The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-20
HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
CF-om Saturdays Advertiser,


mencement exercise last night and the
walls, if they have ears and eyes as
walls are supposed to have, must carry
down to posterity record of sweet
young girls in dainty gowns, keen, sun
burned youths in unaccustomed Tuxedo
jackets and the gallant sight of the
hall crowded with mothers, fathers.
aunts, sisters and cousins.
The opening of the exercises was
scheduled for half past seven, but long
before that time autos, hacks and
street cars began to unload near the
High School and the hall was packed
to overfowing when the graduates
were called to take their places on The
platform. 1t was indeed gallant
sight. Grouped on the platform were
the seven girls and twelve boys who
had satisfied their examiners and were
entitled to certificates of graduation.
The hall itself was alive with the
beaming presence of relations and
friends of the graduates. The stairs
leading up from the back of the hall
and facing the platform were crowded
with Junior students and at the back
they crowded all the standing room
into nothingness.
The exercises were opened by the
High School chorus which sang Gou-
nod s Praise Ye Jehovah" and then
Rev. A. A. Ebersole gave the Invoca-
tion. Then the girls double quartet
sang Ethelbert Nevin s beautiful "The
Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
Mrs. E. A. R. Ross played sweetly
on the violin, after which Mrs. Frear
gave delightful little talk. 1t was
entitled "The Golden Thread of the
Spiral" Mystic, dainty and idealistic,
it was such as to touch the hearts
of all her hearers and give the gradu-
ates something to carry with them
through life after their step from the
golden days of school life to the hard
er and sterner times of the grownups.
There was touch of the clinging ro-
manticism of the East in what Mrs.
Frear said. One thought instinctively
of the pass of the hundred eagles, OF
Nazidir Bey and the golden ring of
love and then remembered that it was
good to have such women who know
how to tell of the thread and how to
follow it.
After Mrs. Frear there came the
boys quartet. They sang that stir
ring old song "The Boys of the Old
Brigade'' and "In Dear Hawaii.
Then Superintendent Babbitt spoke of
the past and future of the High School
and awarded the diplomas.
Those who have graduated from the
College entrance course are entitled to
enter either California or Stanford Uni
versities without further examination.
The course is quite strenuous one and
includes thorough study of Latin or
Greek, Mathematics, French or German,
English and History. Distinction means
an average of 80 per cent.
The following is the list of those who
graduated:
College Entrance-Ol Herman In
gals, Say Kan Lau, Valentine Marcal-
limo and Edward Robert Tracy, with
distinction; John Scott Boyd Pratt Jr.
James Roy Douglas, Uarda Burt and
Helga Agnes Wikander.
General Course-Frank Lester James
Edith Elizabeth Smith, Harold Wilson
Johnstone, Herbert Melville Dowsett
Toxic Miamoto, Florence Elaine Towse
Daniel Herman King, Elmer Davis and
Hedwig Otremba.
Commercial Course-Goichi Nakamoto
with distinction, and Jane Edith Tread
way.
Moiliili School Picnic.
Special cars of the Rapid Transit
Company yesterday morning carried the
children of the Moiliili school out to
Kapiolani Park, where they enjoyed
themselves in various games during the
day. Luncheon was served. Races
were held, John Camacho winning the
threemile run and also the greatest
number of points during the day. AL
interesting football game ended the
exercises of the day.
Normal Commencement.
Yesterday morning the Commence
ment exercises of the Territorial Nor
mai School were held, the training
the morning. Following this came tn,
exercises of the Normal school grad
uating class, Hon. L. A. Mott Smitl
making the address to the graduates
Diplomas were awarded to the grad
yates by Principal L. Wood.
Central School Exercises.
The exercises at the Central Schoo
yesterday were very interesting on nc
count OF the fact that an excellent
class was graduated from the eightl
grade. After the program rendered
by the graduating class, the closing ex
ercise of the school for the year wer,
held, these being very successfully
carried out. At the school building
last evening, the eighth grade grad
yates gave dance in honor of thei
advent next year into the High Schoo
| world.
Exercises were held yesterday at tn,
Pauoa school, a large number of chill
dren taking part. The program wa
interesting, and proved a pleasure t.
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