The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-06-25
OAHU COLLEGE.
AyS1vERsARY EXERCISES.

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classes in the Oahu College at Puma
hou commenced this forenoon at
GALS. Forty students were present,
Is young men and % ladies. The
spectators were not so numerous rs
perhaps they ought TO be. College
programmes are apt to be considered
with sort of awe by ordinary citi-
zens as being beyond and above their
comprehension. But the proceed
ings to-day, though under formida-
BILE names on the published cards,
were conducted in such a manner as
to interest as well as to instruct the
spectator. Valuable pieces of in
formation might be gathered by any
intelligent listener from the answers
of the students. Among the friends
of the institution in attendance were
the Hon. 5. b. Dole and Mrs. Dole,
the Rev. Oliver Emerson, Mrs. j.
o. Carter, Mr.. NJ. ID. Becllwith,
Rev. S. +. Bishop, Mr.. f. G.
Hitchcock, Mrs. c. NJ. Hyde, Rev.
L. G. Oggel, DR.. N. b. Emerson,
Mrs. p. G. Jones, Mrs. A. o.
Forbes, Mrs. S. G. Wilder and Miss
Matte Chamberlain.
The examination opened with
Physical Geography in the main
room and English literature in the
recitation room. In the former.
there were eight young men and
nine ladies. The lesson was con-
Quoted by Mr.. E. c. Sanford. The
students showed 4 fair knowledge of
the tides, currents and other features
of old ocean. In English literature,
Miss Addie Peterson, fourth year
student, gave good resume of the
history and nature of the literature
of the language.
The next subjects taken up were
Zoology and Greek. Three lads
were examined in Greek of the
second year, Messrs. Walter Dole,
Herbert Dole and w. j. Forbes.
In the Zoology class four young
men and nine ladies were present.
The text book used is that of G. f.
and j. B. Holder. The Principal
intimated that the class had gone
through the work, and that special
attention had been given to localiz-
ing the results of the text book les
sons. Hawaiian Zoology was made
a speciality, members of the class
pursuing their Investigations on their
own account. Miss Emma Renton
read an essay on Moths and Butter
flies, giving the result of a series of
Investigations and observations made
by herself. Miss Hattie Hitchcock
read her essay on Mammala. Pro
fessor Merritt here acknowledged
the kindness of Hon. S. B. Dole,
whose list of Hawaiian birds had
been placed by that gentleman al
the disposal of the students. A
number of original, well writer
essays were shown besides the two
read. Miss. E. 4. Mossman wrote
on Foreign Birds acclimated il
the Hawaiian Islands; )" Rose G.
Davidson on Hawaiian Singing Birds
Lillian Lyman, on Wading Bird:
of the Hawaiian Islands," Olive
Carter, on "Sharks :" Horace Cham
berlain, on "Crabs," giving large
amount of information, gathered
from natives and otherwise, descrip
tive of about dozen different varie
ties of these crustacea; Ida Camp
bell, on "The Winged Insects ;
Arthur Brown, on Swimmin!
Birds" May Dillingham;, on "Cen
tipedes and Scorpions > Heller
Severance, on "Spiders of the Ha
waiian Islands," and Fred Whitney
an, Coral Polyps."
Algebra and Geology were mex
taken up, the one under the direc
ton of Mr.. E. G. Sanford, the othe
under Professor Merritt. In Alge
bra the students solved several pro
blems in quadratics on the black
boards, and afterwards elucidatc
the methods of solution. Thre
students were examined in Geology
and gave good account of their in
vestigatons in that science. Englis
,, History and Geometry were the mex
: subjects on the programme. Th
history class consisted of tire
young ladies', Misses Severance
!, Sorenson and Forbes, and was eA
!. amined by Miss M. f. Spooner. A
excellent feature of this excrcis
was that the pupils in their answer
: talked history-not recited-tellin
what they knew of it generally
their own terms, and exhibited
creditable familiarity with the cours
: of events as well as an intelligent il
), terest in the great panorama of I'll
past. The Geometry examinatic
=. was conducted by Professor Merit
= Quite a number of proposition
{ were gone through. Reasons al
authorities are cited at every ste