Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVIII, Number 35, 22 December 1943 — News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School [ARTICLE]

News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School

ASSĒMBLY TALK By LEBLIE M. HENRY "Education is America's biggest business," declare<l Mr. Oren" E. Long, Hawaii's Superintendent of Public Instruction in a recent address at a Kamehameha Sehool for Boys assembly. He explained' history of different islan<i schoo!s and told a little. about the department of puhlie instruction. Mr. Li>ng is \ery interested in the Kamehameha Schools and is serving on the committee whieh is studying the schoOls and making recommendations for future development. The members of the committe are Dr. Charles Posser, chairman, President of Dunwoodie Tnstitute Mlnncapolis, Minnesota; Mr. Oscar Shepard, President of Punahou School; and Mr. Harvey Freeland, expert in vocational esucation.

By CHARLES PIIOIIAI īn a cerēmony flowering with the color stn3 pageantry of olā Hawaii, the flag of Hawaii was presented to Rear Admiral Willlan R. Furlong, wab raised in the Hall of Flags at , Civilian Housingf Area Three, at Pearl 1 Harbor on Tuesday ' night, November 16. 5

Presentation of the~flag was made by Mr. Ernest Kai, acting governor of Hawaii. Governor Kai said, "We are happ'y that thē Hawaiian Flag has been accorded a plaee in this Hall of Flags. We are doubly happy ttiat it takes plaee on the birthday anniversary of : King Kalakaua." In closing his address he said, "It is therefor with great pleasure that I present to you this Hawaiian flag on behalf of the people of the Territory of Hawaii. With it I extend to you their best wishes and traditional aloha."

The flag was accepted by Rear Admiral William R. Furlong of the U. S. N., commandant of Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. In his acceptance of the flag, Admira! told of the early aquaintances of the I7nited States in Hawaii. He told of the agreement made by the Hawaiian government with the United States, to open her hart)or for free trade. tn this treaty, cērtain articles were admitted free entry into Hawaii, and augar and coffee were admit.tea.iuto the United States without tax or duty. He gave a brief history of the use and developnient of Peari Harbor and introduced some of i the people who were aboard the California when it made its entry into Pearl Harbor in 1911.

Mr. Homer Tyson, master of ceremonies, gave a brief history of the Hawaiian flag, and its

origjji. Entertainment for this occasion was provided by the Royal Hawaiian Band under t,he direction of Bandinaster Don}enico Moro and a group of songs by the boys' and girls' glee clubs of the Kamehameha Schools, directed by Mr. Frank P. Kernohpji aiyi Miss La'ura E. Brown respectively. After the pesentation, |the Hawaii; an girls' glee club, \inder the direction of Miss Julip, Doyle anH thē Royal Hawaiian Band glee elub directed by Mike' Hanapi entertained.

1 Kamehameha girl sponsors for | the eight Hawaiian Islands reprehSented at the presentation were: Miss Rose Vivian Kinney, Oahu; Miss Robertwinn Apaka, Hawaii; Miss Marjorie Kanae, Maui; Miss Leila Hohu, Molokai; Miss Plorenoe Akina, Kanai: Miss Pcarl Sousa, Lanai; Miss Elizabeth Beirne, and Miaa JuUa Stew-, art, Kahoolawe.

&UUi£M% SFGECU, IHOMAS $££ Mr» Joseph Bakken, prūicipal, of t.ho MuM\\oif\o InstituU\ was th« guest speaker at ass*mbli- ( hi?M i\vontly at the Kameh&melia! School for Boys. Mr. expressed his subject in the f<wta of a question: "'V\'hat Aro thc Bovs of Kainiehaiiieha Thinkln£ Abont Dstj*s." Mr. Bakk»?n stattxl t\vo of ihe 1 tnost eomwon thons}\ls: tht-' !vl«v. "Thc War" ' Whst Ua|\«r%U ts to b« after tbe ' W»r. u sai<l *"Thope wiU bo &

tremendous chang« in transportaUon after the war. Transportation will be chiefly by uir, and Ha,y?ftu will be, the center of air travel with routes radiating to the other airports of the world." Emphasizing his stateinent further he added, "With air transportation being the chief way of travel, the international boundaries will tend to shrink, and eommodities ean be ōbtained in one or two days." ' ! Mr. Bakken said that there will be a great deal of after the war; H6 fetated thaf the plantations will need ' leiss labor, because new machines will be introduced and the plantation workers will find .lobs in factories.

Mr; Bakken said that if the students at Kamehameha want a good job after the war they must train now for some profession, trade, or if only a job, while they are in school. He encouraged the students to seek all the guidance that one ean get. He said; "Read, study, and inquire."

PREP SCHOOL PI,AY By ELMER KANETA The seventh grade of Mrs. A. Hapai'» room at the Kamehameha Preparatory School put c>n a play portraying what children ean do to help their tubercular parents. This program waa to ,raise money by selling Christmas seals and was handled by the seventh ' grade. The committees appointed to sell- the seals were made up of six teams and the most we're sold by the teams i headed by Kamakolu Leong and | Marvin Ferreira. They lead the others by selling $8.53 worth of seals. The soldiers who attended donated money rather than taking stamps.

Present at this affair were Mrs. Clorinda Director of the Child Guidance Clinic; George O'Connorj Detective with the Crime Prevention Division; Captain Howard Leven of the Medical Corps stationed nearby; and Mrs. Lela Brewer, Principal of the Preparatory School. Also present were thirty-one neighboring soldiers. They aided by supplying some of ,the equipment needed for the play. Mrs. Lucag gave a short talk on Tuberculosis after the play.

The play was about a little boy, named Keoki, who was always getting into mischief. His ypother was at Leahi Home and his father was always full of liquor and paid no attention to his son or to his home.

Keoki's friends were Peewee, Butch and Mike and they were always together in what ever they did. The father and Keoki, with the help of his friends, made a hew start when his mother returned from the hospital. They all helped with the house work, , the house clcancr was Peewee, lßutch was the eook, Mike the yardboy, and Keoki helped hia father at work. Everyone did his job and everybody was happy again. "

j The staff for this play were aa follows: the hostess and annoxmcer Joyce Mahi; property &irls were Kamakolu Leong, and Kehaulani Awong; Keoki was porfrayed by Thomas Murphy; soldier, Liester Chambers; housewife, Elisabeth Foster; father, Buddy Lovell; mother, Leinaala Kahoiwai; Butch, Joseph Kapiko; and Mike, Milton Sanford.

€HR|STMAS MNNER PLANS At Kamehameha Boys Sciiooi anniml Christmas dmner \vas hehl on Thursdav, Deecmber 16. A wreath'ōf ChristttiHs berry teftves aid Christmas berries vsras us«S at one end of the hall and the lighted Christnias tree balit at the other eudL In. the oeat»r the tr%ditional Manger eonstructed by Xlr. Abp!&nalp vraa p!aced. These decoraticais were put up <m S«nda>'. December 12, awl \vas sfubtituted on by the Bl«e arrangvment made by Georgi? Chov. Josh»a Akana and Elmer Kaneta. dinnere M?lebrat«?d the birthd»ys of ft*<nilty and boj*s who birthdays m TVc<-mbrr, They **♦ K*uk*. Thonm K*X*uCl»\ide KakMia. H*le AulO. Riehard KilaL, Miltt>n Besmer, Lindsey, Joel Holuin, Kenrroth Kimesu. Eiaa-l G&1illelm. Wanie-, W«lter lfia*r, WilKwn Wright, Alvin Aona, Arthur 3AoC*be, Wduter BarreU, Arīh\ir Solo Aii4 D&vi4 rtis, "On Sund&y iught the diiu*er the "OanUk §t»d the Fouadera D*y Chtistir.*s dmner heM . On. both Ujes« aighta, U.c s«i>per eaiea fey oai»4k U#;ht, There * in tronī vif c*ch K\v and « v*;v:kNS in Oie v>eater Übic. Xight wjm> ss4R4 w * aud CturuUu*»> d«n»4 Uk