The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-19
MEMORY
REvERED BY MANY
kaiulani School Pays Tribute To
Hawali's Fairest Daughter,
Dead But Unforgotten

Fifteen hundred and Gfty.six pupils,
attended by their thirty eight teachers
headed by Mrs. Nina l., D. Fraser,
principal, and accompanied by a large
number Of invited guests. paid loving
tribute yesterday to the memory OF the
late Princess Kaiulani at Kaiulani
School, Palama. 4
Yesterday was the birthday anniver.
sary Of Kaiulani aud the custom estab.
lished many years ago at the school
named In her honor was repeated, prob
ably on a more elaborate scale this
time. ID 10y
A huge portrait of KaiuIaBi was dis
played in the open and about IL the
school children placed their beautiful
tributes of flowers, sang the songs that
were dear to the princess in her life.
time and listened TO the story Of Ha.
waii Is tAirest and dearest noble woman.
Representative Gerrit p Wilder, who
was accompanied by Mrs. Wilder, gave
a short sketch Of Kaiulani $ life, touch
| ing briefly but feelingIy on the MANY
rare qualities Of the dead princess. The
vast audience Of pupils listened 10 his
words with rapt attention.
The program was very we'll carried
out and executed. Particularly good
was solo sung by John Almeida, a
blind boy. Other numbers, both mus
zeal and deelamatory, were also well
rendered. 49,
w. @. Avery, superintendent general
of public schools, who attended was
particularly pleased with the whole af.
fair. ~ Es,6Ea'
''I think that only in Hawaii can
such an affair as today s be carried out
50 successfully he said Yesterday
"There were over fifteen hundred ehil
dren present, all pupils of the school
all born in Hawaii, none of whom
knew the dear princess in her short
lifetime, but all paying loving and sin.
cere tribute to her memory. They
represented practically all the nations
on earth, although all American.
i Mrs., Fraser, the principal, and heI
efficient corps Of teachers, certainly
deserve great credit for the manner IN
which everything was carried out. The
music was particularly good and de
serves special mention. The recita
tons were also good and appropriate
THE chants, the music of which was
both weird and doleful, by Mrs, Man
uel Refs and Mrs. Hakuole, told the
story of Kaiulani, but | doubt if any
of the school children followed theil
Import. The elder persons present anG
lwho understood Hawaiian and Hawai-
ians, say that these chants are rare ant
that there are not many Hawaiians to
day who can do them justice as did the
1.-TWO Hawaiian women Yesterday"
| Although paying tribute at the Kaiu
lani School to tie princess is of an
nual occurrence On her birthday ant
has been kept up, for many years past
yesterday was the first time when al
the children attending the big Palam,
school were present. Kaiulani School
by the way, has the greatest attend
ance of any educational institution II
the Territory.
| Yesterdays program was as follows
Program
Selection, "Ainahau" .............
| ................ Kaiulani Glee' Clul
Reading, princess Kaiulani'' &C..
/ ..............E.. Juliette KaiuaOli
Song, "He Lei No Kaiulahin. -.
Ilg...g.........A Arr. by Mrs. Markham
RecitatiOn, ITO Princess Raiulani"
y................. Room Thirty on,
Musical Selections ..,.. Blind Pupil
a. Intrumcntal. f#na8
| b. Solo John Almcidi
Recitation, "Kaiulani ..........
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Violet Kaiapi
Song, "SIcep, o sleep" .&.,.......
...........,..A Arr. by Miss Lofqus
Song, "Ua Mae Ka Pua iIlima" =.
...........A Arr. by Mrs. Q. 4. Kinl
Chants by Mrs. Manuel Rois and Mrs
HakuOlc. .'t
Selection, Aloha Oen ............
,............. Khiulani Glee Clul