The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-30
STADIUM BEHIND
NORMAL SCHOOL.
lrro.a rhassaAy.s AaveA.lserl

An interesting and Important meeting
of sAe MehialSy Memorial committee
was held Yesterday afternoon at the
Bank os Hawaii at which the following
members were present: Jaags Sanford
5, Dole. J. ~ MeCasdleSs, Sapsrinssad.
emf of PssblIe Instruction. Sabbi,s, {. II.
Cooke. Governor CleSAora, 7. Give pa-
vieS, Rev. W. n. wsSssrvsls. I, \,
Seh&efer. PFiueipAl weNa Of the Nor
msl seh0Ol, and Architect Kerr.
The watter taken up wSs the pro
poseSl building 0f memorial in the
shape 0: an anph,thsate- 70 be ,reStsd
be1ind the Normal scAool. The matter
MAS talked over sid the plaa maae by
Mr., herr vas looked into by the com,
mittee tus 1t WIS decided 10 defer ae-
ti0a TIL time VAS given for the secre-
tAvy OF the committee 70 write 10
Berkeley, California. for plAnS OF the
a,nphithsater there. which has beea =
great speeeSs-
The plans Of the building. as submit,
ted by Architect Kerr. were for 4 strue-
ture which would hold 5000 spectators
and would cost in the neighbOrhOod Of
$4,000. the labor 70 be done by the
Territorial prisoners. The cost, if the
work should be done by contract labor.
would be about 5000 more. A build
ing which would seat 1000, Of the same
general character. the architect stated.
would cost about 5000. including roof.
bur with no statue Of the martyred
president
Considerable discussion was raised on
the matter Of . statue. Judge Dole,
who presided at the meeting, stated
that he thought that the building itself,
with the word Mckinley written at its
base. would constitute q memorial
which would be lasting and would show
the purpose for which 1t had been erect
ed. To place statue in front of the
smphiIhsarsr. as suggested in the
plans. would not be fitting on account
OF the fact that it would have 10 be
placed with its back 10 the audience
and would also be in the way from
the spsa ksr'S rpStrum
The matter has been brought up
mainly through the efforts OF Superin-
tendent Babbitt, who suggests that it
viii be most fitting place for gather
Ings Of the school children OF the city,
who have now no place where they can
be accommodated in any large numbers,
for musical and other exercises. 1t
could also be used for large public meet
ings Of all kinds and would I'LL 8 long
teIt want in the city.
The matter Of roof, TO give prOtee-
.iOn from the sun and rain, was also
talked over but no final decision was
made in any matter.
T. Give Davies spoke IN opposition
to the plan and also suggested that be- j
fore anything should be done the mat
ter should be given TO the press and l
that, through that source, expressions
IF opinion from the public should be
asked He stated that he thought that
the site at the rear OF the Normal
school was a poor place for a building
II this kind, and that the memorial |
should be in the center OF the city. In
this connection he said that he had /
hoped that the Bishop estate property
opposite the Young hotel could be OBJ
tanned for park for this purpose, but
that he had found that there was only
about one-twelfth Of the money neees-
,ary for this in the possession of the
committee.
According to the plan for the strue-
ture TO seat 1900, the building would
be one built in steps thirty inches in
width and sixteen inches high. It
would have an extreme width, from one
md to the other, OF approximately 24O
feet There would be aisles running
ioEn at various places, nine in number,
which would be four feet wide. In
;ase a roof vas used it would be con-
Itrueted with steel supports which
would Be made as small as possible in
rider that the view Of the spectators
night not be interfered with.
Alr. Westervelt stated that he and
Tudge Dole had been a committee ap-
,Ointed TO look into the matter Of
tatue Of Mckinley and that they had
lone some work in this line but had
lot yet completed their labo1s. He said
ie favored a statue in the center of the |
ity as q memorial and If it could be
ranged TO have such a tribute to Ne
Iinley's memory near the Government
he thought it would be the
est plan