The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
HLO TURNS OUT TO ]
WELCOME OARSMEN
Crews Met At Pier and
Later Take Part In Dedi-
cation Of Flag Pole
(Maii Special to The Advsrtissr)

tAtcuotut " INC NiSiiuB IOWlhH oNcWr
members Of the Healani and Myrtle
Boat Clubs Of HonOlulu--was compare.
lively quiet on Sunday, il was nonethe-
less sincere and all the visitors we're
made TO feel thoroughly at home. Long
before the Mauna Kea was even sight.
ed the telephone department was over
wheImed with inquiries as to the loea.
tion Of the steamer and when finally the
good news was bruited abroad that the
vessel would be alongside the Kuhio
Bay Wharf by half-past eight o'clock,
there was a perfect stream Of automo.
biles Of all designs headed for the
wharf. +.
A very creditable crowd in point Of
size was assembled on the wharf long
before the boat had tied up and as the
various members of the crews were
picked out by their friends individual
cries Of welcome were waited across
from wharf TO steamer and acknows
Judgments sent back. t i
The two rowing boats were first
lowered into the water and they were
launched without mishap. Then, as
| the visitors disembarked, they were
met az the gangway by Mel Nieoll,
chairman of the aquatic. sports com
mittee and captain Of the Hilo Yacht
| Club, and cordially welcomed 70 Hilo.
Mast of the guests are well known to
our sportsmen and for the space of all
most an hour they were busy exehang-
Il Ahasn nn nd
| ,equaintanees until they were hustled
nto automobiles and taken to the
IIilo Hotel and there given a chance
20 rest awhile and get over the effects
Of the trip across from Oahu. y
Dedicate New Flag Pole
| The formal welcome came when, all
rad assembled at the grounds of the
ailo Yacht Club, there to witness, the
dedication Of the new flagpole and to
.eeept the hospitality of the club.
The large attendance Of club mem
bers and Hiloites at the Club House
/ was the best evidence of the SINGER.
| ityf of the welcome and Healanis and
Wyrtles alike were soon made TO- feel
hey were, indeed, honoteds guests,
However, IL was left to the President
Of the Club, George A. Cool, TO express
the formal welcome, which he did I'm Q
few wellehosen words. = RI. VI \.
owe are here today be remarked
A'to accomplish two purposes, but pr
rnarily to welcome the members ait
crews of both the Heaiani and Myrth
boat clubs of Honolulu, as well as thu
visitors who accompanied them; ant
also for the purpose Of dedieating ouI
new flag pole and raising the Flag q
our country here for the first time.
4 ,''In welcoming our visitors from Ho.
noluIu we would like them 10 feel Il
las a sincere welcome from every per,
sou in Hilo and on the island Of Ha'
laaii. Everything we have here be
longs to them. There may be one o.
i two minor things which may not worl
out Just as we would like them to o,
Just as you think they should, but we
want you to feel that we are. not try.
ing to slight you in any why. -.
May Expect Hard Race $50.
awe, hope that whatever training
you have done in Honolulu win not bs
n vain and if we give you little ruiz
at the end of the two miles, or the
mile and n half, or whatever the dis
lance may be, we would like you II
, take it in the spirit in which it Is in
tended. ,s 49, 49,, T. .
"'May the best crew winl hope you
will go away from Hilo with the. salts
faction of knowing that the best crew
: lid win. ,sa5Sset,s ..... 30.
"Mr. Homer L. Ross will now deliv
err short grafton on the, unfurling o,
the Flag, after Miss Paiten has RAISED
it to its height .E.e " o.. ,
A hearty round Of applause greeted
Miss Eleanor PattenS as she steppet
forward to hoist the Flag, which wa,
renewed as the folds futtered In the
breeze from the top Of the flag pole.
Homer l.. Ross then delivered thu
following address, remarking as q pre-
face thereto that he had been request
ed to do so only last Thursday am
had accordingly prepared it in ad
} vance He said: tt.f.~
y "No man can put his finger on tn,
exact point of time in history, whet
first the conception of liberty AM
freedom took possession of the human
mind. However, the spirit Of human
liberty and of free government, grow
and nurtured into beauty and strength
in America, has extended Its infiuenc,
into the midst of nations beyond tn,
seas Like the beneficial rays of tn,
sun it has gone forth to brighten ant
to bless. II must change, and il b
fast changing the face Of the earth
The spirit of liberty Is the spirit o.
goodwill toward all nations and al
peoples, and this spirit will eventual,
circle the globe, binding the natiOnt
into confederation Of purpose max
ing future wars impossible. A dream
Yes, but with the probabilities o.
reali zatiOn. .."s
Responsibilities Heavy
"This is a day and year filed will
grave responsibilities for the indiyid
ual, both in our beloved country an,
in foreign nations. Liberty and free
" dom are being weighed in the bal
ancc; men 3 souls are being tried; au
: tocrary is pitted against democracy
i but freedom and liberty shall com
Y out of this contest victOriously trium
Z plant. 49,
! THE American Flag, which on thi
j occasion you unfurl to the breezes
stands for liberty ands freedom. ]
|. stands for liberty of action, of speec
T and of the pursuit of happiness; 70
r the principle that the governed shal
d make the laws by which they are gov
J. erued; that all men, in the eyes of tn