The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-11-30
SHOULD BE TRANSFORMED
INTO A COLLEGE SAYS SMITH

found laxity in the matter of study
which was not to his liking. The phys
ical development was surprise to him
and in the matter of athletics he dis
covered that the young men We're up to
a standard which compared favorably
with schools in the States.
The meeting was opened last even
ing by A. F. Judd, president of the
Punahou Alumni. with a few reminis
cences of the organization of the as
sociation. 1t was under Prof. Alexan-
der's presidency at Punahou that the
first alumni meeting took place. The
prime mover in it's organization was
Father Damon. There had been grlev-
Gus lapses in the life of the associa-
tion-not always to its credit. A month
+ since the present officers met and de-
cided that the time was ripe for a
consolidation of the alumni work that
would count for something in the de-
velopment of their alma mater. To
this end the quarterly meetings were
decided upon.
| Miss Mary Widdifeld, the alumni
secretary, read the minutes of the last
meeting held in June, 1900. At that
time the consideration of a Memorial
building was had and 1t was also rec
commended that bronze tablet be set
into the building at the main entrance
with the names of the early mission
aries emblazoned thereon to commem-
crate the great work performed by
them in the establishment of Christian
learning and worship in the Hawaiian
Islands
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
Mr.. Judd then introduced President
smith, who began his address by
touching upon the esprit de corps
which had manifested itself to him up
on his arrival. He spoke in part as
follows:
II have been requested to speak par
ticularly with reference to the plans
outlined by the trustees for the future
Before doing that l would like to say
something of the inner workings os
Oahu College. What | say may seem
to the students but
trust ii will have a good effect When
the school opened last September there
seemed 20 be quite n spirit of laXity and |
insncerity among the students Prob I
ably II was because the teachers Were
new and may have felt doubtful as TO
the lines upon which they must proceed
and feeling something of the nCwness
Of the situation, | think, perhaps the I
spirit Of inslncerity may have taken
hold of a great number of them. Per-
haps some of them had an erroneous
idea of the meaning Of the word hon
or l presume in all schools there Is
always a little insincerity But one
thing has beol accomplished by the
students and faculty which has I'M
proved the tone of thc school 100 per
cent, ! noticed ut the beginning Of the .
term that despite the ill-cffects of the
climate the boys We're physically active
ana enjoyed and played football as
wei as students anywhere else, / have
noticed them In football il the swim
ming pool and never saw nn"" SPECIE
mems ~ physical young manhood,
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~ believe tho climate ls good ami
develops them and creates yigor
began Go wonder why some ylgor could
mot hn put into their studies After
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