The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
COL EG Z,
a Full pledged Institution or Lea rninE in the
Midst OF the Pacific.

Few persons, perhaps, know that in Honolulu,
In the midst OF tho Pacific Ocean. there is a full.
t;edgcd college which is more than half a CEN
fury old. in which a faculty. consisting al.
most exclusively OF graduates from American
schools. teach n full English classical course.
with art ami music, typewriting. and u business
course thrown in TO boot. Such Is Oahu College.
whose catalogue OF its ffty-sixth years work
has just reached this part OF the world.
In those years the college has had nine Presi-
dents. including Frank A. Ilosmer, A. NJ, the
Incumbent. President HosIner is an Amherst
man: Arthur b. Ingalls,. the professor OF chem.
istry and natural science. 10 from Amherst:
Albert = Co!steu. professor o! mathematical and
mechanical drawing, IL q civil engineer from
Cornell; WIntret II. Bnhh'tt. the Latin protes.
sor. IS from Williams. and Joseph l.. Howard Of
the business school is from tho Stockton Normal
Institute. The rest OF the professors arc wo
pleu4. Florence Kelsey is an A. b. from Smith.
Jessie Rene A1tell Ia from tho New England
Conservatory OK Music. and Bessie f. French
wss a member Of tho New York Art League.
Punahou 10 tho name OF the suburb Of Homo
lutl where tho matt buildings OF the college OF
Oahu are situated. Il Is about two miles east
Of The city, but Ia connected with 1t by several
broad. shady avenues and . street railway. On
! enc s.Ie are the mountains and on the other
the sea. ana the Thermometer seldom has a
range wider than from 60 TO So In The
whole course OF the year. The college
has moro than 500 acres In Its grounds,
EnA tho land teens with vegetable life.
Here grow AL the vegetables known In
this CLINE, besides bananas, orangeB. pineapplss.
pspsist, Nreaatru!t. anAcado pears v~i;epples,
mangoes, strn ~ecrry guavss, lines. lemons,
Snh sos s9o a &, y wSits are sSd h cnr a OF royal
the PRIDE Of the grounds e g hetge Of nisht;
blossoms open upon 1t at once, hlling tho whole
country around with its perfume,
Of tho college, site comes from the existence
there Of 4 little lake OF pure, cool water which
Il the tr mo ny nST'f sldo. fh sp s"rfss ,Hs snp SS%S S sIG%
which is pIped through the college grounds and
S"iIi;nT.; ina they Sl.P supply . the TatG. for
% "A Sis '" and folds Sa'N' ss. GS'' gallons SsfS IS OF Of
M SotsF ,ri 1t Is and SsFs s,iS,y roy %i,h and 4 b sPsi .1s
Fit Il deoTse :. Wilcox and Henry +; BALDWIN
4 s'tll water pond OF h NJ an acre is also .cd by
Llue water lilies ana the p,Ik lotus. The
and that. Of Elizabeth Crozier.. matron and
ft ScSIs1. U1 sSWiHsi because SrS asc't the s II DEE ust a Ge t al
required TO do manual labor for two hours or
less enTh day under the direction OF these two.
the College: Here the c]cihijIdnr"ennO are n 't taken y,
through eight grades, from the lrimsr class TO
school. and Helen X. Sorenson Of the California
state norma, $ hoo'; Carrie A. Gilman OF ohor-
his ASSISTANTS, That tho college is intensely
AMER, II may be judged from the list Of holi-
days. Besides all the Hawaiian Government
holidays Thanksgiving, ,Washington's birthday.
Hnt Memorial Day are observed.
The college has u main hall, the Presidents
house, Do'9 Hall. Rice Hall, Pnnaki Hall, and the
Old school hall.
PGnaki Hall is tho hncst Of thcsc. 1t is built
Of blue lava and IL general rlnn is that OF u
semicirrle with different rooms opening from
the main entrance. II contains IN SSemhlv hall
y which there IL a pipe organ, the gitt Of Mrs. :.
in the dome is the observatory, containing n ak,
inch telescope. and the basement contains store
rooms. photograph rooms. and tho .jnnitor'S
9%,ITtcrs. The building was the Gift of Charles
Hoard IN this college costs S. a week for girls
ana Sl,AO a We X for boys. and tuition costs but
81 a week, In the preparatory school tniticn
costs but so centsa week. Girls have rooms in
the main hall and the boys in iloio and Rice
halls. The girls pay more because their rooms
are supplied with furniture by the college.
while tho hoys' rooms are not. The college has
JOY students and the preparatory school lao,
or, these only 20 are oRrding pupils. IL costs
only 1850 TO establish IL free scholarship In this
college, and there are already twcnty'eight OF
1t Is interesting In looking over this catalogue
from tho Pacific TO note tho names In the list OF
students. Most of them nrc Just such names rs
one would find In a New York school catalogue,
others again are either d.stinctifsly Hawaiian,
thony Lee Ahio. !llberr Richard Canha. David
khSois kal9nok lani Martha Muriel Along,
Ahfook, En- Chang, Albert Gilbert Raulukou,
IwalAni Amelia Jaeger. William KAmeeiamoku
KalaiwAa, Caroline Nlnohua Rowland, Ella Ap'
pianni Long. and Samuel KsoinlAns Parker.