Kamehameha Boys’ School to Graduate 18 Commencement Exercises Occur Tonight
The Kamehameha boys’ school will graduate a class of 18 young men at commencement exercises to be held this evening on the lawn in front of the Bishop memorial chapel, Kamehameha campus. Every member of the class of 1917 is an officer.
In the accompanying picture the graduates are, reading from left to right, as follows: Standing—Cadet 2d Lieut. Valentine Kane, Cadet Capt. Clement Akana, Cadet 2d Lieut. Samuel Poepoe, Cadet Sergt. George Machado, Cadet Color Sergt. Samuel Mahoe, Cadet Color Sergt. John Kupihea, Cadet Sergt.-Maj. Joseph Palama, Cadet Sergt. Francis Spencer, Cadet Q. M. Sergt. Abraham Hobbs.
Seated—Cadet 1st Lieut. Earle Eaton, Cadet 1st Lieut. Lazaro Kaimuloa, Cadet Capt. William de la Nux, Cadet Maj. Joseph Smythe, Cadet 1st Lieut. and Adjutant Ahoi Simeona, Cadet 1st Lieut. Moses Ahuna, Cadet 2d Lieut. and Quartermaster David Simeona.
Seated in front—Cadet 2d Lieut. Nohea Peck, Cadet Sergt. James Rowland.
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 6/7/1917, p. 5)
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Volume XXIV, Number 7847, Page 5. June 7, 1917.
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Fred K Beckly was in first class to graduate 1887?. James Rowland 1917 one year younger than my grandmother who graduated 1916.
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It seems that Fred Kahapula Beckley graduated in 1891, the with the first graduating class of Kamehameha. See: https://nupepa-hawaii.com/2014/06/08/first-kamehameha-class-reunites-1916/
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And does your tutu’s name appear in this article found in the Star-Bulletin of 6/8/1912, “HOLD CLOSING EXERCISES ON CHAPEL LAWN.”?
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014682/1916-06-08/ed-1/seq-8/
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