Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-22
THE BOYS FROM STOCKTON HIGH school.

The boys OF the Stockton High School are with US
toda1..
o,if hats are off TO these Youngsters. They earned
their trip 10 Hawaii earned il by scholarship. by
athletic ability. by good behavior They will con.
tinue earningit by making special study on various
assignments during their visit.
The trip Of the Stockton lads raises ii very timely
question:
Why shouldn't Honolulu invite other high schools
in the states-a large number of them--to send each
a group Of boys here on similar plans? Why not
do this on big scale say, for 1918, or indeed for
the summer of 1917? Get the boys here at the same
time and then stage big interscholastic entertain
nient big interschoastie meet or both, the pro
ceeds to go towards defrayng the expenses Of their
trip?
II would be a mighty fine thing for the boys and
a mighty fine thing for Honolulu.
Think il over members of the Hawaii Promotion
Committee, OF the Chamber of Commerce. Think
Ii over, Ad Club and Rotary Club and all the other
clubs.
Theadvantages of such plan will appeal to any
one who reads the following explanation of the trip
OF the Stockton boys, from article in Stockton
paper:
For the past eighteen months the student body OF
the high school has been giving entertainments to
raise funds to deray the expenses of the trip. Many
generous citizens have sent in their checks TO
aid the boys In their plans. Each boy selected has
also contributed $50 toward the expense fund.- though
that is but fraction of the The party will
turn for the opening OF school, following the Christmas
vacation January 2.
selecting the Honolulu team said Principal Noel
II. Garrison, who made the announcement we made
scholarship the first requirement No student
eligible who not above grade in threefourhs of
his subjects As matter of fact all Of those selected
were above grade in all of their subjects but boy
and that one boy was below in only one subject Sec
ondly made all around athletic ability the basis of
selection. 1t happens that the schools best swimmer
did not up in other branches of athletics
that made him ineligible. Third, picked the team
not only for what the boys will do at Honolulu but for
what they have done for the schOe2. for the things
that they stand for in school life. They fine
representative lot Of boys. and the Stockton high
school is glad to be Judged by them.
There were number Of boys who eligible
TO goon the trip but their parents failed to give con-
sent SO that left them out of it.
The committee will assign to each of the boys
E0rot particular subject for investigation during the
trip Hefwin observe closely and make report to
the student body on his return In that way all of
the students, those who and those who stay at
home will be enabled to get the most possible out Of
tho trip
BOYS that measure up to what Principal Garrison
has outlined are the kind of Young Americans Homo
lulu is glad to welcome. We Judge also that their
home town is proud of them for here is what the
Stockton Record said of their departure
stockton is going give the nine school boys who
make the Honolulu trip royal send-off.
The boys will leave Stockton next Thursday
ing Dy Doal cnaperOned Dy Amos Elnott, Will
from San Francisco the steamer Northern the
following day, to contest with academic teams the
islands in baseball, tennis and swimming.
Thursday afternoon there will be automobile
parade around the principle streets of the business
ton BY the high school students at 4:45 o'clock
At $3.50 o'clock the parade will rest at the head Of
Stockton channel at the steamer landing, where a
quartet win sing several Hawsiisn selections These
will be followed by speeches by Noel Garrison, prin-
epatof the high school. and members of the student
b0dyt II is expected that nearly the entire school will
turn out TO the boys Off big serpentine demon
stratioA is also planned by the students.
A o'clock it is planned to blow all of the factory
whistles Of the city A committee consisting of three
members of the student body, three members of the
junior chamber of commerce and three members of
the senior chamber OF commerce will also be hand
TO see the athletes depart"
Why not invite the high schools of California to
send their young leaders here under similar plan
in the summer of 1917 or 1918? Or perhaps widen
the field, to include other states?