The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-30
CLOSING
EXERCISES
At OAHU
CFrom Sundays Advertisero


Charles II. Bishop Hall at oahu Colleg
last night was filled with the relative
and friends Of the members of th'
class of 1908, at their commencement
exercises, listening with a great dea
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 addres!
to the class by the Rev. j. w. Wad
man.
The announcement of the names ot
the prize winners of tie 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.
To Miss Vera May Damon was pre-
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 appre"it tion OF her SER
vice to Punahou." To win this cup
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When that party was in power in Con
gress, 1t took no definite step toward
remedying any faults then existing.
While its President made his sugges-
tions, yet the Democratic party failed
to follow out those suggestions. The
Democratic party has been one of con-
stant opposition and obstruction; it has
not been party that, during the few
years that it was in power, called up
any one of the great questions that we
have had before us. Now, therefore,
why should you people here this year
think of sending to Washington dele
gate who should be representative of
Democracy What one thing has De.
mocracy ever offered to these Islands
that is better than what the Republican
party has done for these Islands2 l
take it that it is very much better to
follow the man who does than the man
who merely promises, and the Republi-
can party has been the party of ac-
tion; its leaders have been men who
were willing to take the chance of do
ing something, and if mistakes were
made, they were brave enough and hon
est enough to admit the mistake and
turn about and take some other action,
but it has never stood still. A politi-
cal party can not, in fact, stand still. If
they attempt it they Immediately go
downhill. Now, the Republican
party has been steadily moving uphill,
moving forward, and is endeavoring
year by year to raise the standard OF
American citizenship, the standard of
American opportunity, ard the STANDARD
of American life little bit higher.
l thank you all very much, as / said
in the beginning, for the reception that
has been given me during these days
uHph yOhi WISH L sldN
longer. i wish / might know more of
you and meet more of you. AS Secretary
of the Interior, l hope that you will
find that, as your Governor has stated
in his position as Governor, that / as,
Secretary will know no party, no di-
vision, but | will try to work out with
you thnse problems in the islands with
which the Interior Department has to
do. | wish to be of help to you and
you can be of help to me just so long
as you are willing to help yourselves
first and work out as far as possible all
your own problems here before bringing
them to the Federal government for
solution. The man who helps himself
takes the first long step in self-govern-
ment, and you must recognize that in
most of your problems here, they are
problems thet you will work alone, are
problems that must be solved within
your own midst, problems that depend
upon your OWE industries, upon your
own integrity, and upon the character
of men that you elect to local office
here. You need here, with the condi-
tions that you have, the diverse races
that are present in your midst, you need
men of high personal character, men of
common sense, good judgment, men who
are willing to recognize that their duty,
while in office, is to the people as a
whole and not to themselves or to the
special party that they represent. I
am glad to say that / have met many
such officials here. congratulate you
upon all this. / wish you all success,
and in every possible way, as long as l
am in the office that hold, shall ex-
tend my hand and give you what help
/ can. (Applause.)
CUPID'S SHORT ADDRESS.
Delegate Kuhio. whose name was re-
peatedly cheered during the evening.
received an ovation when he rose to
speak in Hawaiian. His address was
very short one. He stated that he
wished only to confirm what the Sec
retary had told the Hawaiians of the
conditions on the mainland and the
necessity of Hawaii remaining in the
Republican ranks. He expressed re-
gret that 1t had been found impossible
to hold a public reception at his home
at which the Hawaiians could have
personally met the visiting Secretary