The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-18
BIC UNDERTAKING
FINALLY BEGUN
Ground Broken for the New
Mid-Pacific Institute in
ManOa Valley.

Work has begun on the MidPaeifc
Institute of which so much has been
said, and of which so much is ex-
peeted. 1t will be recalled that the
.EIidwell estate in Manoa valley-some
thirty-seven acres-was purchased, as
the first step in a great educational un-
dertaking. Here it is proposed to con
solidate a group of schools-Kawaia
hao Seminary, Mills Institute and the
japanese Boarding School. Each will
be housed in its own building, but there
will be a one board of management
placed in control
In securing the tract above mentioned
the premises of the North Pacific Mis-
sionary Institute on Punehbowl street
was disposed of to the Methodist
Church, and the land now occupied by
Kawaiahao Seminary to the Castle es-
tate by the Board of Managers. This
body is composed of Mr.. Frank w.
Damon, Mr.. Joseph p. Cooke, DIR. Dore-
mus Seudder, Rev. John Wadman, Mrs.
Joseph Atherton, Mrs. Samuel c. AL
len, Mr.. Geo. z. Castle and Mr.. Theo.
Richards. There are three associate
members: Miss Katherine Mcleod, Mr..
T.. Okumura and Mr.. Arthur Merrill.
The officers are: T. w. Damon, chair
man; Theo. Richards, treasurer; $. M.
Merrill, secretary.
The site which has been acquired is
but one block from the valley line of
the Rapid Transit company, and com
mands fine views, both of the mountain
and the sea. 1t will be divided into
two sections, one for girls and the other
for boys, their schools being separate.
Important agricultural features have
been arranged with a view of con-
tributing to the support of the schools.
There is on the land fine spring yield
ing about 100, 900 gallons of water daily
and also an auwai, with the right of
one days use each week, which in
sures an abundant and unfailing water
supply.
Mrs. S. c. Allen has contributed
$4,000 to the Institute, and Mrs. j. b.
Atherton $4,000 for the new Kawaia-
hao Seminary, which will be a memorial
| to her husband.
Funds are now being sought to erect
similar building for the boys which
will accommodate the present Mills In
stitute, the Japanese and Korean
students, and with this a sufficient en-
dowment fund to place the institutions
on sound financial basis. The aim
of the Board is to have it inter-de-
tionalists uniting. The former are
represented by the Rev. John Wadman,
one of the most enthusiastic and en-
ergetic members of the Board.
Yesterday a beginning was made to
carry out this great undertaking. The
architect having decided finally up
on a site the excavation was begun for
the new Kawaiahao Seminary, the first
of the proposed group Of buildings.
The printed announcement issued by
the Board makes this further state
ment:
"The Mid-Pacifc Institute VIII nat
urally serve as the capstone of the edu-
eational enterprise fostered by the Ha-
waiian Board and its connections. This
embraces Hilo Boarding School, Ko-
hala and Maunaolu Seminaries and al
score or two of plantation schools
throughout the Territory. While ag
gressively Christian in its work it will
know no sectarianism nor will it be
bounded by any racial lines whatso-
ever. Its chief aim will be to turn out
the kind of men and women needed in
Hawaii for the largest development Of
the resources of the Territory"