The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-06-18
Fortfeth Anniversary of Oahu College

festive celebration OF the iOIlleth ANN
.r-orv of the College. Ample table space
MI n bouuteous provision Of good things
"a b..n made for many more than Were
rAe-ent and there was a notable prepond-
etance Of the fair sex. To those OF the
sferuer sex who ought to have been there,
- v,ara not II NAV be said that, in every
s.nae tho los was theirs. The luncheon
= nvfded bv the lady friends Of the school
wns perfeetfon Of its kind, and profuse both
An its abundance and its variety the Band
played some charming airs (; all the sur
pundfngs of bright faces, sunshine, green
ward. and Notwithstanding trees were
pleasant 70 look upon; and the interesting
aetail Of "Reminiscences, the earnest elO-
ueuce. the bright and genial humOr, the
happy knack Of saying the right thing and
% more, which characterized the speech
baking Of the occasion, endered that part
the days programme thoroughly enjoy
BILE.
About haIf-past two Mr.. ;. b. Dole re-
luested those assembled to come to ORDER
by securing seats at the tables, intimating
|tbat the table on the Eva side of the tent
bid been supplied with poi for the benefit
a the 'poetasters." The Rev. DIR. Damon
box the chair, and the Rev. w. Frear in
rbked a blessing on the assemblage, and on
'the College, praying that the occasion
plight, by Divine blessing, be for it a start
ing point of new and greater things. Then
bilowed n CHATTER of knives and forks and
, ciatter Of tongues, with what a German
plight call a tone-backgrOund f" of lively
y irs from the Band. The Rev. Chairman,
wise appreciation Of the length of the
prOgramme Of speeches that had been
arranged, did not wait till the business
'0f luncheon was complete before he called
upon the Rev. ). f. Bishop for his adj
fress, the subject Of which was "The
american Mission, and its connection with
IBIS Institution" at the same time inform
H. his audience that the "Only reason"
why Mr.. Bishop had not been a graduate
Id Puuahou was the fact that he had been
sent TO college in America two years before
be foundations of Oahu Collegs were laid.
ID. Bishop described the educational in
HI buttons that existed in the Islands before
Phnahou referred to the origin of the
X hOOl as one for the missionaries own
i.hildren and to the handsome gift of
Nnnd with which the Rev. Mr.. Bling
ID IN endowed it.; spoke Of the character
'fsticS necessarily impressed on it by the
circumstances under which it was founded,
VII " the union Of mental with religious
cnlture:v and invited all to become partici-
Dators in the benefits and in the generous
import of the school, assuring them that
Investments in such institutions were both
eafe and fruitful. The Rev. Mr.. Forbes,
vino entered the school 80 years ago, fol-
owed with "reminiscences of "Punahou of
'Oldeu Time" What school elsewhere, he
asked, that had done so much, would be
allowed to stand there with old adobe build
Inc and those rough old posts which ne
Remembered so we'll. They ought to raise
fifteen, twenty, aye, fifty thousand dollars
III need he, and he was ready TO do his own
humbIe share towards it.
MIR. \. :. HartweII then addressed the
meeting on - Other Colleges" As a grad
uate Of Harvard, he thought that college
rras both misunderstood and overrated;
misunderstood by those who Thought 1t
hotbed of infdelity and irTeligion, over
rafed by those who thought that because a
~,nu had zone through Harvard College
he must know something The motto OF
fhaf College was Christie ct Eccteside,"
IN il was lived up to and believed IN by a
n, ,ve majority of both professors and stu
~ - He spoke of the record OF Harvard
- during tine war-the perusal OF which
IA n lelted the heart even OF that y" savage
"a a.. rIyle,r and led him to bequeath a
- 10 the College. He spoke also OF
- co uptry colleges in the states whlch
men were so apt to speak of as
n f~esh-water colleges" OF the eaInest
- lone in them, and oil tine men tneS
~ tTrned or. and dwelt on the TACT that
- educational institutions were very
'1heh what leading men mace them, II
7~,cirg how the influence OF Arnold OF
Hhgby was even now IelI III ~ erinnP tbe
r~4bnciIs of Great Britain, and among the
- limo minds of the United states Inc
Mr,I IF this was that they Shouid nave
- m endowment of Oahu college, as
~ = L-.-- Whn host class
would enable them 10 OFlhS ~
M Psv DIR. Hyde spoke on The III
~ erce 81 this College on Christian Work
al these Islands, Quoting Hou q
elous observer OF human IhS
An, IN the differences between the careers Oh
= CrigiDated in the different purposes III
"a they chose. he claimed that OF the
ni"snt workers in all departments OF
In i'm these Islands, most OF theIl W.
III Dir value rs members OF the IhS
- = 80 80 GIVEN to their minds in this IN
NJ G. r. Bishop then read an interest
&c aeeount of 1.-The State OF EducatIon III
- EinOdom.U in the course OF winch he
rI+aJ that there were now only three
ttricts viz . Puma, Lanai, and EVA wal
49, v-6jeb instruction i'll the Engish
nO1a0a was not given IN the primary
49, The work of teaching natives III
EnoIisL LANGUAGE had had many ups
~ doSSrs but he thought the conuitIoh
tbjnCs yyas now much anu Tar
More were DESTROYS OF such y tbe ndnca-
n ru1arIv In looking back on tue eu ~
nj I5ork done in this Kingdom, whilst
s EHai might %G5h u not be quite satisfied I'd, either tbsT
ith the effort Or the result antlra the ifi5 'ney
y sun ~ nj vas then called upon for
Hri = on 1.-THE Alumni of Punahou."
liter some personal r. re% FdIp6% Students mt r at
lafked nov 49, in the Kingdom at this
Wany he had to mourn for as passed
Nav. but the majority had gone ont into
ke world. Punahou was a sai nchniaTI
bIIege," and the majority OF IL NV Ieff
sbooi' and the Islands had lost much in
rmitting so many who had received tn agd
Ihining at this institution 20 70 49, -
make themselves names, and do Soou MoInI
other lands. In concluding, ne Ioiu tng
frman that he knew he was going 10 zen
Meeting that the Alumni Oh n0d
- ever given a dollar to its tunds' anu
I'll to f~orestaIl him by saying mat
Gesn never been asked. Before ne SAT