Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 1, 1 Nowemapa 1979 — for our English readers To Our Readers [ARTICLE]

for our English readers

To Our Readers

Greetings to you all .from the staff of Ke ] Alahou.lf rs otir hope that th;e articles, editorials and other spe.cial featureS,'through the Hawaiian language, willbe enjoyed b^fyouandyour familv. ' /We espeeially pleased to publish this - newsi)apēr becaūse' ōther Hawaiian language newspapers have not heen in"print since 1948. However, the staff of Ke Alahou hopes to eontinue the journalistic traditioris they"have estaby^\isheā„ Some people havē to!d us this is a worthless effort. We ean only reply never!" If you subs r cribe ~and read our paper with your friends or family, then our lariguage and way of thinking For example, if one asks his or h£rgrandparerit, parent;"child, or grand"eome and read this with me," this would be a shared experience of learning,> And if the ; younger ones cannot comprehend,our ianguage. then they ean āsk thek elderS"Tbr an explanation and help. This ,would be the beginning of eommunjcation between generations. The end result wouid be the survival, not the disappearance. of our lariguage. We, the younger generatlon. desire to learn ' what you, the elders, valūe and appreciate. This sharing may riot occur if you close tight your calabash of kriowledge. Isn't it through sharing / that you will be remembered and your ways kept? Isn't it by planting a seed that one ean harvest a fruit? So, hēre are the columns of Ke Aiahou. If any of these columns are not correct. please excuseus, andl<indly sefid ip your corrections. If therē are no errors, then What is correct should not be changed.