The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-03

thh college for the past ten years and
Ias not during that period enjoyed an ex-
tended vacation. Mir. ana Mrs. Hosmer
{xpect to go direct to Amherst College,
Massachusetts. which is Mr. Hosmer's
alma mater. They will then proceed to
Woburn, a suburb OF Boston, where is
Mr. Hosmer's home. Washington, ID. c..
and Baltimore will each be visited and
the winter spent in New England. In the
spring of next year the travellers expect
tn proceed to Europe and it Is their in
IteEtion to spend some time in Kent, where
Mr.. Hosmers relatives reside. They win,
according to present arrangements, re-
turn to Honolulu III a year, after which
Mr.. Hosmer's plans for the future are in
definite
/ Il rendered my resignatiopNa year ago"
said Mr.. Hosmer 10 an Advertiser report
er, land it has just now taken effect. 1
shall look forward with great pleasure to
my return here for I possess n strong
aloha for Hawaii nei. 1 have now been
here for ten years, arriving in the time
Ct Kalakaua. Liliuokalani's revolution
marked re.gn followed, and then came the
| o-called rebellion. l was a member of
he Advisory Council under the Provision
al Government. During the cholera WISH
alton and the bubonic plague l served
ialer the Board of Health l do not think
hat Hawaii Will ever again experience
such an eventful decade as the past has
been.
Il leave the college in prosperous cir
lcumstances, the grade is rising steadily
and the attendance both at the prepare
tory school and the college have increased
at the rate of a hundred a year during
the last three years. The immediate fl
,nancial future of the college is quite
bright. Funds that have hitherto been
unavailable will soon be accessible. The
trustees are about to place on the market
i120 acres of beautiful land known as the
Punahou pasture, situated in the mouth
of Manoa valley, the proceeds of which
sale will be added TO the endowment fund
FDuring the past ten years over quar-
ter of a million of dollars has been donat
III to the college, the Hon. Charles r
fBishop being the principal donor.
\ II have been exceedingly fortunate il
Fhavng on the Board of Directors durin:
my tenure of office some of the best mel
in the community, among Others Govern
Hand Prof. Alexander. to whose loyal back
. ling is due the beneficial results of the i'm
I provements I have been enabled to carr
= but.
. by the decease of the late Chief Jus
ticc Judd and the Rev. DIR. Charles NJ
Hyde, the college and myself have los
two staunch friends.
THE young alumni are showing grea
enthusiasm for the college and hav
elected Albert F. Judd president and Her
ry Lyman of Hilo vice president of til
Alumni Society. l think this enthusiast
among both the young men and wome
argues well for the future welfare of til
institution and that it viii prove of gref
assistance to the new president, the Re
Arthur NJ. Smith to whom I sncerel
. hope that the same kindly considerable
Will be extended that has always bee
shown me-
Perhaps the two most noteworthy mint
"a improvements inaugurated by Mr. Hosm
are the planting of ornamental and fru
trees on an extensive scale and the intr
duction of carefully studied color schen
in the rooms of the college.
Three hundred royal palms have be,
planted as well as many hundreds of C
Goa palms, mangos, papaias and 9th
tropical fruit-bearing trees, which a
now relied upon to provide an importa
: item on the college bill of fare
. The coloring OF the walls and ceiling