The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-25

Polynesian Ethnology and Natural
History, was thrown open to the public
yesterday afternoon. The doors were
opened at o'clock and at o'clock
Professor W. T. Brigham, Director, in
| mastery framed address, dedicated
the new hall to it's noble purposes.
Invitation cards were issued by the
Director and Trustees for the opening,
| which drew into the beautiful edifice
a representative attendance, by actual
| count, of three hundred people.
great many failed to register in the
visitors book, hence the following list,
even with the reporters additions, is
far from complete:
Judge Sanford B. Dole. ]. o. Carter
| and Henry Holmes, Trustees OF the
| Museum; Chief Justice w. F. Frear,
| Justice and Mrs. c. A. Galbrafth, JUS
i tice Antonio Perry, Miss Julia Perry,
| President and Mrs. A. r. Griff1ths,
Oahu College; Brother Bertrafn, prin-
Il cipal, and Christian Brothers of st.
Louis College faculty; Mrs. Mary Rob-
erts Smith and Mrs. John c. L. Fitch,
II STANFORD university, INoU-
erts, Palo Alto, Cal; Mrs. c. II. Oak
wood, D. C. A lakewood, San Diego,
j Cal; Mr. and Mrs. r. w. Southrons,
Miss Southrons, Manchester, England;
Miss Marie F. Hasenphlus, Cleveland,
i o.; C. C. Talbot, Gibbon, Neb.; Mrs.
J. J. Mcdonald, Laurie E. Mcdonald,
San Francisco; Miss f. Lewis, China;
Mrs. Q. J. Belts. Berkeley, Cal; Mary
/ H. Cramer, Maud Post, Denver, Colo;
Nelson G.. Smith, Alameda, Cal; Mrs.
I'D. C. Lindsay, Olive B. Lindsay, Paia,
Maui; Senator C. II. Dickey, Haiku,
Maui; Lorrin A. Thurston, w. NJ. Gift
/ fard, James L. Girvin, Mr. and Mrs.
/ A. G. Halves, Jr., Mrs. A. M. Brown,
/ Rev. Alex. Macintosh, Miss Marie R.
lvon Holt, Ida Efferts Cooke, Miss Lou
lisa B. Brickwood, Cate H. Phillips T.
Give Davies, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. How
| ard, Mary D. Hendricks, Walter c.
Weldon, Rev. John osborne, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Barwick, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
! M. Oat, Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Ewart,
Alice D. Ewart, Edith II. Ewart, Mrs.
r. A. Jordan, Mrs. Laws, Rev. and
Mrs. j. Leadingham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Henry Dodge, C. c. Talbot
Judge Lyle A. Dickey, Frank s. Dodge,
Rev. and Mrs. o. P. Emerson, Miss
Kimball, Helen L. Hillebrand, Carrie
P. Green, Rhoda II. Green, J. L. Hop
wood, Miss O.. A. Arnold, Mrs. E. J.
Walker, E. j. Walker, Judge P. L.
Weaver, Albert +. Judd, Mr.. and Mrs.
| F. M. Watson, Margaret H. Mossman
Aimes Mossman F. ]. Lowrey, Mrs. J..
S. Emerson, Mr.. and Mrs. Blackman,
Miss Hoidsworth, Jennie Elsner, Mr.
and Mrs. l. T. Kenake, DR.. and Mrs.
j. 7. Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs. L. H
Gulick. DR.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Whitney;
4 Prof. and Mrs. Edgar Wood Mr.. Law,
Mrs. ]. c. Axtell, Julia E. Snow, Mrs
4 Mary d. Cook, Miss Bernice P. Cook,
Mrs. Isabella L. Creighton, Margaret
Lishman. Mrs. Belle Farrar Meyer,
Louis Meyer, Daniel Logan, Mrs L.
Ahlo. L. Ahlo, L. P. Tenney, Mrs. r.
Jay Greene, ]. S. Emerson, Rev. E.
w. Thwing, Mrs. T. G. Thrum, Mr.
and Mrs. T. K. Krauss, Charlotte A.
Tisdale, 81 NJ. Jacobus, Agnes B. Alex
ander, DR.. Geo. w. Burgess, Flora Ell
len Rittenhouse, Col John H. SOBER.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Bowen, Mrs. Annie J. Burgess.
Miss Eugenfa Thomas. Mrs. Mary H.
Damon, A. M. Merrill, R. Law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Theo. Richards.
PROF. BRIGHAM'S ADDRESS.
The director said in substancea
In welcoming you here this after
noon, it has seemed good to Judge
Dole, the president of the Board of
, Trustees, that I should take the oppor-
tunity afforded by this the only dedi-
cation this museum has ever had to-
explain so far as I may in few min
utes how the institution is arranged
and what it stands for. And first it
stands as monument of the generos-
ity of that public spirited citizen of
Honolulu, Charles Reed Bishop, while
J designed as memorial of his excel
lent and accomplished wife, Bernice
Pauahi.
The original building was intended to
contain and preserve simply the Ha-
waiian kahili, feather robes, pictures
and various keepsakes belonging to his
wife who was heir to the Kamehame-
has With the exception of the feather
work and kappa, the entire collection
was contained in the room which now
serves as a vestibule to the new Ha-
waiian Hall, this day opened to the
public. Scientific arrangement was i'm
possible; scientific study had to be con-
Quoted elsewhere than in the small
Dulld1ng. But the generosity of Mr..
Bishop and the wisdom of the Trus-
tees, removed one by one all obstacles
until today we have this grand instru-
mentality for the study of the ethnol-
ogy and natural history not only of
these islands but of the whole Pacific.
/ SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE.
This museum is no longer merely an
| exhibition to amuse an idle hour but it
is or should be when perfected means
of collecting, preserving and studying
the history of life in the Pacific, a re-
gion where the original native life is
fast disappearing as you see it is on
| this group. In a very few years it
will be impossible to gather the nec-
essary material for any such study;
indeed if the portion of this collection
| which was gathered half a century ago
had not then been saved we should
have little valuable knowledge of the
ways and work of the Hawaiian people,
and the same is true of every other
group in this great ocean. The amuse-