The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-08
PUNAHOU SCHOOL LAYS
CORNER STONE OF A HALL
tFrora sa,uraay,t dalyl


aaunts1 in ths breeze BY stan
ard pels. several hunirsi people saw
un.s Rayirz Of the cornerstone Of the
ENlrsn.e1 ScAccl yesterday afternoon.
II was an ttsai day for an opSu-atr
ssreurcry- f1- the ssltrs-trS - the
D-esgs,s ~ h. warmth q The sunshine
WIS nlsst sl11SslsaS TO make the tay
gns eer enjoyment C2G q toCrS-
d. Wa D rg51hls event. tor. teLS lay
nix % th,s CORNERSTONE q the prspstra-
ssryr school q chs Oahu College. for
there were In shs Assem- ela - some Or
the Older SausratiC1. whose collSa CUES
founded the school. and their srand-
children who now figure as attendants
upon the instruction given IheFe
were few whose recent coming TO tne
Islands left them without some tender
memory OF self or for friend, which was
not twined about the school Men with
silyered locks told of the efforts which
had made the school successful, ana
the copper box filled with mementos
of today was placed in its bed, where
il will lie beneath the great structure,
by the hand of son of the man VINO
dedicated the lands to the use of the
college.
Men there were who witnessed or
took part in the ceremony, who had
played about the hillsides which are
destined to become the homes OF the
youth of the future, when they learn
the rudiments and penetrate the hlSh-
er mysteries of book lore. Ana from
these veterans the line went on down
to the least of the little ones whose
daily duty is the requirement of some
elemental fact 1t was almost tottef-
ing age to tot of tender age. About
the platform which held the men and
women whose interest in the school Is
greatest were grouped the chairs or
the friends of the school and the pupis
who took part in the exercises.
MARCH TO THE SCENE.
The days doings began about 4
o'clock, when the procession formed
IN front of Pauahi Hall, at the en-
trance to the Punahou grounds, to
march to the new structure. There
had been n gathering of the old friends
of the institution for some time ana
an informal reception had been taking
place in the main hall, President
smith and members of the board of
trustees meeting many OF the visitors.
After the band. in the procession from
hall to new building, came the trustees
and others, in almost every case the
men named being accompanied by their
wives They were: Mr.. l.. a. Thurs
ton. Mr.. + w Damon, Judge Anto-
MO Perry. Mr. W II; Castle MI T. C.
Jones, Mr.. ]. b. Anterior, DIR. \. II
Emerson, DR.. Kincaid, DIR. Hiram
Bingham, Mr.. Jonathan Shaw, Mr. \
b. Wood DR.. Serene Bishop, the teach
ers of the institution and architects 81
the new buildings. Following these OF
ficials were the students OF the schools
in line, bearing the school and class
banners.
The scene of the ceremonies was OF
the Waikiki end of the grounds, almos
on a line with Pauahi Hall, wher'
there has already been laid the foun
dations of the new building which 4
to be used for the preparatory depart
ment entirely. 1t was at the northern
corner of the building that there ha'
been prepared "A cavity In the cOnstruc
tion material, which is concrete, L
hold the box which contained the va
rious objects destined to repose in tn
copper vault probably for generations
About the corner of the building
platform had been prepared, and oi
it was a reading desk and chairs TO
the guests on the hillside in from
of the stand was scmicircle of chairs
where We're to be seated the visitors
and pupils. Among the most prom
nent visitors who took part in th'
ceremonies as spectators We're Moth
ar' Castle, Colonel and Mrs. w. F. Al
len, Mr. and Mrs. w w. Hall an,
Miss Hall, Mr.. and Mrs W. \. Bowen
George b. Mcclellan, Prof {. j. Lyons
and many others.
HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.
There was music by the band boil
on the march and after the arrival
while the crowds We're being seated
There was a moments silence only af
the strains of selection of Ha
waiian melodies had died away, AM
then Prof. +. w. Damon led in a re
sponsive reading of scripture, and wa
followed by DIR. Serene Bishop. VIII,
Id In, h..
Smith, in a few words in which h,
said that the men who built school
house We're preparing for the furma
ton of public character, introduce,
Hon. w. r. Castle, who gave "A his
torical sketch of Punahou school.
He reviewed the report of the com
mittee of education To the trustees q
the college, in 1881, in which the feast
bility of building a school which shoul,
he a feeder to the college, was dis
cussed, and how special committee
reported in favor Of such establish
ment in June, 1852, and how in Noyem
Der of that year II was decided to opeI
the school If there was sufficient en-
enlargement received by the commit
tee. The building used for the Catholi,
school was secured, teachers employ
ed, and January Il, 1883. the school wa
opened with Miss Moore in charge
Since that time ne said ii had been
matter OF additions to the building AM
more teachers. He told how, in ISIS!
there We're conferences held to see
the school department would not hay
the public schools so graded that the
would be in sympathy with oahu. an
then the Punahou School could
abandoned The government was no
ready to do this, and the result wa
that the preparatory school went on.
Owing to cramped quarters, he sale
the Miller lot, at Miller and Beretani
streets, was purchased in 1899, bu
later ii was decided that IL was wises
TO have all the departments in IN
same campus so that they might b
under the eye Of the president, and tn
downtown lot is TO be sold.
The progress Of the preparation
school has been very satisfactory fror
the start, said Mr.. Castle, as it ha
always had loyal corps of teachers
and the friends of the institution be
lieve that the school would continu