The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-06-18
Professor Alexander's Address.

NN1NNANA- VIZ AttNEh Ut NAOs VIC EGtEuIANeA u
quarter century anniversary Of the Punahou Sch COL
and Oahu College. Since then fifteen years have
taken their rapid flight. anl left their work in many
Important changes, but more in the country at large
than in the school whose 4O,h anniversary We cele-
brate tonight.
Having delivered the address on that former coca
son. 10 was very much against ny wishes that I was
appointed TO serve in the same capacity a second
time, but my protest was gnheeIed. Bot at this
hour Of toe evening. / think that IL - breyIty il not
the soul OF Wit, - 10 - certainly the part q prudence.
The history Of the Institution Vas treated Of az
length on that occasion, and IS given IN "A historical
p pamphlet which ht- Just been published. 50 that
neei not enter into tutt subject again. Our Alma
MIfer may be Considered yOuug IL years. but YET she
u rich ia experience, auI OIL compared With other
insufuftous % this country Looking at the record
Of her numerous alumni, who have actei well their
part IN every useful and honorable calling, both
here aud IN foreign countries, we may cay with
pruIe that she has not eXs;eI IA vain.
A the Puritan Fathers within ten years after
thrIr landing IN New England, took measures for
founding a College. 20 dbl their descendants and
others unite 10 planting on these Islands a germ Of
what we trust Will yet grow into a College worthy Of
the name And when the Hawaiian nation arrived
81 such a point in its progress that IL began 10 take
IL place ms an independent csmmuuity ia its eccle-
sh.tIcal as well A. It's political relations, 10 was pro-
per and necessary that we should take steps 10 be-
come independent Of other countries IN eiusitiOu as
we'll as IN other respects II was then that what had
existed a. a prVtts school, was changed in-O 4 char
terei Institution Of a higher grade aud placed on a
broIlor basis ~ = national College. The arguments
for This course. 30 ably -et forth by President Beck
with IN his admirable inaugural address are just as
true nov ~ they were then-
We ueei such an Institution 10 develOpe the intel
lsctual resources Of the country. Mental and moral
power more than money u the real standard OF a
nations strength. II - no, enough for u to depend
on imported talent. while We neglect TO train up the
materials existing IN the country itself. We should
deserve to become the prey OF ctrpet blggers and al
yeHturers, It We followed such a policy.
Now (as I srid on a previous occlssCu) few will be
willing or able 10 Cross oceans for ~ education,
while many will gladly avail themselves OF II, when
brought home 20 tHeir doors aud pressed upon them.
Well, stii the Earl Of Belmont to the General
Court OF Massachusetts IN 1879, q" II j. 4 very great
Utgsutise you have above other provinces JhIt your
youth are no put 10 travel for learning, but have
the muses. ~ your doors" aud tbe slue ought TO be
true % the country II car easily he shown that
c7~u Iu . pecuuilry point Of view, "A liberal Iustitu-
ZION OF lerruiuS J. one Of the bess investments which
any cOtumun1ty can make Of their surplus capital
Perm turut institutions give psrmsrsuce to sO:.ety,
on which the value Of property depends. Already
this tu~tt'uftnn has kept and = keepIng many vaiua-
bic ctIzens IN the country, who would otherwise
have gone abroad TO hai meIus Of education for
their ~cuilIren.
We need such institutions 20 give tone 70 society,
and to hIrmonizs and elevate tine Heterogeneous aud
Ii-eoritnt elements OF which our community l. com
pO-ei, anl 10 cultivate - sound patriotism
We ueel Al institution liberal egouS1 10 ignore
EHl HANFH " ANeGs WAeA tGFfNn|HANANtfF1 " EfG
usu,utit.ie- may receive the same IIbera,izI.g cul-
tlre. auI be boguI 10 one another uy the tie u
association u euuo.Iing pursuits. and by eommIu
JHste- aud symplthis-, e lies which light as air, are
yet often strong A. lin5- d IRON
~ Mr.. Love stuI 10 PirIIInsut on the passage of
the iast bill for extension q ths Suffrage, We
must eductte our future mtsters." 20 there Is no
better way 10 meet the dangers arising irOn what -
termed BY some. 70 moug lttn invasion" than By
Iah1iog The brightest minis Of it, rising generation
wub the true PRINCIPLES % Christitn ciyiIizIri1n-
Il We moan 10 be cIrIzsns Of 4 country, and not
dssi=sHs 0fa mere factory for the production aud tran
shipment % sugar. or u any other = ap.s, we must
provide Tor tho higher eiucltion Of our people,
without which our unrivnIlel climate AMI glorious
scenery Will not suffice 70 make this a desirable place
Of respIeuce.
will All that II the European race in this coun-
try IS 10 be preserved from the fate q other tr0pJcal
colonies; IL the standard OF IN tuhogd, Of virtue and
energy IS to be mIlutslaei here. wi Our chrireu
preserved from the faint % ssnsurIity and Iudoieuce;
u ; 10 os Hone, Ga part NJ iet+t.) By InbuIng them
With higher principles aud purer tastes 100 early life
Besides the euerTItrug ELECTS Of cltmtte, aud the con-
Eliminating Influences indigenous 20 our coil, there
are other more subtle. more diversified and tisciHa-
ung aIIIrsmvuts 10 scnsueilty, brought from civilized
lands, 90 which those whG have not lea mel TO dud
3 easure ia cuItvtting the higher part OF their na-
turps. will fall m etsy prey.
They whore minds are not trained 10 q love for he
noble truths 81 science Or the reiuei pleasures Of
literature and arts. can htrily escape the infection
Of IN It dylI OF viie literature, which hai- ~ way 70
every nook and corner Of the civilized world TIA rse
Who are not EtteI for higher cUmplnIonship will be
more likely o. associate With tine iow aud vicious.
AuI Que Of the greItest benefits 10 be derived from
"a collegiate institutions here = that our children may
be logger Kept uuier home iHf FENCES aHd prTeIfGi
RuiftHce. IL - tine period between boyhOOl aud
~ tnhO0I that - the most CRITICAL past Of life. IL l.
during that perioI Of Tapii changes both physical
nnd mental OF vague aspirations aud Of Wild im-
pulses. when character - taking It's dnIl shape, and
the seal il being set 10 his plastic nature, that the
yoanz m "a needs all the wise couusels aui all the
pure and tender aud eiIiHg influences Of Home.
advocate no mOnki>h seclusiOu ffom the wicked
world which he NUT encounter sooner or la'er, but
that he Ia lulI have the help aud ]guitaUce Of the
best friends ne will ever have on earth until a. has
well been expressed, .he - able TO gauge the depths
OF hollow heIrei hypocrisy, and to look beneath the
tin-el of fashion Ible folly, aud 10 unTlveI the sub
tleties OF mi lei sOphIstry and 10 scorn the sueers CT
genteeI immorality.'
Tnere I. much greater need OF such m institution
here now tn "a there was fifteen years ago We are
now in a transition era. an era OF rhpd changes, tue
result Of which the wisest cannot fJre-ee. the most
d e. .uIt problems are forced upon our statesmen for
sg!ution. problems ~ vital 20 our existence Is n IA
tfao AMI as difficult n any q those that are taxing
the Ieaiing mind OF the earth. Besides we shIll in
evirahIy be more aud more forced out Of our isolated
positIon n lockers on ut the worlds great drama,
aud drawn into the vortex Of the rushing current Of
modern c yilIZttiou, with all IT'S tenis-eies Tor e'I n
well - for COOL
The Steamship, the submarine telegraph, and The
Isthmus cana are destined TO put us IN still closer
rc,,. cti,u With that mighty movement, Of which no
ra,,,I c,n foree,st the future. with iis restless dis
olntenr. rs intense competition and elass-hatrels,
its mIferiaiism aud mammonW worship a. veil a Us
60 rbl,nthropv. Mighty. but diuIly seen
rowers. seen to be gathering force for contests such
g. the 1orId has not yet seen, aud which probably
Will lead 70 vast changes IN the near futuFe' OF
which We must feel the elects More than ever
then W. need o. train up men to meet the increasing
dem,nIs Of modern life, men ~bO viii not be
o. b,9Nr about by every wind Of dOciunr,' but
will think for themselves. aud Who even IN the
,.-,rrI i,trrreruum.H that Goodwin Smith warns
vs. of. wouLI stand fls- on the eternal foundations
o. truth and morality. In short, / believe That an
INSTITUTION % learning viii exert a conservative IN
flenes. which will De needed IN the period upon
which W. are entering. And here II - proper TO
take nori:s Of a prejudice which exists against the