Zeitgeist Day
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The Ides of March
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Hale pule: Church PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Lotu: Church HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Do not dry out the bones of the ancestors.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Every day people are straying from the church and going back to god.” - Lenny Bruce
TODAY: Zeitgeist Day: “Social problems result from scarcity. When a few nations control most of the world’s resources, there are going to be international disputes no matter how many laws or treaties are signed. If we wish to end war, crime, hunger, poverty, territorial disputes, and nationalism, we must work toward a future in which all resources are accepted as the common heritage of all people.” More >
March 15, 1925: Church-goers Press Their Luck. On this date on Maui – and statewide – in 1925, churches protested a bill in the state legislature that would allow motion pictures to be shown on Sundays. Giddy after their win over the defeat of the Sunday store hours bill, church-goers picket the state house. They lose. It seems you can mess with the soda parlor hours, but you can’t touch the flicks.
March 15, 1918: The very first recorded flight between two Hawaiian islands took place today. Major Harold M. Clark of the Fort Kamehameha Aero Squadron (formed for World War I) flew his bi-plane from Oahu to Molokai. We’re guessing macadamia nuts were served.
