Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVIII, Number 40, 26 January 1944 — News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School [ARTICLE]

News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School

By Ambrose It!osclini j Thf 1944 basketball schedulc i for the intcrscholastic lea|jue has been announced by the offiiials of the league. Eight teams have i entered the loop this ye? r from | the prep schools and tho games' will be played at the Civic Audi-1 torium. The* teams' are fr o m Roosevetl, Punahou, McKinley, I Kaimuki Hi, Mld-Pacific, Far-1 Saint Louisj and Kamehameha. !

Eaeh aehool wfll a sched-| ule of seven full gajmes and fol-' lowing this the top four teams will tangle in a ro\jhd-robin. Thc championship will be based on the team hav[ng the bost percentage in both the regular round and in the round-robin. Pr®vious to this the winner of the round-robin was automatical- j ly declared the champions. Last year ' the Farrington Governors copped the chaiflpionship. On Tuesdays and Frid ay s i do'uble-header will be played with the first game starting at [ 2:30 p.m. _ and the second game beginning at 3:30 pjn. The regular round will end|on March 3, and the round-roljin will ba staged on March 7, 10, an<l 14. Here is the schedule:

January. 18 Mid-Pacific vs. Kaimuki Hi McKinlay vs. Farrington. January 21 Roosevelt vs. St. |Louis Kamehameha vs, Punahou J-anuary 25 Mid-Pacifice vs, McKinley Kaimuki Hi vs. St, Louis January 28 Punahou vs, Farrington, Kamehameha vs. Roosevelt February 1 St. Louis vs. MidrPacific McKinley vs. Punahou February -1 Kamehameha vs. Kaimuki Hi Farrington vs. Roosevelt February 8 Pun-#iou vs. Mid-Pacific St. Louis vs. Kamehameha February 11 : Roosevelt vs. McKinley Farrington vs. Kaimuki Hi February 15 Mid-Pacific vs. Kamehameha Roosevelt vs. Punahau February 1S St. Louis vs. Farrington McKinley vs. Kaimuki Hi February 22 Mid-Pacific vs. Roosevelt Farrington vs. Kamehameha' ! February 25 i Punahou vs. Kaimuki Hi McKinley vs. St. Louis February 29 ' Farri3īgton vs. Mīd-Pacific ' Roosevelt vs. Kaimuki Hi Maeh 3 ! [ Kamehameha vs. McKinley ; $»unanou vs. St. Louis

! FIRE SQUAD j By eLA»EN€E TYAII ! Six tooys from the low eleventh | class of the Kamehameha School j were elected members of the fire j sqaad. This was formed" as a measure of precaution against I fires that may break out on the | school campus. 1 | If *a eall sumrnons tlic fire ' squad, they rush to Hale Ola, the infirmary for boys, where the fire fīghting appariatxts is kept. This equipment consists of" t\vo hoses sixty feet iri leng-th, two | axes, a portable ehemieal extin(guisher, and a set of \vrenches I used to turn tf*e valves on the j hydrants. 1 j AH is storeJ on la movable cart wMoh the boj*s I push Mlth mueh vigx-»r to the ! hydrant neawst the seene" of the i They then unroll the hoee, wnneet the lonpths together, aiul connect it to the hydrant. At a sipn»l. the water is hirned on. The force of \vater is terrifk v as it the nbsale o! Uie hose. so for this they Trmst ftrength 5n i3irectuig of ws>ter at Ihe ri£ht Th boys of tho firv sq\ta<J, unfier the $up*rv*Bsw\ of Mr Wii!ißm B. CfcMwcll, miithematics W»eh®r, are CkHivcia, Kmienek MArUascu, Bwrs OaUi, Waito i\OviciiliursU Thoitia_-s Ci«\ s uce Tyau. IMNtt AND BĪAMt SAJJKS % ruoMAS The School foc cr.deAi :ts boiic vuid drive i\ir Uie £irs-t jU v rtu. oi 15H3~4i y«.\ir \MUV & loU&i b»I«s of $1,630.25. T?iis sum ».cxuaiuiiitcvi Ute Kiwwii Uu moi;ths «kiul rv% N cn ; iVr of Ytre to\v<kvxr,th, socUoiv took top ii» Uu> pun&aaof »!V. K-:ids W.Ui A V)£ $iM.vKS SvHi<l)\\Cvi «K> li «eeuo» thc <a4hvh

grode whieh reachecl a total of $400,00. Aithough the A section of t]if- low-elevenlh took first pl&ee in section sales, tHe "eighth" g*ade emerged on top in olass p«rchases with a total sum of $480.00; The low-eleventh class placed second with a total of $466.75, and the tenth grade took third plaee with a sum of $216,00. The twelfth grade purchased $214.50' worth of stamp¥ and bonds; the ninth grade, $169.25 and the high-eleventh, $73.75 boosted the total amount "purchased by the entire sohool for boys to $1,620.25. Several students purchascd war bonds whieh were added to their Cl&sā' totalS. Robert Pila, scnior; David Pila and Thomas Lalakea, low-eleventh graders; and Elmer Chu, Melville Turner, and Sam Seto; eighth graders; are eredited as being the purchasers of four $200 bonds and two $100 bonds. These boys purch-ased their bonds with money earned and saved by them during the summer" vacation. Robert earns his money While working at the Mutual Telephone Company on a part-timc basis.

CI,AItKE ENGLLISH AWĀBD By NEWTON LURBE

Norwin . Jones, sophomore at Kaiiihameh.a School for Boys, was presented the annual Clarke' English Award of ten dollars, whieh is sp©nsored by Mr. John K. Clarke, member of the boaxd of trustees of the Bishop estate, Deoember 16, before leaving for ehristmas vacation. Students are chosen eaeh year ; for th«iir progrcss and use of good English speech in their everyday īife at Kameh-ameha, whether on the playfields or in classes. This award is an encouragement to the boys to improve their use of the English language. Norwin has worked steadily on improving his speech in English and was select«d because of his progress. When asked what he planned to do with the money, Norwin entlrusjastically replied, "I'll put it to good use."

By FRED MAKTINSEN Eight boys from the Kamehawieha gchools who are in the loweleventh class, were employed at the California Packing Company during the Christmas vacation, The boys were George Lindsey, Henry Cobb-Adams, William Huddy, Leslie Henry, Fred Martinsen, Liucas Kekuna, Walter Miller •and Royal Kane. These boys were working \uider Mr. Albert who is in charge of the bran department. They filled positions such as the stacking of bran bags, running juice pumps, crushers, and operating the drainage equipment. The Kam J>oys reported that they enjoyed their work very mueh, i even though tliey had to work j ten to eleven hours a day. George |iias worked for C.P.C. Tor one |summer and Jtwo Christmas vaca- | tions, and encouraged the boys to I work during the two weeks va- | cation. The boys are helping the I war effort by buying war bands | with the money whieh they [earned. The boys feel proud that i they iiave worked for a vital war iindustry duriiig ,the Christmas j Viicatīon.