Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-26
School Superintendent Delivers
Timely Address to MCKin-.
ley Graduates.

SIeatjng TO The members OF thc
clus. q 1916 Of the MCKiale; hi%n
school Il The commencement exercises
in the. Opera house last F'riday eyeI.-
ing Oh the benefits OF readin" in the
securing 81 a good edUratiCn, Henry
n Kinney. superintendent Oi pHblIc
instruction, SAID.
II do not 8P~ why anyone should
lalE aLoUt reading, says EGskin. who,
J Iah,. II. did not have to make re-
n'arAs 10 hi"h ach"ul exercises. |
h..'c chosen the subject OF 'fraIing,
MT uHIy beClIEn saI necessity C1lh-
lis IL 20 SPEAK on some s1hje'L but
nrlru,r / think that Oh this occasion
Il 'rW HGrdS on the subject oil II aiding
Iuty rCt he entirely amiSS.
do not believe tina, the Mckinley
high school, or for that matter any
utncr reputable Institution, preteuds
to Produce graduates who are fully
educated '%hO, speaking after the
..bominaD!e fashion OF the fiye-foot
book shelf advertisements, have all
the knowledge which al educated man
should have
High schools, gymnaSa, colleges
only serve to give You rudimentary
education, a basis On which TO build.
They give you the tools with which,
IL you employ them correctly and with
industry, you may secure the know
ledge which leads towards education
and culture.
The most important Of these tools
is the habit OF reading, a habit which
is. unfortunately, becoming Obsolete
and this accounts, | think. to some eX-
tent for the fact that, flashy and
shoWy az We may appear with our
smatterings of knowledge on a great
diversity CT subjects. we are far be-
mind our fathers in real and solid cub
ture.
1T ia possible that because the
corr pl1Tities Of modern life bring
forth yearly i fost OF subjects on
which We must have somo infOrLla-
ton it mas become necessary to some
extent for us to secure a large pOr-
tion of cur information in tabloid form
through the newspapers and the maya
zines.
Magazines Of the type of the Re-
view Of Reviews, the Nation, the Lit
eTaTy Digest and others such furnish
us an opportunity to keep informed on
the subject of what is going forward
in maIv channels Of human activity,
and without these it would be difficult
to secure the information which is
necessary for the ordinary needs Of
civilized life.s / can see the great use
OF and the necessity for these periodi-
Gals, but can also see that because
4 H-Yy g.. s,1 ,.-ffH fAys
the gathering of a vast fund of super
fetal knowledge, many OF US become
more borrowers Of the IDEAS and opin-
ians Of others, inane echoes of the
special article writer's and book re-
viewers, without having any opinions
which We have honestly worked cut
for ourselves from the raw material
of the basic facts.
However, while this danger attends
the reading of the class OF magazines
which have referred to- it is only
the. abuse Thereof which is TO be
guarded against This, however. can
hardly be said TO beethe case with the
ever-growing .elass of so-called fic-
ton magazines, which are insidiously
stealing away from many OF us the
time which we should use for really
useful, reading. We all have the mag.
azine habit, more or less, think, and, |
referring to this class of magazine,
what do We get out of it that is at all
commensurate with the amount Of
time which we devote to the reading
thereof?
= 1T is true that quite occasionally
one finds in the. modern magazine a
krST.xF h fnh IN, %hr
time spent On the reading thereof, but,
on the other hand, we must wade
Through yards Of worthless stuff for
every such find. It is true that such
reading is not altogether wasted-for,
at least, one Gains all idea of the
trend Of modern writing of this kind
but spending much time on the pas
time OF looking for jewels in this lit