The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-22
OLD DAYS
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before me-
4 The rlusic failing to flow Mr. Jones
said that he wished some of the spirit
OF 50 or 80 or 80 or '89 for that mat
/ ter vas around. The boys of those
| days had go in them and would sing
! a song at the drop of the hat.
/ he e.ection of officers of the asso-
! ciat.on resulted as follows:
| President. Alexander; vice president
Judge A. Perry; secretary and treas
urer. Mss Rhoda Green
| Al executive committee will be APP
PORTED later.
|! The program included musical se1ec-
lions but as no one was present to lead
! the singing, this portion of the exer-
| cises had perforce to be eliminated and
Professor A. F. Griffiths, President of
! the college, was introduced to the au-
| dience. He said:
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
| Friends of Punahou: 1t is a pleas
ure to me To have the privilege for the
second time of greeting the old stu
dents and friends of Punahou. Our
greatest desire is that it shall be as
great a joy for you to come as it is
for us to have you here. Please ac-
cept my cordial greetings.
THE committee who have this days
festivities in charge have limited those
who have to speak to five minutes. In
addition to the difficulty of telling in
five minutes what we have done dur
ing the last year and what we expect
to do in the next one. have promised
a part OF my five minutes to Mr.. Wal
ter Dillingham;, chairman of the Build
ing Committee, who really has some
thing to say
There are three things to be brought
before you here today in which l am
tremendously interested. One is the
list of all the old students, teachers,
trustees and officers of the institution.
This list has been compiled with great
care by Florence Hall to whom credit
and thanks are due. Its completeness
is a testimonial to her fidelity and in
terest in its preparation. We desire
that this list shall contain four facts
about each student-his name, the date
when he came to and when he left Pu-
nahou, his marital relations. and his
present address. We want these facts
about every student. Before you go
we want you to Look at your own name,
and the names Of your friends to see
that the record is complete. Later we
are going to send out a number OF
rough copies for further revision If
YOU are willing to go over set ana
add such information as you have
kindly leave your name with Florence
Hail.
This list is significant because it
gives to my hand the names of all OF
those who have attended Punahou TO
whose loyalty and aloha I may appeal.
The second important thing is the
constitution which you are to adopt TO-
day. That gives an organization oy
which we may enlist the cooperation
and sti,. the loyalty of those of whom
the institution may well expect un-
measured support.
The third important thing is the re-
port on the building plans. That means
so much to the institution that 1 need
hardly speak of it. To say that l am
pleased that We are going
ahead with these long cherished plans
is putting it mildly.
'1 wish to call your attention to GER
tain facts about the school for this
year. In the first place We have
record breaking attendance-the larg-
est that we have ever had, las in the
college, 157 in the college and special
departments, 81 in the Punahou Prep !
aratory School, and 33 in the Kinder
garten, making a total of SOL. This is
a gain of about 25 per cent and in the
school there has been
a gain of 80 per cent in two years. The
graduating classes this year are also
IL ,1.e-4l IN
the college and almost so in the prep |
aratory school.
Our treasurer, Mr.. Jones. I think |
will be able to report a credit balance |
too-something that has not happened /;
for many a weary year.
Next year, outwardly we shall be j.,
busy in executing our building plans |!
and in making new ones. Inwardly we |!
shall be trying to carry on our work /
of education with maximum good to ,
the individual student. To aid us we
shall have four additional teachers |
added to our present force of %. This /
will equip us finely for the best kind
Of work One of these new teachers is
TO be Miss Charlotte Dodge who Sra-
iuated from Punahou in 1902. and Miss
Florence Carter, another old Punahou
student, will take one of the vacancies
In the Punahou Preparatory School
Punahou is thus getting back her own.
I'VE have also added courses in Ger
man and Latin in the preparatory
school and are constantly improving
and adding to our curriculum. We are
pound to have the best.
From the pictures of former Puma
aou days, one would hardly recognize
he school. 1t has changed outWardly-
If has new buildings and lawns and
more comfort and conveniences, but
me thing that came down to US from
he old days We are to keep unchanged
md that is the true Punahou spirit.
We are trying to preserve the rugged
honesty. the respect for labor, the SIM
pie lows and the strong Christian at
nosphere which have given Punahou
Ter strength and to enthrone them as
in the new Punahou Whlch
We see opening out before u.s.