The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-11-27
HANAINA HAUL
OPENED TO THE PUBLIC


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
a mastery framed address, dedicated
the new hall to its noble purposes.
Invitation cards were issued by the
Director and Trustees for the opening.
which drew into the beautiful edifice
representative attendance, by actual
count, OF three hundred people. A
great many failed to register in the
visitors book, hence the following list,
even with the reporters additions, is
far from completes:
Judge Sanford B. Dole, j. o. Carter
and Henry Holmes, Trustees of the
Museum; Chief Justice w. F. Frear,
Justice and Mrs. G. A. Galbraith, JUS
tice Antonio Perry, Miss Julia Perry,
President and Mrs. A. F. Griffiths,
Oahu College: Brother Bertram, prin-
cipal, and Christian Brothers of st.
Louis College faculty; Mrs. Mary Rob-
erts Smith and Mrs. John C. l.. Fich,
Stanford University; Mrs. j. p. Rob-
erts, Palo Alto, CAL; Mrs. c. II. Oak
WOOD, D. c. A. Oakwood, San Diego,
Cal: Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Southrons,
Miss Southrons, Manchester, England;
Miss Marie F. Hasenphlus, Cleveland
o.; C. C. Talbot, Gibbon. Neb.: Mrs.
J. ]. Mcdonald, Laurie T.. Mcdonald,
San Francisco: Miss e. Lewis China;
Mrs. o. ]. Bettis. Berkeley, Cal; Mary
H. Cramer, Maud Post, Denver, Colo;
Nelson G. Smith, Alameda. Cal; Mrs.
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.. Hawes Jr., Mrs. A. NJ. Brown,
Rev. Alex. Macintosh, Miss Marie r.
Won Holt, Ida Efferts Cooke Miss Lou
lisa b. Brfckwood, Cate H. Phillips, r.
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. ].
NJ Oat. Mr.. ana Mrs. George r. Ewart,
Alice d. Ewart, Edith Fl. Ewart Mrs.
r. A. Jordan, Mrs. Laws, Rev. and
Mrs. ]. Lea-ingham, 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 Fl. Green, ]. L. Hop
wood, Miss o. A. Arnold, Mrs. e. ].
Walker, T.. j. Walker, Judge p. L.
Weaver Albert F. Judd, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. M. Watson, Margaret II. Mossman,
Aimes Mossman, f. ]. Lowrey, Mrs. ].
S. Emerson, Mr.. and Mrs. Blackman,
Miss Holdsworth, Jennie Elsner Mr..
and Mrs L. T. Kenake, DR.. and Mrs.
]. T. Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs. L. II.
Gulick. DR.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Whitney;
Prof. and Mrs. Edgar Wood, Mr.. Law,
Mrs. J. c. Axtell, Julia z. Snow, Mrs.
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, ]. 8. Emerson, Rev. E.
w. Thwing. Mrs. II. G. Thrum Mr..
and Mrs. T. X. Krauss, Charlotte A.
Tisdale, S. NJ. Jacobus, Agnes b. Alex
ander, DIR. Geo. w. Burgess, Flora FL
len Rittenhouse, Col John II. Soper,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Hall. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Bowen, Mrs. Annie j. Burgess,
Miss ,Eugenia Thomas, Mrs. Mary H.
Damon, a. M. Merrill r. Law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Theo. Richards.
PROF. BRIGHAM'S ADDRESS.
The director said in substance:
In welcoming you here this after
: noon, it has seemed good to Judge
Dole, the president of the Board of
Trustees, that / should take the oppor-
tunity afforded by this the only dedi-
? cation this museum has ever had, TO
, explain so far as / may in a few min
utes how the institution is arranged
= and what 1t stands for. And first 1t
. stands as n monument of the generos-
ity of that public spirited citizen of
Honolulu, Charles Reed Bishop, while
designed as memorial of his excel
lent and accomplished wife, Bernice
Pauahi.
= The original building was intended tc
contain and preserve simply the Ha-
waiian kahili, feather robes, pictures
and various keepsakes belonging to his
Y wife who was heir to the Kamehame-
=, has. With the exception of the feather
work and kappa, the entire collection
u was contained in the room which now
T. serves as n vestibue to the new Ha-
waian Hall, this day opened to the
public. Scientific arrangement was i'm
T possible; scientific study had TO be con-
Quoted elsewhere than in the smal
building. But the generosity of Mr.
Bishop and the wisdom of the Trus
II tees removed one by one all obstacles
II until today we have this grand instru
- mentality for the study of the ethnol'
e ogy and natural history not only o
q these islands but of the whole Pacific
SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE.
~ This museum is no longer merely al
exhibition to amuse an idle hour but /
' is or should be when perfected means
n of collecting, preserving and studying
l. the history of life in the Pacific, a re
gion where the original native life Il
- fast disappearing as you see 1t is oil
% this group. In very few years 1
81, will be impossible to gather the nee
= essary material for any such study
% indeed If the portion of this collection
!. which was gathered half a century ag'
had not then been saved we shoul,
II have little valuable knowledge of tn
n ways and work OF the Hawaiian people
;, and the same is true of every othe
group In this great ocean. The amuse
y ment of the people or even their in