The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-04-16

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spirit of the public school is the spirit
of helpfulness and cooperation.
1.-The seed sown in the public school
of our land has had its fruition in use.
full lives and the government of the
United States is efficient and success.
full because the public school is
efficient and successful. All walks
of life in our social order are
Influenced and carried forward by
the work of the public school. This
day it is opening the gateways of op-
portunity to 20,000,0o0 of the youth of
our land.
I" Let us rejoice then that the state,
iustifying, in the establishment of this
school, our own Judgment of the needs
and the rights of the home, has pro-
Vided suitable structure pledged to
broadcast service in the first causes of
mankind. Let us rejoice that hope and
cheer and safety and satisfaction are
written above it's doors and that within
its walls are the real prizes of this life
Let us rejoice that especially in Hawaii
mel the public school is the hostage
and the vehicle of racial understanding
of racial harmony and finally, of racial
union.
Providence grant that from this
center there shall radiate force that
will strengthen and perpetuate all our
desires and all our prayers for future
shaped and fashioned by that supreme
intelligence which finds it's highest ex.
preston in frieRdliness and in tolera.
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The Cornerstone.
The ceremony of laying the corner.
stone was introduced by Mr.. Towse in
felicitous speech accompanying the
presentation to the Queen Of the silver
trowel provided for the occasion.
Following the program the Queen con.
sented to sit before the blinking shutter
of Bonine's moving picture machine,
and throughout the afternoon was the
cynosure of many a clicking kodak.
! Most of the audience remained to
greet the Queen after the ceremony, and
she was almost the last to go. Her
machine sped away up the winding road
on Palolo Hill to give the Queen a
glimpse of the accustomed beauty of
Kaala-wai and the green valleys that
once were hers.
A majority of the following specially
invited platform guests were in attend
ance:
VIM. R. Castle, W. D. Alexander, A.
F. Griffiths, Perley L. Horne, W. F.
Trear, E. A. Mott-Smith, Alex. d. Lind
say Jr., VIM. L. Whitney, John II. De
Bolt, Norman Watkins, VIM. William.
son. C. F. Chillingworth, John X. Ka-
manoulu, Andrew Adams, I. M. Cox, A.
g. M. Robertson, Marston Campbell,
DR.. Victor s. Clark, James A. Rath,
Geo. r. Carter, VIM. o. Smith, A. 8.
! Hartwell, Walter G. Smith, w. r. Far.
rington, r. o. Matheson, Rev. Father
Valentin, Bishop of Zeugma, l.. Tenney
Peck, G. G. Ballentyne, Prof. NJ. M
Scott, Edgar Wood, Mayor Jos.
J. Fern, s. Sheba, Chu Gem, Rev. DIR.
Scudder, II. =. Murray, F. J. Kru.
ger, M, G. Amana, G. N. Arnold, Sam.
uel Dwight, Eben p. Low, Wm. McCfel.
Ian, Chas. Hustace Jr., A. L. G. Atkin.
son, Frank f. Thompson, C. II. Dickey,
r. w. Breckons, VIM. G. Achi, =. A. G.
Long, L. A. Thurston.
The Queens Story.
In the copper receptacle which found
a place beneath the cornerstone, were
sealed Hawaii's Story by Hawaii q
Queen" "Hawaiian Traditions of the
Creation" by Queen Liliuokalanf yes
terday's copies of The Advertiser, Star,
Bulletin, Kuokoa and o Luso; ten
musical compositions of Queen Liliuo-
kalani, plans and tracings of the build
ing, Thrums' first and latest ANNALS,
the general appropriation bill for the
school, photographs of Queen Liliuo.
kalani, roster of the Waialae, Kaimu,
XII and Palolo Improvement Club, re-
ports of school departments, the course
of study, and catalogues of Normal and
Lahainaluna schools.
The new buildings construction work
is well under way. The location is
Waialae road and Koko Head avenue.
Concrete is the material used, the cost
of the building being 100000 and the
cost of the site $4,000. j. H. Craig, the
architect, and Angus p. Mcdonald, the
contractor, assisted in the work of lay.
ing the stone. The new building win
be ready for the opening of school this