The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-28
THE CLOSING
Exc ERC|SES
At OAHU
Vera May Damon Got
the Great Prize of
the Year.

The large assembly room of the
Charles r. Bishop Hall at Oahu College
last night was filed with the relatives
and friends of the members of the
class of 1908, at their commencement
exercises, listening with great deal
of pleasure TO the valedictory addresses
of the class orators, the three splendid
musical numbers contributed by MEM
bers of the college and to the address
to the class by the Rev. j. w. Wad-
man.
The announcement of the names of
the prize winners of the Damon rheto-
.rical prizes and the award of the Pu-
nahou Loving Cup to the chosen one,
was awaited with a great deal of in
terest by the scholars, the winners be-
ing heartily applauded by their class
mates and fellow pupils as they came
forward in answer to their names to
receive the tangible evidence of their
success.
sented the Trustees Loving Cup, the
premier prize of the year, the winning
of which carries with it the honor of
having the winners name enscribed on
+ the brass tablet in the Pauahi hall, the
Punahou roll of honor. The loving cup
presented to Miss Damon last night
bore the Punahou crest on one side and
was enscribed on the other, THE Trus-
tees Loving Cup, presented to Vera
May Damon in appreeis ton OF her SER
vice to Punahou'' To win this cup
the pupil must rank in the opinion
of the faculty as the one who has done
the most to promote the best interest
of the college during the year.
The rhetorical prizes went, the first
to Miss Muriel Elizabeth Howatt, and
the second to Kim Tong Ho, while
Miss Alice May Spalding received hon
orable mention. These are prizes given
for eIocution from a special endow-
ment presented by Father Damon in
the early days of Punahou.
The commencement exercises began
promptly at eight o'clock. following the
invocation, delivered by President P. l.
Horne of Kamehameha. the salutatory
address of Kenneth Slade Winter being
delivered MIR. Winter had chosen for
his subject the practical one of "F'u-
ture Building Materials in Hawaii"
leading up 10 an advocacy of the use
of concrete by referring to the grow
ing scarcity of lumber and the diff
Guilty attending the securing of an ade-
quate supply of sandstone and blue
lava rock in the Islands. The speaker
had a good department and spoke
clearly All the various speakers of
their platform manner while before the
fudience and in the clearness of their
articulation and force in speaking.
Miss Irene Blowers Aiken graphical
Iy described the wonders and glories
of Haleakala, relating some of the in
teresting legends connected with that
natural wonder of her own island.
The valedictory address was deliver
ed by Miss Phoebe Clara Kamaka
Heen after she had concluded an in
teresting description of the early fish
ing industry of Hawaii in the days be-
fore the japanese had crowded the
Hawaiians of the fishing grounds and
when the Chinese had not leaseholds
of all the ponds.
The address to the class by Mr.. wad-
man. the father of one of the graduat-
ing pupils. was an inspiring one, based
on the words: Character enshrined
in love endureth forever" The speaker
dwelt on the point that a well-defned
ambition was necessary for success,
then discussed the question of what
might constitute success. To know and
to have were good, to do was better.
but to be was best, the highest form
of achievement.
The presentation of the class gift to
the college was made by Soren Ed
ward Hannestad, in neat address.
The present. which consisted of a series
q six pictures, Alexander's ''Evolu-
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