Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-29
RCBINSSPEAKS
At kAMEHAMEHA

Christ in the human heart is the
secret of individual power; Christ is
! the social order is the secret of a na.
tons strength" said Raymond Ro-
hins, the social service expert, in an
address given this morning before the
entire student body of the Kamehame-
la Schools. Drawing upon the expert
epees of his; own life, Mr.. Robins
pointed, out the main things Which
make the lives of young men and wo-
men successful.
Following a song service by the
school, Principal Perley L. Horne in
troduced the speaker, who began his
address with brief history of his own
Etc including many of his experiences
in Alaska during the time of the gold
rush thirteen years ago. He told of
the mad rush to the gold fields and
how the prospectors were forced to
travel over the hills for forty miles
IN the teeth of many freezing gale
before they finally reached their des-
tination. Out of the 1000 people who
started in that mad rush, he said, only
1906 crossed the summit of that win
ter and he explained this by saying
that it was the things that were. on
the inside of man that were greater
than the things which we're on the
outside. This, he said, was learned on
the trail; that it was the nerve and
courage On the inside of a man that
vas, greater than all he muscle and
Strength on the outside.
This applies to the life of today; to
tie lives of you young men and wo-
men who will go out into the world
after you finish your school here" he
said There are some among you
who are slow, and then there are 9th
ers who are bright and quick to learn.
But you will find out that it will he
the slow ones who win push ahead OF
the smart ones lin years to come.
Some people think that they can do
al their work alone. On the trail in
the north the man who worked alone
without the help of his fellow men.
was soon lost 1t took two men to CI1Ve
dog team, and two men to work a
rhine, and when We travelled on the
trail we went in a line of five or six.
We stood together for protection, and
there Iwas always one man in the ''"2
Who was a little slower than the rest,
and the line could not move faster
than this one man could. This applies
to YOU for 1T is your duty to get IL
teres ed in the slow student and help
him along"
"As on the football or the baseball
field, yeu must lesrn the law OF team !
play and cooperation. 1t Is going to
be one of the biggest factors in your
lives. | think of you as the old guard
of the Hawaiian race. Out of the
ranks of the boys and girls in this
great school are to come the men and
women who will be credit to the
race. You are the hope OF
your people, and | have never talked
10 a group Of young men and young
who seemed to me to nave a
larger work to accomplish. All the
2ther races in Hawaii are but so
iourners in a strange land, but you
ire in your native land, and you are
going to carry the traditions of your
1eople in all that is best and strong |
through the coming years, You will |
make the name Of your people. one |
Of honor, one that says that from the |
race of Hawaii there will come forth |
strong sons and daughters who will |
carry on the worlds work and make |
greater Hawaii. | believe this; you |
i've in a great age, and never before
nave you had more power or greater !
opportunities than you have now.
How are you going to be the
masters of your destiny? By having
strong physique and good, red
Hood Yes; but that is not the test
# your lives. l coyet for you good
mind, one that will take a grasp on /
life so that you may take hold of the !!
problems of life and think them out
or yourselves. Still, this will not be i
he best thing in your lives. What
s going to be the final test 1t is go
ng to be the hidden purpose in your
yes; the character OF your moral
urpose of spiritual vision that will 4
etermine your success in life. Have
personal feiIowship with Jesus
hrist so that you may be able to
'alk and talk with him in the time OF
anger or struggle. If it were in my |
over to give you the greatest gift
hat man has or will ever have, i
would give you the gift of personal |
with Jesus Christ" 4