The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-20
CLOSING EXERCISES
HELD At MILLS HALL
Estimated That 1000 Persons At.
tended Graduation Cere-
monies at Mid.Pacific
Institute.

Nearly 1909 persons gathered at Mills
Hall yesterday afternoon to partici.
pate in the annual commencement ex.
ercises. II was an unique gathering, re-
presenting a half-dozen nationalities.
Scattered throughout the audience
might be seen the costumes of the
Orient and those of the most fashion.
able representatives of the West. The
graduates also represented several diff.
ferent nations. japanese, Chinese, Ko.
rean, and Hawaiian. The program was
most interesting interspered with mum.
erous musical selections rendered by
the Kawaiahao and Mills School Glee
Clubs and the Mills School orchestra.
The stage was decorated with palms
and great banks of green studded with
white flowers. The pillars were festoon-
ed with vines and palm branches, and
the beautiful floral gifts made the scene
a brilliant one.
The most interesting feature of the
commencement was the graduation of
the class in the high school course. They
were the first to receive high school
diplomas from this institution.
Organized Twenty -one Years
Mills School was started twenty-one
wears ago by Francis w. Damon in or.
der to meet the needs of the Oriental
people who wished to have their chill.
dren educated in Honolulu, and at the
same time have the advantage of a
pleasant home life. The first school con
sisted of six students brought from diff.
ierent islands in the Territory by Mr..
Damon and taught in his own home
From this small beginning, has evolved
the magnificent buildings and property
owned by the Mid. Pacific Institute in
Manoa Valley which now ministers to
the needs of over 800 students.
In addition to the high school gra.
duation the grammar school depart
ments of Kawaiahao Seminary and
Mills School presented certificates to
twelve students. Principal MacCaughey
presented the diplomas to the Mills gra,
duates and Miss Frances Goold, acting
principal of Kawaiahao Seminary, to
the young women.
Principal MacCaughey spoke of the
growth of the departments in the school
Turing the past few years, and gave
encouraging reports, especially of the
commercial department which already
has a promising junior class.
Much of the pleasure of the occasion
was due to the efficient work of Prof.
De Graca the conductor of the orches-
ira, and to Arthur Hudson, who has
been training the Glee Club. Below is a
list graduates and the program:
Grammar School Program.
ocessional-Chantons Vietoire ...
80. -. .................. Handel
II Mills School Orchestra :st
Invocation ......... Rev. r. f. Smith
In the Harbor We've Been Sheltered
SO. -. ............ u. Veazie
Kawaiahao Glee Club.
Astronomy in Hawaii. Elizabeth Fuller
With Shout and a Laugh. %. Odds
Mills School Glee Club.
The Ocean as Friend ........
E. .. .... Eliza Kamakawiwoole
Sweetheart, Come Back to Me. 80.
:. :. ........... From Tuft s Song
t Mills School Glee Club.
Angels Serenade ............... Bragg
Mills School Orchestra.
The Water Resources of Hawaii 80.
80. 80. ......... Yong Woon Ow
A Summer Love Song. ....... Ashford
Merry June .................V Vincent
Kawaiahao Glee Club
Mills School, Factor in the Peace
of the Pacific. Masaki Watanabe
Presentation of Grammar School Certi-
fcates.
Presentation of High School Diploma
/, DR.. Doremus Scudder
Benediction ......... Rev. r. E. Smith
Reccessional-La Francesca 80. Posta
Mills School Orchestra.
List of Graduates.
Graduates from Mills High Schools
Masaki Watanabe, Yong Woon Ow.
Graduates from the Grammar Schools
Kawaiahao Seminary: LAM Akina, Eiz.
abeth Fuller, Eliza Hugo, Eliza Kama
kawiwooie, and Eliza Yuen MIN.
Mills School graduates: Kunimatsu
Tsuchiya, Tameiiro Miyake, August p.
Kawelo, Park Pyeng Sun, Kingo Ma
kata, Chang Fong, Flu Fat Zane.