Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-14
LOCAL.

The boys of the Kamehameha
Schools started out for their camp
ing trip last Monday morning, the
9TH inst. They went down to Makua,
one of the best places on the Island
of Oahu for camping. They arrived
at the camping grounds at 11:15
O'Clock. Squads were at once set to
work putting up tents and placing
everything in good order. After the
tents were up the boys were dismiss
ed, excepting the squad on duty for
that day. These boys got lunch rea-
! dy. The afternoon was spent mostly
! in fixing up bed places and swim
ming. Tuesday morning almost all
the boys went out hunting. Each
boy provided himself with four hard
tacks and can of water for lunch.
II was clear day and the boys had
q good chance to climb the ridges,
which were all very steep. The boys
with the guns did good work, killing
twelve goats the first day. Many
young goats were caught alive by the
who had killed goats stripped the
skins off and cooked the meat. They
made good meal out of goats. The
| boys were tired out from their hunt
ing trip, so most of them stayed In
camp that evening. Tuesday night
n gang of boys went out fishing, re-
turning late in the night with a good
lot of fish. Some of the boys made
bOniircs along the beach which made
the beach look bright. Once in a
while a gang of boys would go from
one of these fires to another and put
the fire out: this was great play. At
. O'Clock all the boys had to be back
in camp. Wednesday morning was
spent mostly In hunting MALE,
which the boys wanted to give to
their best girls. A few boys went
out hunting and had to be back at
IL o'clock for roll call. About 1880
all the boys were back in camp :
some with lcis and some with the
goats they had killed. At IL o'clock
roll call was had and everybody was
found present The third squad was
on duty that day and they got a mau
eady for the Kamehamcha girls and
boys who We're expected. The girls
arrived at y little after II o'clock
with their teachers. Some Of the
Alumni boys came down, too. The
camping boys went down to the sta
ton and received the girls. The
girls were taken around the camping
ground by the boys, and were shown
everything. At ~ o'clock everybody
went to the luau. which was made in
Hawaiian style. The girls and boys
sat on the ground and set to work
eating the poi and pig. Everybody
was through eating about l2:45. Az
ter the luau was over the girls and
boys went out for walk, some GO
ing to the caves and others to the
barking sands" Everybody was
told to be back about 2:30 o'clock
Some of the girls spent the afternoon
in camp with the boys. At 1880
O'Clock everybody was back at the
camping ground. At 2:45 O'Clock
the sports began by the squads. Each
squad entered their best men to try
to win the most points. There was
lots of fun in all the events. W
Dcsha, Joe Pa, Lyman and few
other old-time Kamehameha boys
made up team against the squads
in the 800 yards sack relay races
They won out from the squads by q
good length. The first squad wor
the honors of the day by making q
points to the second squads 10. The
blindfold race, which was won by
Spencer of the first squad, was jol'
ly race. One of the boys ran righ
into the crowd. The winner made {
good run. Another jolly race was thu
three-legged backward race. In thii
race Just after starting w. Kamaio
pill and Harry Godfrey stepped int
: hole and went head over heels
: feet coming up again in minute ant
' ran the rest of the distance. Thi
race was won by Bray and Mackenzie
: of the second squad There was 10
of fun in It. The rest of the race
were good ones. There were a. mum
ber of free-for-all races aftet thu
squad races were over. The sport
were run off as follows:
. 5O-yard three-legged race - Wol
by first squad.
| 5O-yard sack rpce-Won by secon,
squad. .s.r ..'. y
/ 5O-yard bIindfold race-Won b.
first squad.
Al 1OO-yard shoe and Lace race-Wol
by second sauad 90 ~ rR.
III Three-legged relay race - Won b.
fourth squad.
II 5O-yard backward run--Won b.
first squad, .#
III 1OO-yard backward relay - Wol
by third squad.
i lOO-yard sack relay-Won b.
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