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Swim to be held at Punahou, 1922.

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A Scene from Preparations for a Swim at Punahou

The picture above [below], beginning from the left is of Duke P. Kahanamoku, the world champion swimmer, Mrs. David Wark Griffith, Oscar Henning, the manager of Kahanamoku, and Dad Center. Mr. Kahanamoku entered into a contract for him to perform some astonishing feats to be made into a movie under the direction of Mr. Henning for the success of that endeavor, and it is believed that a company will be started here to produce Kahanamoku’s movies.

(Kuokoa, 2/10/1922, p. 5)

He Hiona no ka Hoolalaia Ana o Kahi Auau ma Punahou

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LXI, Helu 6, Aoao 5. Feberuari 10, 1922.

A mele for Kalakaua, 1874.

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A Song for the King.

(This below is a mele sung by the students of the school run by the Catholic Roman Nuns, before the Alii, the King, when He went to see them on this past Sunday, February 22.)

Tune.—Par la voix du canon d’alarmes.

O ka Moi e noho nei
O Kalakaua ia;
Mai ke Kiekie mai
Kona lei, kona mana.

E kuokoa mau
Kona Aupuni a mau loa’ku.

Oluolu ka noho ana,
Pomaikai kakou,
Na keiki me na makua,
Malalo o kona malu.

E kuokoa mau, &c.

Like pu ka helehelena,
Aole he olelo e,
Ka olelo a na kupuna
Ko kakou makemake.

E kuokoa mau, &c.

Mamalahoa kanawai
E kau mau no ia,
Mai Hilo a Kauai
I ko ka Moi aloha.

E kuokoa mau, &c.

Ola ko kakou aina
Mai na kupuna mai,
Ola ia Kalakaua
I ko kakou Alii.

E kuokoa mau, &c.

Mai kanalua kakou
Na ‘Lii me na kanaka,
I hookahi ka naau,
I hookahi ke aloha.

E kuokoa mau
Ko kakou Moi o ke one hanau.

(Ko Hawaii Ponoi, 3/4/1874, p. 1)

He Mele no ka Moi.

Ko Hawaii Ponoi, Buke I, Helu 37 [38], Aoao 1. Maraki 4, 1874.

Nawahi paints Hilo Town, 1868.

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[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”—”Oahu.”]

Painting of the Hilo Town.—We saw the beautiful painting of the town of Hilo of the Kanilehua rain, in the drug store of G. P. Judd [G. P. Kauka] here in Honolulu. The painting was painted by a Hawaiian boy, named Joseph K. Nawahi [Iosepa K. Nawahi], and he used his brush with detail in all the intricacies the painting. When you see it, it is so beautiful, and admiration for that Hawaiian painter wells in the hearts of all who sees it. This youth was not intensely educated in great art schools, but while he attended Lahainaluna Seminary, he was trained in that skill, drawing and painting, and his expertise in that exceptional discipline of the haole is clear for the first time. His name will become famous through his paintings.

[We all have heard about the awesome story of the 1888 painting by Nawahi of Hilo Town which was featured on Antique Roadshow, now displayed up on the campus of Kamehameha Schools, but the painting described here seems to be the one in the care of the Mission Houses Museum!

Check out this story about two more Nawahi paintings. The whereabouts of these two painting are not known (at least publicly) today… I really want to see the one with the Hiiaka sisters!]

(Kuokoa, 10/31/1868, p. 3)

Ke Kii o ke Kulanakauhale o Hilo.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VII, Helu 44, Aoao 3. Okatoba 31, 1868.

Kamehameha graduating class, 1926.

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The Students of Kamehameha Schools Who Graduated This Year 1926.

1. Juliette Blake, 2. Alice Leialoha, 3. Edwin Stone, 4. Harry Chang, 5. Arthur Ahulii, 6. Samuel Vida, 7. Charles Buchanan, 8. Daniel Lansing, 9. Daniel McGregor, 10. Florence Smith, 11. Thurza Drake (class president Girls’ school), 12. George Groves, 13. Charles Travis, 14. George Naumu, 15. Evelyn Cooper, 16. Piilani Yates, 17. Helen Lani, 18. Evelyn Clark, 19. Dinah Dunn, 20. Paul Keaka, 21. Charles Aiden, 22. Henry Reinhardt, 23. Emma Woodward, 24. Elizabeth Leal, 25. Henry Kaahea, 26. Henry Young (class president Boys’ school), 27. Rogers Whitmarsh, 28. Edward Chang, 29. William Poka, 30. Walter Ahulii, 31. George Cummings, 32. Daisy Pa, 33. Bertha Mahikoa.

(Kuokoa, 6/17/1926, p. 2)

Na Haumana o na Kula Kamehameha i Puka i Keia Makahiki 1926

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LXV, Helu 24, Aoao 2. Iune 17, 1926.

Kamehameha boys graduate, 1917.

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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)

Kamehameha Boys' School to Graduate 18...

Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Volume XXIV, Number 7847, Page 5. June 7, 1917.

First Kamehameha class reunites, 1916.

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TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Students of the ’91 Graduate Class of Kamehameha: Those standing from the Left—Thomas N. Haae, Charles Blake, William M. Keolanui, Samuel Kauhane, Fred K. Beckley, William K. Rathburn. Those seated—Solomon Hanohano, John K. Waiamau, William O. Crowell, Charles E. King, and Samuel Keliinoi.

[There are many priceless articles on this reunion; this includes the one that accompanies the picture which can be found here from pages 1 & 3.

It is pretty awesome that we can compare the graduation portrait of the class of 1891 which is on the Kamehameha Schools Archives page with this picture from 25 years later!]

(Kuokoa, 6/16/1916, p. 3)

HOOMANAO I KA PIHA ANA O NA MAKAHIKI HE IWAKALUA-KUMAMALIMA

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LIV, Helu 24, Aoao 3. Iune 16, 1916.

 

The first Kamehameha class celebrates reunion, 1916.

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The Alumni Remember

For the 25th anniversary of their graduation from Kamehameha School, the boys of the class of 1891 are looking back; it is the first class that graduated from that school, under the principal Rev. W. B. Oleson.

The 10th, 11th, and 12th of upcoming June will be set aside as time to reflect by the students still alive today.

From within the class of 14 that graduated in 1891, there are 12 of them still living, and two that passed away. Those residing in this town are: Charles E. King, Samuel Keliinoi, Frederick William Beckley, Solomon Hanohano, William K. Rathburn, and John K. Waiamau. On Hawaii island are Samuel Kauhane, William M. Keolanui, Enock Brown [Enoch Brown], and Thomas N. Haae. On Kauai is Charles Blake and William O. Crowell. The students who passed away are Robert Pahau and Moses Kauwe.

(Kuokoa, 5/12/1916, p. 1)

E HOOMANAO ANA NA HAUMANA KAHIKO

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LIV, Helu 19, Aoao 1. Mei 12, 1916.

Kamehameha Schools new year, 1947.

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Students at Kamehameha

There are 24 children from Hawaii Island who are students at the Boys School, and their names are below:

Richard Akiona, Donald E. Auld, Edmund Char, Joseph Hao, Andrew Kahili, John Kalua, Charles L. Kama, Abe Kamakawiwoole, Herman Keala, William Keohuloa, Edward L. Kukahiko, Donald Lindsey, James Mersberg, Calvin K. Naipo, John Payne, John Peiper and Printon Pollack, Theodore Richardson, William Rondenhurst, Reider Smith, William Smith, Gustavus M. Supe, Kenneth Tamanaha and Clifford Victorine.

There are about 984 students in the three schools of Kamehameha; 329 at the primary school, and 59 of them have entered that school for the first time.

In the Girls’ School, there are 240, and 54 of them are new students. There is one student at the girls’ school from Niihau, and she is the first of the girls to enter that school from Niihau.

In the Boys’ School, there are 415 and 120 are new students. This is the greatest number of students in the schools of Kamehameha; it is 50 more students than the year past.

These are only children who are each of Hawaiian blood.

(Hoku o Hawaii, 10/1/1947, p. 1)

Na Haumana Ma Kamehameha

Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XLI, Number 12, Aoao 1. Okatoba 1, 1947.

 

Kamehameha graduating class, 1911.

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KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL

36 students received their diplomas from the joint Kamehameha Schools for 1911, and their names are:

Girls School—Maria Adams Kaleialii, Margaret Macy, Jane Albertina Miller, Dora Rosina Peiler, Louise Naleilehua Robinson, Emma Kahaunani Ukauka, Daisy Hooleia Bell, Esther Haalipo Hulu, Eva Kaohaiululani Kealoha, Jeanne Kuulei Nua, Mabel K. Titcomb, Edna Mileka Ulunahele.

Boys School—Harry Apo, Benjamin Hussey, Daniel Kaalohi Kalai, William Kamelamela, Stephen W. Kekuewa, Samuel Kakae Kunane, Robert K. Mahikoa, Tandy K. Mackinzie, George A. Hapai.

(Au Hou, 6/7/1911, p. 23.)

KE KULA KAMEHAMEHA

Ke Au Hou, Buke 2, Helu 23, Aoao 23. Iune 7, 1911.

More on ’93 KS graduate, Abraham Pihi, 1898.

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MY DEAR SWEETHEART HAS JUST PASSED, AND MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY.

Mr. Editor.

Aloha oe:

Should it be satisfactory to you and your workers, here is my bundle of olive leaves that is placed above, so that our many loved ones living all the way from Haehae where the sun rises to the pleasant base of Lehua where the sun sets may see it.

My beloved has gone, my companion who I would talk with in days gone by, that is my beloved man, Mr. Aprahama Pihi, who is a native and a familiar one of the land famous for the “Kanilehua” [Hilo] and the fragrant bowers of hala of Puna, and the land of the Haao Rains [Kaʻū], that is the roots of my dear husband who left me, his companion, his wife, grieving at the side of his grave. Auwe! How dreadful. Abraham Pihi was born in Puueo, Hilo, Hawaii on the 5th of January, 1872, of E. P. Hoaai (m) and Lilia Palapala (f), and the two of them had 7 children: 5 daughters and 2 sons; and 2 of them went off in search of the footprints of their parents, and 5 remain mourning on this side: 4 girls and one boy.

He was educated at the Hilo Boarding School under the principal, Rev. W. R. Oleson [W. R. Olesona]¹. After he was done there, he entered Kamehameha School in 1893. He was at that school for 1 year, but because it was learned that he had the disease that separates families, he asked the principal, that being the Rev. W. R. Oleson, to release him. He returned to Wailuku, Maui, where his mother was living with his new father, the Rev. S. Kapu; he lived with his parents until he was taken in by the disease that separates families; he was taken from his parents and his younger siblings. He was taken away to this land of no friends in 1895. The number of years he had in this world was 24 and eleven months and 13 days, when his last breath was released. Continue reading →