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Infill-Idaho!“ On Fridaygwnin; of last week. . Rev. W. ll. Westerveit of Chime gave no interestiu and instructive lecture to Ferry Hall and Academy istudents In the Ferry [lull Chapel. ills topic was Hawaii and was illnt tinted by stereouticon yieiu. mu Serum introduced the speaker. He said in part: “it is a great pleasure to come and meet. not only the young ladies whom I exiected to see. but also some of the young menv who are -~ to become rulers of Hawaii in a little while. There is so much to be laid on this subject thayit will be lmpoo. sihle to tell you all i should like to this evening. Miss Sargent has asked me to speak of the litelnry development. ”and so I will dWell on this feature -p‘arti’euiarly tonight. Exceptional op- portunities were nfl'orded me during my stay in the islands for getting hold of the origin of the people. because I was working among‘the priests and asgls'ted in establishing" missions among them. 1. had access to all of the very best literature from ancient times down to“ the; present (inf. We think“ the Hawaiian Islands as we thing of our own land, as one of the "younger nations of the earth. its , history goes back until it stands side b3. aide with earl,» English history, our \lliatory of the English or Angles. The .ftraditiona of its origin have. been handed down from century to century oil the stories were handed down in England from century to century, un- til the art ot writing reached Eng: land, but lil)‘. NJ “1“,.13'3'.’ u the waters to Hawaii. There are four racesiln the Islands. The Brown race. , whiehis the “highest type among thin people. can be traced back through . tradition to the coast of Hindustan. The same peculiar name, Hawaii, with. little change. is that given to theenr- ly inhabitants of Java. Newaealnmi. and other islands or the rat-me; This ‘ conclusively shows that all these is- lands were originally inhabited by the. same race; When Capt. (.‘ook disc-ova «red the Hawaiian islands and looked into 'the loves of those Who gathered around his ship, he wrote: ‘Their Villages. very many of month" like. tlie'llurnlwnns. not like the negro with fluid: lips and low forehead! But so- ing hurl; still further. we learn of these people from the disoowries made-by the Finnish. They found a éuufifiuotcufitcuuum gunman»... .“G”. “.3 .u QIWOOOOODGU“O”OOCCDOOCI WWI. m ‘ ‘ “'3“ “00'0“ aim . I THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWSâ€"LETTER. people who, when told. Jewels. m spicerwemheidnphetontheuilc questioning way, shook their hands, meaning they knew nothing of such things. And since these mm M- venturer: found no rich tron-um such as they were seeking. their any on the inland was short. Capt. Cook discov- ered the inland. new in June. 1178." in February. 1719. he rettie‘d on the larger inland. He had full power over the natives; who respected and loud him. They believed him to be the nod Lora from over the wnten. XIII: historians seem to and it dillcnit to explain why Capt. Cook met hind'uth at the hang}: of thin people. To II who have heard the story from the lips of the natives. it is easily antih- ed., When he had won their love and esteem. instead ‘0! giving them kind- Ineu in return for mankind acts to- ward ’him. he and his men became ly- ruinicni and cruel to them. The white sailors were especially hand to them, and this they would not endure. in one of these (an. Capt. Cook was struck by "one of the islanders, and, in his anger he tired into a group of the natives. They at once hurled their spears, which caused the I cepuin to en: out in fear. At this the natives ex- claimed:- "He fines; he is not a god? and so they._took his life, The litera- ture of this peopie consists chiefly of chants dedicated to the different gods whom they worshipped} l‘i’e mid much said of this one god, Law, which i have ‘ before .mentioned. Among the ancient writings is an nc-‘ is found the word which translated méans serpent, or mischief-maker, tell- lng 0f the fan or man and the expul~ sion of man and woman. from their beautiful home. ”“dl’t ry' fikf‘ Qg-unuwn; “T h:- sumo} nywtem 01' the Hawaiian Island» will be interesting to some of Ilf' w-umum.mmmm "“thth thoyplay th‘Yonmuomt t... fmwyyunn-bywm than mummhnuuchmm eutotmouwhounundmmu In those bland- whlch ‘wo has up neutthutnonro‘wn hnd.” B". Welternlt. while at Perry WWMMdNIM.” Winnlrnd Walton-volt. clan of W. Ferry Bell Lyric and Dannie Club (eve It- Int public entertainment In the Ohnpel Iondny night. The pro- gramme was 1 game one throughout. We that they will favor us with ut- other noon._ In“ “mum enter-mined the member- ot her art can at dinner My evening. Ferry Hall Glee Club. under the d!- rectlon of mu Helen-Fleming or am. cago. can a concert u Lake Blufl. Friday evening. March 24. A mber of young gentlemen dined with fiends Bethany evening Int. 8t. 'Patrick'u day wu celebrated in an appropriate mannet by a favored few of the Ferry Hill student. Friday evening. The members or the Junior Clan“ were the guests of the Seniors. Invitations were in the form or sham. rock lens. bordered in black. An II"- iah wake was the principal lecture of the evening The Senior: dressed In black received their guest- in silence. A group on the floor acted as chief mourners. and ether the guests were all seated, the leader. in prleetly garb. read the paper of the evening. Thls was to commemonn the death of the verdancy or the Junior Clone. Mlu Bur gent enumerated the faults of the Jun- 10:13,. because, as she happily said, it would take lees time than to tell of thelr‘ virtues. / Pomtoes caretnlly Wrapped in green tissue paper were the nuvenlrspreeented. It was an oc- melon enjoyed by all. One or ‘the hippie“ events ‘inithe student life of this week was a ate- reopticonentertainmont given by Mia: Sargent on Tuesday evening. The View. Were illultmtlons of the works of. Wm. Morris. These fire made es- peciall'i tor the purpose or Illustrating the lecture on “The Life and Works of Wm; Merritt” which Miss Sargent recently delivered in Chicago. Among the viewn given, the best is. the por- trait of Wm. Morris, which is excel- lent in every detail“ Through the cour- tesy ofi Marshall Field a Company,n photograph wn‘s taken of a piece or Morristnpentry. the “Flam" which il in their pomion. and this was given ‘with the may miter views.