trustees, who told of the in
piration it was to him to be present
It such gathering. He approved of
ONE of the suggestions made by the
Alumni spokesman and advanced the
lope that other suggestions might fol-
ow.
Acting Governor Mott-Smith follow :
d with pleasing reference to the )
wenty years growth of Kamehameha :
nd an address of welcome to all the
Id boys and girls was given by Pro- :.
essor Horne, who stated that he hop :
d the students would always look up-
n the school as their home
Rev. Mr.. Oleson, who spoke in con- :
fusion, made aishort but earnest ad-
ress, stating that he might not have !.
mother opportunity of addressing the
hen and women whom he still looked
pom as his boys and girls. Kameha-
leha, he believed, stood for works, for :
ne training of its students for work =
nd the fitting of them for the doing !,
things. In the Territory the school :
TODD the first in educating men and :
'omen in doing the things that came :
losest to them. the practical everyday =
ninss of life, enabling them to go :
'rtn and earn an honest living and u
We an honest life. In conclusion he y
ade them all God speed and aloha.
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