The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-13
N|ANYINAT|ONS
SALUTE old
GLORY
Impressive Scene During Lincoln
Memorial Exercises at Mills
School; Three Hundred Pupils
Participate; Governor Pink.
hams Address Reminiscent Of
country's Martyred President.

hams Address Reminiscent Of
cOuntry's Martyred President.
Interesting Lincoln Day exercises
Were held yesterday afternoon in the
chapel OF the Mills School before a dis
tinguishcd gathering. The exercises
were participated in by three hundred
pupils Of the Mills School, Of which
Dr. w. r. Ferguson is principal, aud
the Kawaiahao Seminary, Miss Mary
Mosher, principal These two schools,
one for boys and the other for girls,
constitute what is known as the Mid
Pacific Institute.
n Doctor Ferguson presided at the exer.
cises. The board Of managers, Of which
DR.. Doremus scadder is president, was
present IN body, the only absent man.
ager being Mrs. p. NJ. Allen, whose
death only the night befsre was felt
as sad loss by both schools.
Among the speakers OF the afternoon
were Governor Pinkham, whose address
is given below in fun. Rev. DR.. Albert
Erdman, Of Morristown, New Jersey
who is veteran Of the Civil War and
(, was present at the battle of Gettysburg,
spoke on personal "Reminiscences OF
the War and Of Lincoln. y Other speak
ers were Admiral Wise, retired; former
Senator Q. II. Dickey and DR.. L. II.
Hemenway.
Flag saluted.
A special feature OF the afternoon
was the salute to the Flag, which was
voiced in English by children Of six
nations-A American, Hawaiian, Chinese,
Japanese, Korean and Filipino. This
was followed by what is known as the
international Salute TO the American
Flag" in which NIL joined. Patriotic
songs were sung by both pupils and
visitors. VH1H# yEi
,'In briefly addressing you this after
noon shall take the point Of view Of
: Abraham Lineoln entertained by quite
a small boy, rather projections in his
appreciation Of events that so profound
y moved the nation said Governor
Pinkham
'.Iiis views Of that condition, slav-
cry, that caused the contention between
sections Of the Union, were gathered
while sitting at his mothers knee as
she read Mrs. Harriet Beecher stowe =
book, iDncle Tom y Cabin
THEREIN were depicted the kind.
nesses of slavery as well as the hor,
rors. j had seen Governor Banks re.
view the militia of Massachusetts, with
the thrill small boy can feel. While
Abraham Lincoln had made profound
impression In his debates with Stephen
A. Douglass and in his few speeches in
81, the East, yet his humble birth and cir.
cumstances, his lowly parentage, his
struggle for knowledge, his struggle
for even the light, candle OF pitch pine
knots, by which at night he might read
and study the few books he had been
able to secure, had become known and
made great impression on the public.
- "The rough empIoyments he secured
in order TO make livelihood, his short
career as a fat-boat man on the Ohio
ahd Mississippi FLYERS, his voyages to
New Orleans, his labors as rail split
ter, his experience in the Black Hawk
War, his circuit riding in practising
law, all these were known TO and con.
WINGED the common people, always the
foundation OF the body pditic, that
Lincoln was one Of them In heart and
principle.
When his first campaign was in
progress, and similarly In his second,
the expression and enthusiasm OF his
supporters took place at night, for day
working hours were long and legal holt
days few.
Torchlight PROFESSIONS.
''To make these demonstrations inn
pressive the torchlight procession was
adopted, with such uniforms, mostly d
cap, cape and torch, as each company
chose TO set of the marching organ,
izati0ns. TfansparencieS gave trite ex,
preston TO sentiment, but the one fea.
tufe that called to each mind and heart
the personality Of Abraham Lincoln
was the old zlgzag fence march which
illustrated his humble occupation as a
rail splitter.
"Thousands of torch bearers march.
ed through the streets zigzagging along,
so perfectly initiating an old postless,
but most effective, rail fence that the
whole story was indelibly fixed ON the
observers and participants, minds.
"DiYided parties resulted in Lin
roln 3 election 70 the presidency Of the
United States. Mutterings Of sectional
discomfort could be heard from the
Southward, audible even to a small boy.
',sThe Inauguration of the new adj
HfiSistration was at hand. IL CHANGED
T the Vice, President, Hannibal Hamlin,
CT Maine, ON his way TO Washington
stopped over night at our town and ]
was presented to him, and, kid like, felt
that possibly some of his Importance
rubbed on on my hand us he kindly
SHOOK IL. '"
',."yice Presidents have little oppor-
tunity 10 distinguish themselves, but
Hannibal Hamlin had the appearance
of a statesman and, being Of the sturdy
political stock Of Maine, would have
been equnl to possible responsibilities.
tAs from the morning train, passing
my home, the daily5paper was thrown,
boy of my size was always on the
watch to pick itiup. IL did not, at
the time, get q chance to read It, | At
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