Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
PRESS.
ruRpAY OCTOBER y. la,


loguc ct 1884,
AZ he gtncra meeting OF the sandwich
Islands Mission. May Is, tS4o. Dr. g.. T..
tndd. Rev lowell smith and Nit ; y.
castle wetr appointed y committee to secure 4
teacher and apcn a .ghnol ioi The children Vt
the nis,ionancs Rev Reuben Tinker. of
knloa. kauai. w5s invited To- take change Of
thr ,chool, hn declined, ~ the general
meeting. May ~, 1871, Rev Daniel Dole.
who during The meeting arrived a. ono ~ The
ninth cnmpany " mtssiunaucs, May ~, iStt,
was With his wife appointed to the charge 1T
the a,h,pl anil Mis-, Marcia NJ smith was
ass,cia,rd with him. The school was opcncd
Al runahou, lub ~. tSli Thu, land had
bccn given by Governor Hoki in 1850 90 Rev
llinm bingham, and hts title had been con.
htmr,i hv kaahumiuu Mr bingham had
built an adnhc house, and Mrs. bingham, So
tn gtufy Eats. had superintendent The building
1T the msubA wall Mt bingham lrO the
Islands August /. tSta. lml before hi, drpaf
tutc bah nohly and generously dedicated his
land t1 the establishment; ~ q school Al the
time VI the settlement ~ land title. 10y the
land commissioner. punahnu was hy ruy1i
patent. No, loo, August 90, 1885 awarded
10 the American lo1r as pant Of the mission
property. IN orief tH sctutr title directly to-
ihe board anil in individual missionaries. This
pstent was revoked and Ne, 1871. April 30.
1855. was granted in exchange. The grant Vt
hnd amounted 90 isS ol.too acres. y lot ct
II acres. kukuluaeu, on The sea shore, iot.
mcfly attached TO Puuahou. was assigned Go
Rev l.. ". CLARK. As being originally designed
iat the Iasiot ui kawaiahan Church and va
hY royal patent awarded TO him. The wood
lot IN Manga Valley, containing t5S SO TOO
actcs. was Sought of the government, October
10, 1872. and the ualakaa, or rocky Hill.
pasture lot u oS fS-tuo acres. November 80.
1870, a the ,i-ahl rate IT one dollar per acre.
Eight acre. Of lanl ia the upper pasture lot,
held in the name of the Manoa Church. were
purchased August Is. 1854. Only ono native
kuicaua OF homestead, was included IN the
original Funahou lands, and tina, was bought
April ,. 500, Of lkeole. for 500. The lands
were all held in the name Of the American
Hoifd until March ~, 1868. when the full title
was invested IN the Trustees Of Oahu College
The land between the lower pasture and King
street, Ia. acres, was bought April 40. 1866.
81 Rev. l.. W. Clark, fat 6ty dollars an acre,
and sold to H. NJ. Whitney Oct. TO, 1871,
fof $1,000 dollars The lower pasture Of
g 5f.Ion acres was divided into building lots,
each 400 by 200 feet, May Is, 1880. Twenty.
three Of these lots have been sold for $1,000
and the proceeds invested ou bond and mort
gagcs
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1.-THE Trustees Of IA punahou School a
new charter was issued May a, 1883. granting
new powers and privileges TO the corporation,
cnlafginC the number Of trustees, and altering
the corporate name to " The Trustees OF Puma
hou School and Oahu College 1857, March
10, this was changed again To is present FORM
1.-THE Trustees Of Oahu College. Two
additional Articles were added to the charter
February 10, 1900, giving to the King the
right oi nominating two additional trustees, la
consideration Of the immediate payment Of a
government subscription Of school lands, csti-
mated to be worth $1,000 The original
condition Of this subscription. which was hrs,
made July Q, 1885, was that forty thousand
dollars additional should be raised before July
q, 1888. The school lands. det,led to Oahu
College by the board Of education January so,
1850, were Iiamakuapoko, on Maui, s,62S
acres. and Aliomanu, COS acres, Papa, 1000
acres, Moloaa, SIS 7-Io acres on Kauai. They
were decsled subjcci to the rights Of native
owners and tenants Of lands included in these
ahupuaas. ilamakuvpoko was sold May 20,
1901. to the Haiku Sugar Company for $3.50.
The lands on Kauai were sold. few acres,
IS 6-Io, to John Mitchell for So per acre but
the great bulk Of these Kauai lands, 2,ooo
acres. 10 II. a. Widemann, October 10, 1901,
for SI,SSS q. The whole amount realized
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This government subscription was IN conncc-
ton with an effort made in 1886 to raise an
endowment OF S5o,ooo iof the college. The
subscriptions made and paid by individuals in
the Hawaiian Islands Amounted 10 SI47so II.
To this general fund Hon. II. A. Pierce added
5000, February :, 1883; Rev +. W. Clark
February s, 1909, 500; u. NJ. Weston.
Esq, $500, September ~, 1870. In 1880 n
system Of scholarships was begun, donation Of
$500 constituting fund emitting the owner of
the scholarship TO name pupil who should re-
ceiye tuition free Of charge
In 1870 il was proposed to raise a special
fund for the salary Of the president, and to-
wards this there has been paid by Rev. H.
Baldwin S-,ooo, Rev. T.. Bond 81 900, Dr.
K. w Wood $1,000. The treasurer now
holds invested, ON bond and monage at these
Islands, grand total Of $4,000, with an e..
tImaied income uf S2,S7I so
In 1888 the American Board made special
grant Of 5000, \ few friends OF the college
and Of the sandwich Islands Mission contribu-
:ed literally 10 the proposed endowment
James EIunnewell, Chplestown, Massachu.
sets, gave $1,000; T. ;. Williams, New
London. Connecticut, 5000 W. Williams,
Norwich. $1,000, AbncI Kingman, Boston,
$1,000; Nathan Durfcc, Fall River, 81 600 /;
Mrs. Harriet T.. Williams, New London
9Sbi " T.. iopsc, NSN OK, NSoo ;
John Field, loston, $500; A. ". Por-
tcr. Monson, Massachusetts,, 500; and
various individuals Si,o,i sos To this James
lIunnewcll in 1867 added 5000. James f.
llunnewell, as Treasurer Of the United States
Endowment Fund, ha2 the care Of securities
whose costs was Ss4,S76 o5; estimated
market value now Sso,4Ioi yielding an in.
come Of Si,67S.
The original buildings were erected by the
mission, and were estimated at $4,000, in.
einding the land the school hall 5000; the
two dwelling houses $1,000 the domiiorics
$1,000; the kitchen and out buildings 81, goo.
The slie Of these buildings was prepared by
Doctor judd in iS4i and cellar was dug
The iirsl huilding was Of adobe, and was coz.
cred with thalch. The original plan had been
30 arrange the buildings in quadrangle. but
a. they are nov constructed, there Is an open
space on the makai side. The first school.
room Was ia the middle wing. The school
hall vas built 10 1853 with stone drawn from
rocky hill. The neat year blinds were pui
upon the Windows Of the upper part. The old
tha,eh roofs were replaced by shingles about
1855. and in 1901 the buildings were nc.
singled In 1903 the veranda was added GA
The lwD-sides AMI the makai end Of the hall.
In 1907 an addition was built on TO the car
Rage houses originally built by Mr. Rice abos,
1880, In 1875 the baildings we're rc-shinglcd.
In 1880 MIR. J. q. Dickson offered TO raise
the money necesssry 10 build an enclosed
stairway on the mauka end. and TO cnlafgc the
assen,bly hall and the nlauka recitation room.
The total cost o. these alterations and i'm.
pfoyc,Bcnis was about $1,000. To the same
generous friend the ifustcc, arc indebted fll
The nss desks with ~hirh the fr.nns are nov
furnished. The original de.As were sold IN
1905 10 Rev, O. II Gulick, and are ,il 10
nse in the Waialua boarding School Coz
Hawaiian gif,. The forty nea drsks hroughl
Ia their place rosl "A thar Time $40 81.
IL 1858 the American lhard made special
giant q 300 10 which the trustee, added
$yb9 90. 10 bald house ior the president.
This ~As bsiii IN the oeiagonal style, adsoca
ted al that time a. having marked advantage,
osef the usual rectangular logm The mains
o. the locality, runahou, the ne~ ,psing,