Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17
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low, in part:
I'VE have listened with much in.
terest to the thoughtful welcome Civ.
en- to US by our chairman. 1t falls
to me the duty Of expressing the ap-
probation for the delegates from the
country districts OF the splerdid well
come, entertainment and hospitality
of this city.
do not always feel a welcome every
time we arrive in Honolulu. It is a
Honolulu way. We all have much n
common, for here centers the develop.
ment of our island community. Be.
sides it is our capital and we have a
proprietary interest in this city ami
view with pride its development
Some of US for the past two de.
cades have viewed the expanding
growth Of this great city with that
of other parts of the islands. We
have taken a pride in this prog
ress, as we nave the progress on the
other islands. / believe we all can
heartily join in the chorus: Honolulu,
we love you
This Civic convention idea has its
growth and development in Hawaii.
The stamp of approval or disapproval
becomes more important each year.
To give this approval or disapproval
requires no snap judgment, but bal
anced elaboration of whatever seems
important.
I'VE members from the country are
glad to be here, and again l express
our appreciation of the hearty vel.
come and the cordial Honolulu hos
pitality.'
Judge Metzger closed with the sug.
gestion that If the delegates would
be permitted to remove their coats
they were willing to roll up their
sleeves and get busy with the con-
vention work.
Following Judge Metzger's address,
Chairman Hagens named the follow
ing resolutions committee: G. H. vi
cars, Hawaii; w. o. Aiken, Maui; +.
NJ. Cheatham, Kauai; Norman Wat
kins, Oahu; DR.. H. B. Elliot, as chair
man.
AS Gov. L. E. Pinkham had not yet
arrived, Roger N. Burnham, Hawaii
scout commissioner, was called upon
to deliver his address upon boy
Scouts as a Civic Asset;
Throughout the address the scout
commissioner emphasized the thought
suggested in the title of his address.
Our best civic citizens are pest
taught when the boy-or as is often
the case, the girls young" he de-
clared.
The speaker is d sculptor and he
expressed the wish that sometime he
would have the opportunity to mould
bust to represent the scout move
ment, which, he said, ne would call the
"Giver of Moral Manhood"
The scout commissioner closed by
repeating the scout oath.
During the address Of Mr. Burnham,
Gov. Pinkham entered the hall, the
delegates arising to respectful atten.
ton until the governor was seated.
Gov. Pinkhams address then fol.
lowed. 1t closed the morning pro-
gram, but as It was still early it was
proposed that some of the afternoon
papers be read. Supervisor Charles
n. Arnold volunteered to present his
paper on the maintenance Of good
roads at the time, which was done.
The aims OF the Boy Scouts organi.
zation and the Boy Scouts as a civic
asset was the theme of the address
of Roger n. Burnham, executive scout
commissioner for Hawaii, who de-
tailed how the organization he repre-
sents seeks to make good citizens out
the youth of the nation by tutoring
them while young, thus giving them
the formation essential to sturdy char.
acter and by making it one OF their
chief interests to put into practise the
precepts that are preached to them.
The modern method, he said, when
anything worth while is discovered, is
to build experimental stations and de-
velop the discovery so all may bene.
fit by the knowledge. Carrying out
the simile, the child, he declared, is
the most valuable raw material out
Of which to develop our chief civic
asset, and fostering his economic re-
lation to the community so he wiz
be a credit, not liability. The edu-
cation and health Of the child have
been conserved and fostered by
schools and clinics and the character