The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-06
MEMORIAL STONE
LAID IN PLACE
CONTINUED From rare one,

NSOhb'huCu IOut ILkG Ouo.
dwelt eloquently ON the debt that the
present prosperity of Hawaii owed to
the Chinese laborers in the past and
declared that it was fitting that
school on modern educational lines
should be ready for the reception of
the sons of the Empire when they
should wish to come to Hawaii for en-
Hghtenment. He said that they had
been one of the most important factors
In the upbuilding of the Territory s
greatest industry, and that number
OF applications had already been receiv-
ed from Chinese youths who desired to
leave their native land for the educa-
t1onal advantages now to be had IN the
Territory
The Mills Institute Glee Club render
ed selection in a pleasing manner and
was followed by Rev. Mr. Okumura,
principal of the Japanese school, who
drew some interesting comparisons be-
tween the educational methods of Japan
and America. He said that the spirit
of educational progress that distinguish
ed the people of the United States,
was rapidly being imbibed by other
nationalities and that Japan was in the
forefront in adopting the new ideas.
Commends the Work.
| Rev. DIR. Sheffield, for forty years
| missionary in China and formerly presi-
dent of Tung Che College, spoke in
brief commentator of the work that
the Mid-Pacifc Institute was intended
| to accomplish. He said that char
acter building was the most essential
thing that an educational institution
could undertake and that the final test
came in the ability to turn men and
women into the daily struggle of the
world with the capacity of meeting the
problems of the day with a true Chris.
tian spirit.
In the course of general statement
on the aims of the institution, F. W.
Damon, president of the Board of Man
ayers of the MidPaciic Institute. gave
| great credit to Mr.. Wilcox of Kauai for
his advice and financial assistance. He
said that while he knew that Mr. Viii
| cox always shrunk from publicity in
| good doing, he felt that it was due to
the people interested in the welfare of
the Mid-Pacifc Institute that they
should know and appreciate the great
services that had been rendered by Mr..
Wilcox and that to him was due the
thanks and appreciation of the people
of the whole Territory.
Mr.. Damon said that the institution
had been planned on broad lines both
lfrom architectural and educational stand
points, and that while the endowment
did not permit of finishing the entire
structure at the pr resent time, it would
, be completed as far as the exterior was
conee ned and the interior of one wing
left as a mute appeal to anyone who
felt able to come to the financial as
sistance of the institution.
The speaker pointed to the Chinese
! characters that formed a part Of the
, decorations on the partly finished build
r ing, which he said We're from Confu
| cius, the translation being that "be
tween the four seas all men are broth
ers. This, he said, was summary
of the whole idea and aim of the in
stitution and that it would meet tn,
educational wants of the Territory OF
strictly unsectarian lines.
! Local Traditions.
Mr.. Damon stated that there wer
many interesting traditions about tn
locality in which the building was locat
ed and he read a statement of Mrs
J, Nakuina, who lived in the vicinit,
y when girl, as follows:
Kapilipili was part of the Metcal
estate and was Mrs. Nakuina s Chi
e daughter) playground from earlies
g childhood. KapilipiH (sticky) was $
IS called for two reasons. One was fror
: the grass pilipili-ula, which ''stick
S' closer than a friend'' and also pei
haps on account of the sticky natur
,, of the soil, there being two or thre
i clay banks on the land. In the fftie
q q the clay bank had periodical eruption
9 of edible clay, when men, women an
children would flock to those bank
and fill their gourds with the stick,
IS glutinous mass. The Hawaiians gait
cred and devoured the edible ''palc
re lo,' not from hunger or lack of foo,
IA but because it was really a most d.