The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-10
annual REPORT
OF OAHU COLLEGE
PRESIDENT GRIFFGTHs or IMPROVEMENTS AND TO
MADE IN THE INsTI1Cn ON-NEw DoRNGGTORIEs
coMPLEl ED-DEBrs GNUutKED AND A LARGER ENDOWMENT
NEEDED SAYS THE PRESIDENT

The following is from the annual
seport of President A. F. Grifiths of
Oahu College:
Next year we shall have still an
additional department.
q. A teacher of oral expression
who will teach reading in the grades
and classes in oral expression-read-
ing, rhetoricals, dramatics-in the Col
lege From this teacher much is hop
ed in improving the speech of the chill
dren, both in correctness of pronun-
citation and in clearness of articulation
and enunciation.
while the increase in buttons has
assisted in meeting the additional ex-
pense in the salary list, it is well es-
tablished that buttons do not increase
as fast as expenses in a growing insti-
tuition. In spite of the growth in stu
dents the table of number of teachers
shows that the number of pupils per
teacher has diminished rather than in
creased. The current catalogue also
shows a broader and a richer course
of study.
Nothing that l know of will give
more strength and support to the work
of the college than the library, which
has been so generously given by Mr..
and Mrs. c. M. Cooke. The plans are
now almost finished by the architect.
They call for a one-story stone build
ing to be erected on the site between
Bingham Hall and Bisnop Hall of
Science, which shall have two reading
rooms, a delivery room, stack room
with shelves to hold $4,000 books, and
a basement with a vault for the Col
Iege records, store rooms and work
rooms.
"As beginning, Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke
have also given $4,000 for the purchase
of books. These books have now been
ordered. Other gifts of money and
books are sure to follow, so that the
library will be made one of the strong
est factors in the school work.
A trained Librarian will be a neces-
sity. The proper cataloguing of the
books, the assistance to the teachers in
the use of the books in the classes, the
bringing of the books into the every.
day life of the children and the future
| selection of such books as will keeE
the Library well rounded and up-to
date, demand a person in this position
np adnpofiOu on1
Mrs S. T. Alexander supplied &
long felt want when she gave to Oahu
College the Samuel T. Alexander Me.
mortal Field. It's track, diamond anC
field will provide a splendid place fol
the school games. 1t will also release
the lower field for use as a play
ground by the younger children. The
value of properly directed physical ex.
ercise and of sportsmanlike competi.
ton can hardly be overestimated The
field will make a legacy of renewed
health and vigor to coming genera
TONS When we have a gymnasium
and a physical director for boys ant
for girls, the cup of our athletic joys
will be full.
while the President will have SUI
pervision over the Boarding Depart
ment, the direct charge of it's details
will be in the hands of Mr.. L. c. How
land The same general system will
prevail. The close supervision of bott
boys and girls, and the chaperonage o.
| the girls have produced a healthy tone
in the Department and brought it into
the confidence of the parents. The
plan of a modified student control, sc
happily and successfully begun, will
be continued.
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