The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-20
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well the superstructure.
Punahou has been, and is. the center
of a radiating influence which tends to
the uplifting of Hawaii and the right
living of it's people
It is the duty and the privilege of
those of us who have profited by the
work and generosity of those who have
gone before, to perpetuate the broad
and generous spirit in which the foun-
dations of Punahou were laid and in
which it has since been carried on.
Let US then so act as to demonstrate
to our successors that we believe, and
to encourage them to believe, in God.
in man, in humanity and its future.
Following Mr.. Thurstop's address a
double trio consisting of Miss c. V.
Hail. Miss Julia Damon, Miss E. NJ.
Damon, Mrs. C. 3. Damon, Miss H. A.
Austin. Miss A. E. Judd, sang Ito
Earth Fair Winds Are Bringing" Miss
Ethel Andrews played violin obligato.
JUDGE DoLE's ADDRESS.
Judge Sanford B. Dole was next in
troduced and spoke of the early days
at Punahou and the spirit and aim of
the institution. Judge Dole is the son
of the first principal of Punahou- His
remarks were as follows:
The surroundings of this place have
changed very much since / was a child
/ used to come out of the end door
there of Dole Hall and pass by the
place where we are now standing, on
my way to the old bathing pond.
am one of those who remember the
old Bingham House. There was
later annex adjoining it on the west
which was inhabited by native SER
wants of Punahou. The original Bing-
ham house was then out of repair and
uninhabited.
I remember Mr.. Quick, who was one
of the big boys at that time, when
was a toddling child. because he was
always kind to me and always vel
coined me to his room,-he and his
brother Charles. Professor Alexander
was also one of the large boys that
remember; almost all the Mission
families were represented in the school.
The purpose Of Punahou was an all
around education-body, mind and
spirit. The ideal was high; the pupils
We're put on their honor in some
things. For instance, 1 remember
the dining room, situated in the mid
die wing of the old courts. The build
ings were mostly of one story with
narrow verandas and low caves, not
more than seven or eight feet above
the floor. From these caves on the
west side of the dining room were hung
a row of punches of bananas which
were raised among the taro patches
below the spring. My impression is
that these bananas were never taken
by any OF the pupils. I never heard
of any complaints or talk about such
a thing. Some time afterwards, for
some reason or other, possibly for
convenience Or perhaps because the
sense of honor of some of the pupils
had become relaxed, they were locked
up in the store room. After had been
away from Punahou for some years,
I spent a school year here, during
which time it became known to me
that several of the more enterprising
boys of the school, having by some
diplomacy obtained loan of the key
of this room from one of the girls who
had duties there, had made mould
from it and a duplicate key, returning
the original. And thereafter, from time
TO time, they organized midnight raids
on this store room, when not only
bananas but other luxuries were ap-
propriated and yet they conducted
these enterprises with such discretion
and self-controI that it never became
known that the school authorities
missed anything. This shows the diff
ference between the power of a sense
OF honor and that of locks and keys.
When Boki gave Punahou to Mr..
Bingham he gave it to the right man,
but he did not probably imagine what
he was doing for education in Hawaii
and for the benefit of his country. If
he had given it to the wrong man, Pu-
nahou would have existed under an
other name, perhaps on the slopes of
Punchbowl or somewhere else IN the
suburbs of Honolulu and might at this
time be merely holding its own, while
the Punahou grounds would be at the
present time cut up into house lots.
But this gift passed over by Mr.. Bing-
ham to the cause OF education, has
been a liberal endowment of the in
stitution which has been a prominent
reason of it's successful growth.
1 do not like to brag-I don't often !
have as good an opportunity as this |
to brag about Punahou. At any rate, |
1 think it is reasonable for me on this |
occasion to refer to the work done by /
Punahou boys and girls in different |
parts of the world. Like the Puma |
hou spring with its perennial flow OF |
pure and Hfe-giving water, the stream |
OF influence in the direction OF civ1liza-
tion and humanity has flowed from |
Punahou az its source refreshing thlrs- |
~ places all over the world. Pupils |
from tBnah0u fought in the battles OF /
the American Civil War. They have /
doBs great aork in education in Amer
ica- Thy have promoted human
progress ~ Spain, in Turkey. in South
America ia China. Japan and the Pa
cffic Islands. They have done this |
work with the spirit OF sacrifice. They
have PCT their shoulders to the wheels |
Of progress and caused them to move,
and this work they have done largely
because OF the training which they re-
ceived ard the influence which inspired
them during their stay at Punahou-
The object OF the Punahou education
is chara cter-the training of the body