Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-06-25

NtctoptNprd, lua nH they appeared iu the futticH
! do not complain, because I waa born among the
mission families, and have been content 80 labor
ON. like good Mary Lyons, wearing the same dress.
But. alumni, nlHmnis, friends 1ul patrons u1t
tors and things, the old buildiugH " Oahu COLLEGE
among the rest, ctnnot always geo on Jt this r,t'
Decay ~ written ON nll earthly trnemeutA The
uchppl hH inatctaoi, aud more accommodation
uto required Recitation rpyuis are needed. Some.
thing must bp done immediately ! have been
folly looking oyer our inyclmants aud ru.
sources, and do not iiui dat there s o. single
dollar ~ our tra Wury To- devote tu builiiug pur.
poses. ucci nov library room, laboratory, music
hall. and other ucepmnJ 81 tiipnH. A. least E2jnoJ
~ needed Tor tins purpose. by whom shall 'hii
money be uiseuY / am now about {, make nH
earnest appeal tD the pupils whom have educated.
In the style Of Paul, great is my bodnssg ~
speech unto you" think have, ~ your Iig,a
N1f"y, perfect right 10 use great pliinncsH 81
speech, hR the same apostle saith IN another place.
My dear old pupils feel confident that the reason
why You have not given for my support building
up and ndornmcnt, has been thnt YOU have never
been asked. Tho Trustees, ! mn fearful. have
been afraid 10 ask you lest they might be expected
10 do something quite handsome themFelyesl
Pardon me for the allusion. I do not find, upon
careful examination, That one dollar Of our fund
WAS contributed 10y any one who has been pupil
of Oahu College! do not think I can be mis-.
taken. Now, how can we. ms dear old pupils OK
poet outsiders will come - our sid unless "e help
ourselves ID not be offended at this planners
Of speech. You must appreciate my relationship
to you. You have all been my pupils. feel proud
of YOU of your success In life. Come, now, and
help your Iipn Nfteri
AZ u late meeting of the Trustees the pastor Of
Fort street incidentally made the remark that
"Fort-btreet Church was more debtor to Puma
hon than Punahou Ia Fort-slreet Church." He has
not uttered n more truthful declaration during the
ten years Of his ministry. The foreign community
IN Honolulu and the Islands generally are
debtors TO Punahou. The new cat ilogue Just pub
llshed will fully confirm what now assert. / trust
all will carefully peruse this document. Morally
and intellectually am doing for this Island com.
munity what PunHhou-thc new spring. never
falling and bursting out of the lava Gssure from
the side of Rocky Hills doing for the grounds
which we are now gathered | can make this
niyerstry, although some may think use great
boldness of speech" Under these circumstances,
shall confidently make my appeal for funds to
the Fort street congregation and the Islands gen
orally.
Perhaps the Hawaiian Government may say that
she should be- excused from contributin, add
tional aid TO Oahu College, but have ] not given
her. III return for her aid corps Of surveyors that
would he an honor to older and wealther nations
look abroad and see my pupils in various posi-
tons of trust and responsibility are rich
merchants, rich planters, and thriving men of
business: others are lawyers, doctors, ministers.
glance abroad over the OCEAN, and ] see, in the
land OF our fathers many of my in most Ell
viable positions There IL Of my pupils at the
head of Hampton Institute. Friends of education
Ia America can well afford to give 10000 for
sending to them such man to fight their battles
and educate their freedmen | look abroad in
mission fields: | see some mt home and others
abroad. Ga this, our foriieth anniversary, think
/ IL
If not honestly proud Among my pupils lea wing
Honolulu few months ago for Mills Seminary,
two have graduated there, bearing away the
highest honors
/ am willing to remain Mt home and quietly
labor on. NJ have done, uncOmplanngy bnt
should be grltifed with change of dress. / have
worn white sufficiently long. | know not what
have done 10 require an annual new suit of white
wash. am no politician. | am not guilty OF
peculaton. ! have not squandered any vested
funds or dollar Of my patrimony.
In plain English and good old | will tell
| you frankly what do need. | am in immediate
| need of S25,o)O to erect and furnish library
building, including music hall, recitation rooms
| laboratory and other accommodations For the
aid of my pupils in the science of astronomy
| need "A telescope, costing $1,000. | need more
books suited to my pupils III their studies They
are not sent here to study theology, or read Com
| gressional documents
! When have secured funds sufficient for present
needs and immediate necessities, shall make a
| strong appeal for enlarging my endowment. / de
| sire two professorships to be endowed one fol-
! Natural History and the other for Languages and
History: The Presidents salary ought to be per
manently secured. In the near future other and
new buildings will be required Adobies were moi
| designed for perpetuty. Time works decay i'll the
| old brick and stone cathedrals and colleges OF
Europe. surely my present adobe abode will need
| rebuilding with more substantial materials, and
some other dress, than such as have made
reference to.
But not to dwelfnpon the perIshable Buildings
are but the temporary home of my teachers and
pupils. There are mental and spiritual material,
gathered here, which / DESTROYS of seeing
nodded and shaped and wrought into men and
women, who are to make their impress upon the
world and leave their stamp upon the age
| Gathered here the elements of noble growth
| and development. Trustees and teachers have
here an open field. The American Mission, Ha
waiian Government, friends of education and the
demands of the age, may reasonably expect that
something shall be done on these hallowed grounds
| which shall tell upon the future of the Hawaiian
Islands. If money is needed, it ought to be forth
coming in liberal manner. This declaration OF
/ Paul contains world of meaning He which
soweth sparinPly, shall reap also sparingly and
| he which soweth bountifully shall reap also boun
tifully." Money invested In schools and college.
returns an hundred fold. l hear voice from ovei
one, aye two oceans, from older colleges and uni
versities 80 ye jewellers the gem of the Pacific
endow noby and princely your seminaries OF
learning" Never had the friends of education
and Christianity more open field for action or
more favorable opportunity to strike a blow fol-
learning and Christian civilization. Here meel
| the Occdent and the Orient from our Isl nds az
center, radiate influences to all the surrounding
continents and all the islands of this great ocean
Friends, and pupils, You will pass away, but YOU
Alma Mater hopes to live for centuries, blessing
the present and unborn generations on the Ha
waiian Islands.
~ Al