The Hawaiian gazette., 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 "Fu-
ture Building Materials in Hawaii"
leading up to an advocacy of the use
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 good department and spoke
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 valedlctory 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 ana
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-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 a neat address.
The present, which consisted of a series
of six pictures, Alexander's "Evclu-
ton of the Book" hung on the wall
behind the platform, beneath a SEMI
circle of broad breadfruit leaves and
the figures "0S' worked out in the class
colors, green and white. BY a slip of
the tongue the young orator designated
the gift as the elimination" of the
book, thinking probably of the concu-
sion of classworls, but = this was immez-
diately corrected. The gift to the COL
lege was suitably acknowledged by
President Griffiths, who spoke of the
appropriateness of the pictures at this
time, when the college was to have a
modern and adequate library.
The president then announced the
names of the various prize winners and
presented the diplomas to the grad
yates, each being applauded in turn
by the pupils in the rear seats, looking
forward to the time when they too
would answer to their names, make
their bows and retire with their parch-
ments.
The members of the graduating
classes, the second greatest in the his
tory of the school. were:
College Preparatory Course-wilIiam
Charles Achi Jr., Theodore Augustus
Cooper, Charles Skinner Davis, STAN
wood Dodge, Soren Edward Hannestad,
Stanley Carmichael Kennedy, William
Orr Lidgate. Luching Yii Tao Lou,
Alan Jewett Lowrey, James Lewis
Renton, Frank Lawrence Stack, David
William Townsend and Kenneth Slade
General Course-Irene Blowers Aiken.
Vera May Damon, Emily May Davis,
Doris Elizabeth Girdler Phoebe Clara
Heen, Bertha Ching Len Kau,
ienevieve Emelie Langton. Lulu Jack
son Law, Charles Lyman Bishop, Julia
Hope Kamakia Magoon. Florence Lu-
sini Shipman, Alice May Spalding and
iemma Whittier wadman.
Commercial Course - Herbert Lee
Kinslea and Kenneth SAKE Lidgate.
OF these all were present last night
with the exception of William o. Lid
gate, who was Ill.
The musical numbers given under