Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
FRED B. SMITH TALKS 4
TO KAMEHAMEHA STUDENTS

IF any student would acquire good
r education, and be a success in Lille, he
must, above all things. be possessed
: Of good, clean morals" said Fred, B.
Smith during an address given in
Bishop chapel this morning before the
entire, student body and faculty OF the
kamehameha Schools. .'' -.''.' -, =
Mr.. Smiths address was brief as the
greater part of the hour was taken up
/ with singing by the National Associa-
| ton Quartet and the students Of the
school. The quartet sang three times
and at the request of Mr.. Smith the
students sang Hawaii lPonof and
! Aloha, De- Following this, Mr.. Smith
spoke, in part, as follows:
mo doubt all of you young men and
women, at least the greater part of
,, this assembly, will forget this morn
ing. Eut am sure that l never shall,
for this is the first time that l have
| had the opportunity to come into per-
! sonal touch with you and to know your
| work When I was in these Islands
six years ago paid visit to Kane
hameha, but at that time had no
| idea of the great work which Is being
carried on here every day. and / want
to compliment you on your work and
the choice which you made which put
you in the Institution where you are
now.
Il have had many experiences with
the young men in all parts of the
United States, and have found on
many occasions that the wanderlust
in many of them are strong. Those
in the north want to be in the south
and those in tn eeast want to be in
the west Now l want to impress up
on you all that the man who succeeds
is the man who stays were he is and
sticks to that thing which he has
chosen as his life work. Today there
are 300 licensed aviators in the
United States. There are about ninety
three millions of people in America
today, and out Of this number three
hundred have chosen to fly, as it
were. A few have automobiles, but
the rest prefer to walk. Life is made
by walking and not by flying. Stay at
home; your life is in the place where
you are and not until you have made
good in the present place should you
Now there are some of you young
fellows who are going to make
roaring failure of life. When l say
this do not mean any one person in
particular. And l will make it plain
that any one of you young men whose
morals are not clean will be failure,
| do not mean the fellow who is slow
in his work, or the fellow who, has
poor personality, but the young man
who is going to fail is the one who
is letting his morals break him down.
He may be 4 fellow CT intelligence,
he may have a good social standing,
o rhe may lead all others in athletics,
but if he is deficient in his morals.
the breakdown will come which Will
mean his utter defeat. If your morals
are going to the dogs, then you are a
doomed man, and you will never make
a place for yourself in the world. In
the world today it is the man with
bad morals who is being dismissed; :
this is even true with regard to poll
tics and athletics. Just as there is a
place In the world fer the japanese
and the Americans which could never |
be filled by any other race, so there
is a place In the world for the Ha-
Waiians which can be filled only by
the Hawaiians. and il is up to you,
young men and young ladies. In the
Hawaiian Islands today good men are
being sought after in political and
civil life. In this great institution,
you are surrounded with every pos
;ibie method of preliminary training