Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIX, Number 44, 21 February 1945 — News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School [ARTICLE]

News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School

REA»ER'S POLL Of KA MOI By' Lo«elI Dee|rtng -AjOcordlng to 218 tqterviews of studpnts nj*d faru!ty monibors of the Kamehameha School for B<>ys a>til OMk, pl<'tiin ,s. cArtr>ons ruvl humor carry the moet in the aehool paper "Ka Moi." The Rtirvey was made by ' student reporters of the junior class on thp fifth issue of this yesyr's paper. Between 89 and 95 ;per cent of Ka Moi readers who were interviewed had taken note or the twr. picturea (one of football and onfe of shop actlvlty) printc-d in this $econd in popularity was Uio cartoon whieh caught thc eyo of 88 per cent reader intcrcst. Capturing top horiors among the eolumna with 84 per eent was "Ho'o manaw a n u i" (NTo Strain) written ty Leonar<J Wong! I-eonard has becii ablc to catch the public's attention through his campiuscopes and desricptive rhymes. Featuring brief amusirig ineidents abōut the campus was the "Kaleidosfiope" taking second plaee honOrs among the regular oolumns.

Ka Moi reporters discovered that "īJditors Say" and "Glimpes of Graduates" were third and fourth respectively in reader opinion. "Edit,ors Say" affords an opportunity for the staff members to comraent upon aelioo! activftit»s. "Glimpes of Gra<iuatee" rated 46 pei' cent. It giv«;a brief sketches of the men an<3 women who have gone into the world after their high school education at K'amehameha. Oiher columns featured regu~>ar--1 y in Ka Moi are "Fighting Warriors" witli 43 per cent interesj; "Prep Perisoope" with 33 per cent and "Na Ha-awina Hawaii." At 22 per cent and the lowest was "Library Notes." Pootball was thr> most popular among the general news on the Bporta page. Taking first plaee with an average of 60 per cent reader interest were the varsity football stories. "Baby Warriors" cews was observed as a keen compctitor for fīrst plaee honors. Trailiiig the pigskin parade news was the inter hui progmm with 44 per cent of the readers fpr it. Girls' sports news, whieh includes hockey, scoccer and pingpong, was estimated at 42 per oentt.

Shop curriculum news on tlw froat page gathered. ,55 per cent whiJe school counoils and eombined class āctivities were ineāsured. at an av«rage of 48 per cent. "Sqclety Section" caught the attention of 30 per cent of the student and faculty subscribers. LUNAXJLO'S BIRTIII)AY By Alvin Aoua L,unalilo's birthday was observed by the Preparatory depart> ment with a program at the Lunaiilo Home for the aged at 0:30 and also with a program at Bishop hall at 11:30, Wednesday, January 31. Two cha,nts, Hawaiian songs, pebble and ūli uli dances were performed by the sixth graders at Bishop hall. A talk the 4t#e of Lunalilo was given by Jerry Aea whīle Riehard Āmong gave a speefch "on soitte incidents of Lunaliio's youth.

Thc program was followcd by a luheheon at the cafeteria. Guests were invited to attena the prograux and lunelieon. Esther Walhee was in charge of 'the Preparatory department eelebration. The senior cadet . officers of Lunalilo hall plaeed ieis on th? tomb of the late King Lunalilo and his father, Kanaina, at the mausolenm in Kawaiahao church - I Lunalilo's birth<3ay anniversary }was aiso observed by KSB witii a prograni in the asseinhly hall. Mr. Charles Kenn spoke on "Higtilights in the Life King Lunalilo." Appropriuto Kongs wero wsth st«dents from LunaUlo hall tn charge of the pivgrani. Guests in\i,ted to dinncr a.nd th* anniversarv prt>gram included Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor and son Lunalilo, JMr. and Mrs. Clmr-

7es Amalu. and Mr. and sīrs. , anū son Henry Jr. M"r Taylor and Mr. Ainalu aro <lescencian,ta or the Lunaiilo anreeßtral Une. Other guests werc' i Mra. Lahilahi Webb, Mr, and Mrs. K. Ciarke, Mr, *nd Mrß. liWwin P, Murray, Mrs. Kulamanu ! Lyons and Miss Esther Waihee. Jb4UHT|MO VV AKHIOHS By Fmil Kekoa "One night I chose a positioxi īor my men and myself for a night of rest in the styffy, damp South Pacific jungles," sāys technieai Sergeant Harry Lani Brpwn Jr., KSB '36. *'I dug my foxhole |next to a large tree. In this area. j the Japs were fojrever on the t alert, and snoring by the Yanks lwould surcly attract eneniy* ! snipers in the vicinity, so the |«oldiers atterapted to refraln froni j snoring by sleeplng in different | positiojis. j "During the night I was lyir.g on my back, glanced upward intō | the tree*s branches and thouglitr that a limb had increased ii> size A short Ume Jater I reached for my poneho as rain began to fall and iiiy hand brushed againsr what I thought was a log. The iog seemed to move away from |me.

"I 4ismissecl. the thoughts of mystery that entered my mind because I beHeved battle fatigue had becn the eause of my strangc ideas. The following morning it was found that the increase in oize of the limb was caused by the eoral snaJtes whleh had lodged in the tree during the nisht, The moving log waa a lizard, four reet long with a body the slzo of a mongoose." . ' Before entering the army Sgt. Brown worked for the forestry service and later attended Campton Junior college in Southern California for a year. Stephen Desha, Kamehameha school ehaplain, is his unele, and Mary Desha of KSG is his eousin. Other relatives at Kamehameha are Milton and Edwln Beamer of KSB. and Helen Beamer of KSG.