The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-06-18
STILL PERPETUATES.44
Society Sons of Revolution Holds
Annual Meeting.
All the Old Officers Elec, ed-Tender
Services for Fourth of July.
Prizes TO Patriotic Orators.

A large number of Americans gather
ed in the parlors of the Safe Deposit
Company yesterday afternoon to at
tend the first annual meeting of the Ha-
waiian Society of Sons of the American
Revolution. This organization, which
started just one year ago with eighteen
members, now numbers forty-nine on
its roll, and applications are coming in
from other American residents here
daily. 1t is expected that the society
by next year will number upwards of
one hundred members.
After reports of officers, the commit
tee on the award of prizes to students
reported as follows:
The Special Committee of the Ha
waiian Society Of the Sons of the Am
erican Revolution beg leave respectfully
to report as follows:
They recommend the passage by the
Society of the following resolution
Resolved BY the Hawaiian Society
OF the Sons of the American Revolution,
that four prizes be offered by the So
ciety, as follows: First prize, twenty
five dollars; second prize, twenty dol
lars; third prize, fifteen dollars; fourth
prize, ten dollars, for written and de-
CLAIMED orations, the best to receive
the first prize, the next best the second
prize, and so on, the competitors to be
youth of either sex, of any nationality,
actually in attendance at any of the
schools. public or private, of Honolulu,
and not pursuing postgraduate or spe-
cial courses of study.
'"The subject of the orations to be,
The Objects and Results of the Ameri-
can Revolution
THE judges awarding the prizes to
be three in number and to be hereafter
appointed by the Board of Managers
of the Society. The contest to be held
in June, 1897, in some convenient place
hereafter to be designated. No Grafton
to exceed ten minutes in time of deliv-
cry. Names of competitors to be hand
ed in to the Secretary not later than
May 1, 1897.
Zone or more of the successful COM
petitors may be asked to deliver their
orations on the Fourth of July, 1897,
as shall be hereafter determined.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT Francis Judd,
Douglas Putnam Birnie,
William Dewitt Alexander,
COMMITTEE.
Honolulu, June 18th, 1896"
The resolution asked for was passed
unanimously.
The following were appointed COM
mittee to offer the services of the So
ciety to the Fourth of July Committee,
who might be appointed at the meeting
of American citizens called for this
man; Colonel William Eessenden Allen,
George Washington Riggs. King, DR.. |
John Scott Boyd Pratt and William
Cooper Parke.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year were: Hon. Peter Cushman Jones, |
president; Hon. Albert Francis Judd,
vice president; John Efinger, secreta- !
~; William Joseph Forbes, treasurer
Prof William Dewitt Alexander, regis !
trar; Rev. Douglas Putnam Brine. |
John Walter Jones and Colonel William
Fessenden Allen, members with the Of
ficers) of the Board Of Managers.
A secret CD ballot for the next Presi- |
dent of the United States resulted in
an overwhelming majority for William
Mckinley of Ohio. Mckinley is an en-
thusiastic member of the District of
Columbia Society of Sons of the Ameri- |
can Revolution. The Societys rOsette
IS usually shown in his pictures, on the
lapel of his coat.
The committee on year book reported
subscriptions as satisfactory, and an
elaborate volume will be issued during |
the year. showing the genealogy of all
the members, constitution and bylaws |
and other interesting matter.
The Treasurer's report was crafty |
ing. a good balance being on hand to |
the credit of the Society.