The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-23
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magazines and other periodicals of
that character are provided, and it is
here that the reception room is found.
The dormitory portion of the building
is occupied by the smaller girls in
attendance at the institution whose
homes are not in Honolulu. the ma
iron living in this building.
Rice Hall which is mauka of Dole
Hall is a dormitory for the boys. Each
building is surrounded on both the
first and second story by fourteen
foot veranda, SO that it is estimated
that in the three buildings there is a
half a mile of veranda. These veran-
das are colonnaded with handsome
columns giving very striking archi-
tectural appearance to the buildings.
Rice Hall is bisected longitudinally by
a wide hall on each floor and on these
halls the rooms for The boys Upec. The
rooms are commodious and each has
two windows so that fresh air is album
dant, and besides the building is Sit
uated so Well up toward Rocky Hill
that the Manoa breezes make them
selves felt. The rooms are comfortably
furnished, and are arranged to be oc-
cupied by two persons. The bedsteads
are single iron bedsteads, painted
white.
The main entrance is through wide
double doors into a wide hall bisect-
ing the longitudinal hall, and the
stairway to the second floor rises from
this hall. In the rear, opposite the
entrance is a room etending out from
the main building. This is intended
for play room for the boys in wealth.
er too bad to permit of out door play.
To the right of the main entranceSare
large framed portraits of Father sand
Mother Rice.
Castle Hall, which is the building
farthest makai of the three, and not
far from Charles r. Bishop Hall, is a
dormitory for girls. 1t is built and
arranged almost identically with Rice
Hall, the dormitory for boys. Eacn OF
the three buildings has an attic that
can be finished off whenever funds are
provided, or the needs of the school
REQUIRE, and this will add about fifty
per cent to the capacity of each build
ing On the walls of the entrance of
Castle Hall are portraits of Father
and Mother. Castle.
These three buildings mark the recog-
milton by the trustees of Oahu College
of the real educational relation of the
institution to these islands and of it's
duty arising out of it's position and
history; and at the Same time they
mark the adoption of carefully
thought-out scheme of buildings capa-
BILE of much expansion, and giving a
commanding architectural arrange
ment. harmonizing with the topography
of the grounds.
The recognition of the institution
position and duties came about from
the fact that some of the old buildings
of the institution became unsulted 10
present conditions and others used as
dormitories We're imperativeiy need
ed as recitation buildings. AS the
boarding department of the 1nsutu-
ton is the one involving the heaviest
expense in proportion to number OF
pupils it was at one time practically
decided to abandon the boarding de-
partment combining the institution
practically to pupils whose homes
were in Honolulu or whose parents
could find homes for them here during
the school year. But before this was
actually carried into effect the recog-
milton WAS pIod5IAI IACiiC W tA'S
tees of Fthe fact that the institution,
by it's history and endowment. and py
its position and traditions, owed a
duty to the whole group of Islands.
1t was the natural educational nome
of the children of the whole group
who by family and other association
and by similarity of ideals, We're its
natural pupils and students, actual
and prospective. The trustees there
fore began to look about for means
to provide the necessary dormitories,
to make the institution school for
the whole group and not merely for
Honolulu. The Castle family provid-
ed $4,000 and George n. Wilcox gave
s25 600. On the basis of these gifts
the three buildings were commenced
and completed, but at an expense OF
S12O 600 leaving a debt on them which
has not yet been entirely removed.
In the location of the buildings hap
nv advantage was taken both of the
of the grounds and of the |
natural feature which gave its name
to the locality and in the common
thought of the community to the in
stitution Punahou, the new spring,
is the feature OF the STouiluS that III
the days when that name was given
to it, and probably for many genera
tons afterward, which appealed most
strongly to those and their predeces-
sors who gave the land to the Mis-
Father Bingham. The new
spring flows now as it has flowed |
the recollection of the |
hundreds who have drunk of this good |
water The plan of arrangement for
the buildings, was therefore to make
this spring the center; to arrange the
buildings of the institution with the
spring as the center, and this has been
done The. roads through the grounds
are being extended to conform to this
To the right of the
spring, looking at it from any of these
buildings. the new athletic field is
being built, field large enough for
football and baseball and to have a |
track encircling it. The tennis court |
will be on a terrace just below it and |
nearer the spring. Pauahi Hall and |
Charles r. Bishop Hall face each 9TH |