The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-24
JUDGE DOLE AND
PROFESSOR SCOTT
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ositions, after a good deal of consider
elton, were gwen up in favor of the
suggestion of Mr.. Scott, the principal
Of the Honolulu High School, to make
the new Mckinley High School build
ing, then in process of construction,
the Mckinley monument. The ar
rangement, as finally adopted be-
tween the committee and the Com.
missioners of Public Instruction, was
that the school should be nam
ed the Mckinley High School,
that a bronze statue of Presi-
dent Mckinley should be erect
ed in the school grounds and
that the balance of the funds should
be placed in the hands of three
trustees, one of whom should always
be the principal of the Mckinley High
School, for the creation of school
library, The finished building is be.
fore you, the statue about to be un-
Teiled was designed by Mr. Gordon
Usborne-a Honolulu boy-the sur
plus cash will be handed to the
trustees when the monument is paid
for.
"The Committee hopes that its
work in expanding The funds entrust-
ed to it will meet with the approval
of the donors and the rest of the Ha-
waiian community
''The Mckinley High School has
special reasons for being interested
in the story of the man to whose
this monument of lasting stone and
imperishable bronze; first, because
this school has been selected by the
trustees Of the fund contributed By
the diverse Hawaiian community, as
permanent memorial building to his
name, and, second, because upon
finishing his course of study in the
public schools of his State he became
a teacher in such schools. And all
the people of Hawaii have cause to
take note of this man, whose official
position required him to lead the
policy of his government IN relation
to the question of the political union
of the United States and the Hawai-.
ian Islands, ~t .o
"Cpon the outbreak of the Civil
War, in 1861, William Mckinley
then 1S years old, enlisted as pri-
vate in the Ohio volunteer forces.
During the next year he was promot-
! ed twice,-first to the rank of Com
missary Sergeant and then TO that
of Second Lieutenant In 1868 he was
promoted to the position Of First
Lieutenant and in 1864 to that of
Captain and served that year and the
next on the stats of Generals Hayes,
| Crook and Hancock. In 1865 he was
brevetted Major General of United
States Volunteers for gallantry in
battle and served as acting Assistant
Adjutant General of the first Division
Army Corps, until mustered out at
the close of the war. He afterward
| took up the study of law and was
admitted to the Ohio bar in 1867. He
was a member of Congress from 1876
to 1891, and as chairman of the Com
nittee on Ways and Means, reported
the tariff bill of 1S90,-popularly
known as the Mckinley bill. In 1891
he was elected Governor of Ohio and
reelected to the same position in
1898, was elected President of the
United States in 1896 and reelected
in 1900.
ut is we'll for us to remind our
selves Of these events in his life, in
our study of his character, as they
give us insight into that side of his
personality which had to do with
public affairs,-his outward relation
to his fellow men and his relation tc
his country. They tell us of industry
enterprise, patriotism and courage.
AS we follow him by these successive
steps through his rarely successful
life, we are convinced that he pos
sessed the qualities of intelligence
talent, perseverance, judgment and
tact in an unusual degree, and more
than this, because he won the con
fidence of his fellow men from his
youth up in matters of trust ant
responsibility we are satisfied tina
he was possessed Of a deep lying
element of integrity
"As to mis- more intimate associa
lions we know less, yet We know how
his chivalTous devotion 10 his in
valid wife has aroused in all sympa
thetic hearts the most unstinted anC
affectionate admiration; and thOs,
who were in touch with his home lif,
know of its simplicity and of hi
affectionate relations with his family
It was his custom while President t.
reserve his Sunday afternoons fire.
from official affairs, for such unre
strained domestic enjoyment and in
formal meeting of friends as his pos
J ton allowed Those to whom tn
latch string of the White House wa
out on these occasions, found Their
I liln attractive home; several of hi