Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIX, Number 6, 31 May 1944 — News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School [ARTICLE]

News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School

By BAREY ŌXTAI The 'Kam«hameha School for Boys welding ahop, under tlie aupervlsit)n of Mr. William EHioU, offers the students of Kameha- ! meha a bright future in prepar--1 ing themselves to compete with other boys to securē good and high-paying jobs. This is done by teaching the welding trade to the boys who will take part in ttie growlng world of tomorrow •where experienced welders will be needed for the ,oonstruction of bulldingB and shīps. About a fourth 6f the tenthj grade class attend the welding aliOp on Mondays and Tuesdays while the rest of the class haa instrubtion in maehine shop, aut'cimeehanlea, and electricity. A chaitge is xmde after a period of three months in order to familiari2e the boys with the dif--1 fferent trades. Because of this

change, the sophomores" are not taught a full course in weldiiig. They are taught to set the welding machines/ strike the arc, run beads on flat and vertical plates and ar£ also' given some pointers in gas cutting. When the ttoys reach the loweleventh grade, they are given the privilege of choosing their own trade and this is when a full course in welding is carried on. The low-eleventh, high-eleventh, and seniors attend shop on Thurs-

days and Fridays. The boys learn to weld by practical experience. This year, they are mastering the flat, horizontal, vertical, overhead and dlrect overhead welds. Multiple beads are also taught to tlie boys as they are being instructed in these various operations. At a later period, pipe welding is carried on. After completing a course in pipe welding, the boys under-

luke the mastering of single aml mampie ueaaa m tite vari»ue. viciaiiiy jjoaiUoua, At uus point, the boys _are "taugni to icst Uieir conipletea woi'K wnieii ia done under the ' »tandaril Feaeral Bureau 'lests'.'. Tne students then leani io steai vwetd, to sweat, or hard face anotner melal, and to 'weW castf.ron aiid sheet metal. I Lay-out* and steel construction and erection is to the ooys during their seni<br year. At preseftt there are ēlcvcn ooys in the welding Seven are l<*fc-elcventh boys, two higheleventh, and two seniors. They arer low eleventh, Fred Kauka, Waldemar DuvaUchelle, Leslie Henfy, -Newton Lurbe, Walter Milier, Walter Rodenhurst, and Tetor Perkins; high-eleventh, Newton

Kekahio and Arthur McCabe; and seniors, John Kalili ahd Clarencc Self. Silver and gold pins for the third half-term grading perind were presented to 25 students at the Kamehamoha School for Boys. Mr. William Caldwell, mathemaLics insti ! uctor at pr»sentod the pins to the honored students." Pour students received gold pins for doing outstanding acadennc work. Those thsit re'ceived gold pins were Wllliam., Stewart,< high-

eleventh; and seniors Earl Robinson, Alexarider Thoene, and Norman Rosehill. ; Students that received silver pin awards are as follow: Eighth grade—Stanley Lum an'i Elmer Manley. Ninth gradc—Edward Lee, Ber-n-ard Pang Ching, William Panui, William Bell, Richard Roseliill, and Robert Moore. , Tenth grade—Randolph, William Haina, Eric Crabbe, and William Ka\ii. ; 1 Low-elevcnth Tbomas See, Albert Kekoa, Carl Thoene, Amf broāo Rosehill, and Arthur Fitz-

simmons. Īligh-el<'venth—Raymond A e a,, Henry Lukel>a, Henry Rogers, and George Choy.

The Kamehameha cinder and field men unleashed their mighty Warrior strength to eiop the 1944 Cornell Relays at the University of Hawaii field on Sat"urday, May 6.

The Kamehameha track team, copping the Cornell Relays for the first time in 14 years, garnared a total of 55 points to its nearest competitor, McKinley, who am?.ssed 49 points. Punahou with 42 points took third in the meet, whīle Roosevelt witlf 41 points cla'raed the fourth berth.

One of the outstanding events of the day was in t!he 100-yard Open, whieh Milton Beamer Jr., triple-threat Warrior cinder burner, copped in 10.2 seconds. Nathan Napoleon, 'a Roosevelt trackster and winner of this event last year, was second to the Kam

sprinter. Also of the # Warriors thatTshowed an outstaiidWg performanoe, was Prancis Beamer, cousin of Milton, who took ttye 220-yard hurdles in 27.1 secon!ds. \Varr4or Adolph Bartels, up-and-coming tiniber-topper f placed third.

|.... Others on the winning Kamehameha track teani that elaimea | needed points blney Roy, who tied for third plaee in the high jump; Barry Ontai and Wp.l- - Laeha claimed, second aiid third berths in the pole vault, respectively; in the hfoad juiup, and Newton Lurbe took second and tiiitd places. Two out of the four relays hekl iu Uie M*» : Warribr sprihters. īn Uie halfwiile relay Uie wiuniu& Uiree-year combinati'on of Earl Ga,ldoira, William Gasper, Ba.rry piiLii, and Millon Beamer broke Uie ta,pe at, 1 niinute, 34.6 seconds.

i The oīhor relay Uia|L \vas eoaquerod by Uio t«;aivi \\us tho mUe-relaa', <xnnposcd of Keiineth AuH Leoiuml W011&, Fraiicis MeMiUeu and Cha,rles Puuohau. Their time wua 3 minutes,. 40 seconds.

Bi FRED MAKTI^Si^ The wovxisvorkii\s: eourse \mdcr Uie tutorsliip a£ Mi\ i>iu Abpia-, i3 s&ul bi' enlioa to b«j oii<4 j of the most crv\vtive shpp eourscsj taxight at Kani«haineh«!. i The fe">ys ol the iow<j. v r divisiou i si>end Moudass ;vnd Tues<iays oi j one soshh'>l tenn sn the \voodworktug slvop, This e.\pioratory eoui-se firat pr«seiiUi to Uie sti|A>ients tfee fundamentals of \vood\vbrk whieh consist of Ute proper use aivd care Jof. han«fcaws. \voo«ipiaiv<fs» ehisels , and other tools. , As the stu<3ei\t sho\vs «ome progc«ss in his work he is ento touiid such ai~Ue4os j«s Kvke;;ds, ti;v,vs, triuket Lv.\es j And other suviple objeets. Th»s is [A»e so as to mcriNVse kiwwl-

edge m the use ot different toola. Some studenta wliu uro especiaUy interestod make bowis oi' vanpu«. shapes oa .the wood lathe. Aiiother jmportant lessoji whieii Uie student leanis īn woodworking are Uie charactenstics of ditterent types o£. wood I"OLUid here and abioad. The use ol Ho-waiian woods are iiighiy reeon imended {jy the instructors. . Aftor the students havg, maatered these preliminaries in. woodwor& and have had some aelual working experience within the. shop, the student is started on a job whieh requires more skill, Carving is a trade in itself a«d requires considerable knowledge °f art. 1 As the student jJrogresses in woodwor.kiug he is taughL £acts about carving and is.yiven projccts whieh i-eq.uire carviog, One of the important. lesaons the stu- .

dent learns in carving ia the value of well kepL tools. I'he. "A" ; section o£ the ninth grade at the present time are workuig on a complete set of Hawaiian luau dishes. The idea for thia project was started by thē students themselves. The students made u trip to the Bighop M'useum to get ideas of designs whieh were used by the ancient Hawaiians. After tliis was accomplislied the designs ,were studied and voted I upon by the class and eaeh stu;dent chooses whatever article in , the project he wanted to eom- | plete.

Some of the work of the eighth a-i"i ninth grade students will be displayed at the Honolulu Academy of Arts soon. The girla iiu.ve been doing some work in, the woodworkmg ahop during their. art classes, carving trays and figures. By ANNA EAGLES | Misa Sally MacGregor, physical j ed'ucation instructor at K. S. G. awarded the athletic awards to Julia St<y|tart, sophomore, Martha Fernandez r and Haleakala Waiau. juniors. These girls fulfilled the requirements, Whieh were good sportsmenship and outstanding physical ability.

Besides these girls, Helen Walker, Brito and Laura Sabey :have already received this award. By DAVID PILA A dinner at La Hula Rhumba, Sunday May 7,- was dedicated to the seniors the graduat|ing class of 1944 by the Alnmnae iand Alumni a.ssociations. The 25th anniversary of the class of 1919 was also eelebrated at the same occasion. Mrs. Zelie Duvauchelle Fernandez '19, was general chairman. President of the alumn-ae, Mrs. Thelma Sproat Bugbee '30 and president of the alumni assoeiation, Mr. Theodore Vierra '19, welcomed the graduates of 1944 into the associations. Miss Dorothy Martin, scnior adviser of the Kamehameha School for Girls and Mr, Allen A. Baaey, adviser of fch« Kanaehameha School for Boys, introduced the members of the graduating classes.

At the affair Mr. Gus Webling, supervising principal of the Oahu rural schools, gave tfie principal address. Dr. Pauline Frederick, principal of the school for giris, and Mr. Chartes T. Parrent, acting principal of the schoo! fo r boys also spoke. For the first time plans for an organization of a parent-teacher associaUon at the Kamehameha Schools was annauttce<i by Mr. Parrent. Mr> Isaac HarbotUe '93, was the oldest class roprese»tative at the <imn6r, - • Graduates and members of the Kamehameha School for Giria dass of 1&19 in attendance were Emmeline Kaina Afat. Henri«tta Eckart Austen, Zelie Du\-auchelle F«tnandea. Mary Norton Holt, Victorivi Naopala Kalilik;uie and Gardie HarbotUe Thompson. | Tlie Kamehameha School for [Boys class of 19iy who wer>> i prea6nt are WiUiam Aarona, Heruiau Ciark. Benjamin and Williani Irvene. WilHam Moke, H iram Puaa «nd Theodore Vierrn. Mr, and Mrs, Frank K. Midkiff and Mr, Joiin K, Clarke spoa*l £u*sU at the dinner.

% JEKRV FHKKMAN Tlte best eo4npaiv>' for the year oi is Omt|»any A W by Cai>U«i Earl FenwuKiea and Pirst Lioutenant Howard !seiiliAra. won honors on Sun<Uo*. Apnl 30, s.t the annuāl Ketre«.t DrUJ p*rade j heM at the &amehameh& Schoois. j PoinU caicuUvted by Mr. j Criblej\ instructor at the Kwneha£clKX>l t> Boys» iited to cOiiipaay after every | SAtut\l\v drill »nd \wre &t i the last ivtre*t driU. Th*> eom- , pan> ixvet\ i«v4 Uie uumber jof ji«>ints dunsvg Uie *-hole jvar dociAi\si the best eaaipani»