The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-22
OLD DAYS
Continued from Page IL

tain there's fine chorus in the crow
before me-"
The music failing to flow Mr.. Jone
said that he wished some of the spiri
OF % or SO or '79 or so for that mat
ter was around. The boys of thos
days had go in them and would sin,
song at the drop of the hat.
The election of officers of the asso
citation resulted as follows
President, Alexander: vice-president
Judge A. Perry; secretary and treas
urer Miss Rhoda Green.
An executive committee will be an
pointed later
The program included musical selec
lions but as no one was present to leaC
the singing, this portion of the exer.
cises had perforce to be eliminated ant
Professor A. f. Griffiths. President OF
the college, was introduced to the au.
dience. He said:
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Friends of Punahou 1t As a pleas.
ure to me to have the privilege for the
second time of greeting the old stu.
dents and friends of Punahou. Oui
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
ling Committee, who really has .gIre-
thing to say.
There are three things to be broug hit
before you here today in which / 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 compile teness
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 relation. and his
present address We want thesa facts
about every student. Before you go
we want you to look at your own name,
and the names Of your friends to zee
that the record is complete. Later we
are going to send out number of
rough copies for further revision. If
You are willing to go over set and
add such information as you have,
kindly leave your name with Florence
Hall
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 may appeal.
"The second important thing is the
which you are to adopt to-
day. That gives an organization by
which we may enlist the cooperation
and stir the loyalty of those of whom
the institution may well expect un-
support.
The third important thing Is the re-
port on the building plans. That means
so much to the institution that l need
hardly speak of 1t. To say that l am
pleased that We are going
ahead with these long cherished plans
IS putting it mildly.
II wish to call your attention to GER
tain facts about the school for this
year. In the first place We have
'ecord breaking attendance-the larg-
,st that we have ever had, 145 in the
'ollege. 157 i'm the college and special
81 in the Punahou Prep
,ratory School, and 80 in the Kinder
sarten, making n total of sol. This is
| gain of about 25 per cent and in the
1A..
/ gain of 50 per cent in two years. The
graduating classes this year are also !
banner classes. We have almost 80 in
he college ana almost so In the prep
lratory school.
"Our treasurer Mr.. Jones, ! think
viii be able To report a credit balance
oo-something that has not happened
or many weary year.
Next year, outwardly we shall be
,usy IN executing our building plans
md I'm making new ones. Inwardly we
hail be trying TO carry on our work
4 education with maximum good To
he individual student To aid us we
hall have four additional teachers
dded to our present force OF 2s This
yill equip us finely for the best kind
u Mhlhs Ilic W Ai'H' INV N'ANNNAe |
@ be Miss Charlotte Dodge who gra-
uated from Punahou In 1909, and Miss
Florence Garter, another old Punahou
tudent. VIII take one of the vacancies
a the Punnhou Preparatory school
In thus getting back her own
we have also added courses in GER
nan and Latin In the preparatory
rheol ana ere constantly improving
nd adding to our curriculum We are
ound lo have the best
From the pictures ~ former Puma
ou days, ono would hardly recognize
hp school n h,F chanEei ouiWard3
{ has nov buildings and lawns ani
inrn comfort ana rnnNrnieneeF, but
nu lhlNg that ramn down % uH from
he nld 1aYt No nrf Ga keep unchanged,
80 lhni 10 ihu irur runshou Fpiui
Va age irlinH ~ preserve ihe rugged
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