The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-20

i Extracts from an address BIZ Presf
dent s. B. Dele. on the occasion o.
the dedication Of Pauahi Hall. 1895
. Although Punzhoa school i
generally credited with having opened IL
1912. | learn from its oldest pupil. ths
Rev. OrrameI H Gnliek- that the res
start was made in 1S4I Ancient letters
in nv possession corroborafe this. In
the old Bingham residence. small adobe
building which stood a few yards easl
Of the place where the present Dole hall
now stands. the school was begun with
q small class Of children Although this
use WAS but temporary. yet the little sit
| ing room of the Rev. Hiram Bingham's
home which he had with noble seif-sacri-
Gee given. with the wide acres about IL.
was in truth the birthplace of Punahou
school and Oahu college
While this preliminary teaching was
thus carried on workmeR were busy on
the double quadrangle which. with some
changes in its details has until a recent
/ date been so Familiarity known as Puma
hon school This was at first q one
story building with ground plan ike the
capital letter r. enclosing on three sides
two square courts One-half of the mid
die wing between the courts was reserved
as q school room. and for ten years it
was the school room. Here school was
regularly opened July 18th. 1912, with
about fifteen pupils. varying in age from
seven to twelve years
This was Punahou's first permanent
school house. With its adobe walls made
of good Punahou soil. its roof of thafch
from the sides of Round Top. and its
plastered and whitewashed exterior and
interior from the coral limestone and
beach sand of the kewalo reefs it was
in sense Ato the manner born 1t
told story of limited resources. of plain
living. and of the high sense of the mis-
sionary fathers of the value of education
Il told more than this Hitherto they had
fought heathenish customs and had striv-
en- to sare souls for heaven with both
hands. with perhaps scarce thought of
new social life for the Hawaiian COM
munity: they had shipped away their
children to the United States at tender
age to remove them from the heathenish
influences and to give themselves more
freedom for their work.
But now a radical change was taking
Mace in their attitude Onward the mis-
sionary enterprise A part of this change
was undoubtedly. unconscious, and was
influenced by various cause.-the social
life already existing in Honolulu the pair
of family separations. the giimmering
light perchance of the truth that their
warfare was not solely spiritual one:
hut be that as it may, this little school
house with its adjacent wings for eating.
sleeping and social intercourse. was evi
dence of new departure No more chill
dren were TO be sent around Cape Horn
to hearfbreaking experiences of homesick-
ness the new seneration was to take its
chances henceforward in the new land
and become part of the growing society
of the Islands. to influence ii or be in
huenced by IL. as the case might be. ac-
c0rding to individual achievement in char
acter building.
These ten years 1882 1882 of the
conduct of the school in the middle wing
were years of pioneer work. The insti-
tuition was Door in material resources
Economy had to be praeticed in manag
ing the finances. The food supply to
great extent came from the school farm
the work of which was largely done by
the boys. working several hours daily.
During this period Rice and Dole halls
were built. replacing a portion of the
one-storv quadrangles. and the north
and south wings were extended.
The school was at FIRST a large familv
of children. The pupils were of fairly
good material. They came from homes
where there were plenty of books and
where education was valued more than
money According to the standards of
the present day they were poor. but bv
those of that period they were IA CON-
Portable circumstances.
From a school for the children of the
missionaries. Punahou had already
opened its doors to others. and it soon
variety of origin. race and traditions be-
came visible among the pupils
This development and various other
considerations, prominent among which
was the supposed promising business
outlook of the country resulting from the
discovery Of gold in California. led the
Trustees early in the history of the sec
ond school house to organize the school
into a college. and thus the intuition re-
e Sssss, the new name, Oahu college
The forty-four wears Of uefuIness of
this school have covered the greater part
Of the history Of Ptsnahou- and a large
part of Hawaiian history as we'll They
have seen many changes and vicissitudes
in the schools. There have been times
OF prosperity and large attendance of pu-
nils. and periods of depressiors and anx-
iety. Public interest became centered in
the school in an Increased degree until It
became possible with popular assistance
70 connect Rice and Dele Halls BY the
present brick building in place of the
old one-story building with its store
rooms and kitchen at the same time the
three old picturesque wings were re-
moved. which left the pleasant quad
rangies with their many associations
only q memory The establishment of
Punahon School in Honolulu soon fol-
lowed
During this period f1S41 1851 ten in
siruciors presided successfully over the
educafienal work and administered the
STAIRS at Punahon assisted by seventy
Ave teachers besides the teachinE force at
the Pnnahon Preparatory tgrammar)
School.
Awar hack in the forfies. In the early
wears Of Punahou School, there were two
voune useu from the United STATES liv-
ing il H9nafn1a who used 10 come up
to punahon On Saturdays TO play base
lsll or sAipunir With the bcSs One Of
fhess yeunz men WIS William L. Lee.
afterwards Chief Justice Of our Supreme
Cnrrf the other vas Charles r. Bishop.
ard his relations with Punabou thus in
c7denfaHy begun developed at length into
. devotion to the interests OF the sehDal. |
ulsis:h has been most conspicuous facfor
IA It's DFugress For n1a1F Feras. rs one
81 fkeTrHszees 81 Oahu Coieee Mr..
Bishop has hzxn 4 ufse and faithful Sd
riser IN the assminiskrafion Of lis Affairs. /
A. ting went On he began 20 take npon
hin avn shuqljcrs 4 part az it, financial |
bar1ens and especially - proznnte the
Of its facilities fbrc1sh /
|zr2e rers8nas 19sfsYs q uleney. The |
sz61rai history kui1dln8. knows as shs
'7:sknp Hail 81 Scsenct. xzz his gift /
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