Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-04-20

lie trio sang ITO Earth Fair Winds
Are Bringing" Miss Ethel Andrews
played violin obligato.
United States Judge s. b. Dole spoke
Of the early days of Punahou. He said.
In part:
II do not like to brag--I don't often
have as good an opportunity as this
TO brag about Punahou. At any rate,
! think II 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 springs with its perennial flow of
pure and life giving water, the stream
of influence in the direction of civil.
zation and humanity has flowed from
Punahou as Its source refreshing thirs.
~ places all over the world. Pupils
from Punahou fought in the battles OF
the American Civil War. They have
done great work in education in Amer.
lea. They have promoted human
progress In Spain, in Turkey, in South
America, In China, Japan and the Pa
ciflc Islands. They have done this
work with the spirit of sacrifice. They
Rave put their shoulders to the wheels
If progress and caused them to move,
and this work they have largely done
because Of the training which they re.
Ceived and the influence which inspired
them during their stay at Punahou.
"The object Of the Punahou educa.
ton is character"
The Rev. DIR. Hiram Bingham, son
Of the pioneer missionary, was greet.
ed with great applause. Some of his
remarks were:
I'VE are here today especially to
honor the name of Hiram Bingham,
rnd 80 appropriately ask. what would
he his emotions IL he could appear
among us at this hour, after nearly
s,xty-five years Of absence, twenty.
rine Of them spent in Strengthened cir.
oumstances before he went to glory and
constrast what his eyes beheld in Au.
gust, 1910 when he took his final leave
tf this spot Of blessed memory, and
looked out for the last time from the
nakai door Of the humble cottage
which stood just where this memorial
stands), with what he would now be.
hold, this campus Of a noble college,
With its slightly, convenient and well.
equipped structures, thronged with stu.
dents largely Anglo-Saxon, but includ-
Ing Hawaiians and Asiatics cared for
by noble corps Of Christian teachers,
the President and his associates, and
Its Board Of Trustees, made up Of
Christian representative men of Homo.
lulu? What, | say. would be his emo
t.ons? Methinks his breast would swell
with honest pride. his heart beat with
sincere gratitude to God that he had
6iven him the opportunity and the in.
clination to make such disposition Of
whatever portion OF Oahu's soil he
owned in way that should greatly
tend to secure the permanence Of Chris
tian education and the building up Of
the Redeemer's kingdom in this Para.
disc of the Pacific, In this city OF the
sea. now under the Stars and Stripes,
facing so conspicuously the great EN-.
pires of China and Japan; the Philip
pines and the East Indies"
Concluding his address. Mr.. B!ng
ham approached the tablet, unwilling
TIA. The audience rose. The stone was
dedicated by Mrs. Lydia B. Coan, Miss
May Kluegel Claire Kelley, Margaret
q. Thurston, Jane l.. Whine, Catherine
W. Goodale and Helen Alexander mis-
sionary descendants. They covered
the tablet with beautiful flowers.
The band played "The Pilgrims
Chorus" and then p. c. Jones delivered
brief address. He said:
: Friends, at meeting Of Trustees
held last week, plans were submitted
for a new dormitory. There are two
of three in contemplation now - two
dormitories and common dining and
living hall-a building similar to Bling
ham Hall. The only thing lacking is
funds. Fortunately and very happily,