The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-30

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 elocution 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. Mr.. Winter had chosen for
his subject the practical one of Flu
ture Building Materials in Hawaii"
leading up to 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
clearly. All the various speakers of
the class, in fact, were excellent in
their platform manner while before the
audience and in the clearness of their
articulation and force in speaking
Miss Irene Blowers Aiken graphical
ly 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 Off 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 graduate
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-dehned
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 a neat address.
The present, which consisted of a series
of six pictures. Alexander's "Evclu-
tion of the Book" hung on the wall
behind the platform, beneath a semi
circle of broad breadfruit leaves and
the figures "OS' worked out in the class
the tongue the young orator designated
the gift as the elimination of the
book, thinking probably of the conclu-
sion of classwork, but this was imme-
liately corrected. The gift to the COL
ege was suitably acknowledged by
President Griffiths. who spoke of the
of the pictures at this
lime, when the college was to have a
modern and adequate library.
The president then announced the
lames of the various prize winners and
presented the diplomas to the grad
iates, each being applauded in turn
~ the pupils in the rear seats, looking
Onward to the time when they too
would answer to their names, make
heir bows and retire with their parch-
nents.
The members of the graduating
lasses, the second greatest in the his
ory of the school, were:
College Preparatory Course-William
'haries Achi Jr, Theodore Augustus
'ooper. Charles Skinner Davis. STAN
Tood Dodge, Soren Edward Hannestad.
tanley Carmichael Kennedy, William
'rr Lidgate. Luching Vii Tao Lou.
Ian Jewett Lowrey, James Lewis
,enton, Frank Lawrence Stack, David
William Townsend and Kenneth Slade
Winter.
General Course-Irene Blowers Aiken,
era May Damon, Emily May Davis.
'oris Elizabeth Girdler, Phoebe Clara
,amaka Heen. Bertha Ching Len Kau,
enevieve Emelie Langton, Lulu Jack
On Law, Charles Lyman Bishop, Julia
Iope Kamakia Magoon, Florence Lu-
ini Shipman, Alice May Spalding and
emma Whittier Wadman.
Commercial Course = Herbert Lee
,insea and Kenneth SAKE Lidgate.
Of these all were present last night
18th the exception of William o. Lid
ate, who was i'll.
The musical numbers given under
ne leadership of ]. RudIand Bode,
ere two chnr1rSaS