The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-26
AN At HOME TO
PUNAHOU FAMILY
CFrom saturdays Advertiser)


thrown open 10 the Inspection o
friends yesterday afternoon. in an "a
home" to the Pllnshou family, which
is a large one. The three building
have only recently been completed ans
were occupied for school purposes thi
term for the first time
The three buildings are known re
spectively as Dole Hall, Castle Hall
and Rice Hall. thus perpetuating thre'
names that have been closely idenu'
ned with the institution for many
years and with the progress OF these
4, islands from very early times
Dole Hall, which also perpetuates
building OF that name among the
buildings OF the growing institution. is
the building in which more than in
any OF the others the common life OF
the institution is gathered. In this
room is the common dining hall. the
common study room, the reading room
in which the local newspapers are
kept. and another room in which the
magazines and other periodicals OF
that character are provided, and il 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
tron living in this building.
Rice Hall which is mauka OF Dole
Han is a dormitory for the boys Each
building is surrounded on both the
hrst and second story by fourteen
foot veranda. so that il is estimated
that in the three buildings there is a
half a mile OF veranda- These veran-
das are colonnaded with handsome
columns giving a very striking archi-
tectural appearance 10 the buildings
Rice Hall is bisected lOngitudinaIy by
a wide hall on each floor and on these
hSiis the rooms for The boys Vpec- The
rooms are commodious and each has
two windows so that fresh air is abun-
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 a play room for the boys in wealth
er too bad to permit of out door play.
To the right OF the main entrance are
Il q n
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. II is built and
arranged almost identically with Rice
Hall, the dormitory for boys. Each Of
the three buildings has an attic that
can be finished of 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 its
duty arising out of its position and
history; and at the same time they
mark the adoption Of carefully
thought-eut scheme OF buildings capa-
bic Of much expansion, and giving a
architectural arrange
ment, harmoRigiHg with the topography /,
OF the grounds.
The recognition of the institutions |
position and duties came about from !
the fact that some OF the old buildings \
of the institution became unsuited to
present conditions and others used as
dormitories were imperatively need /
ed as recitation buildings. As the
boarding department of the institu-
ton is the one involving the heaviest
expense in proportion to number OF
pupils it was at one time practically /
decided 10 abandon the boarding de-
partment, confning 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 brought home to the trus-
tees of the fact that the Institution,
by its history and endowment, and by
its position and traditions, owed a
duty TO the whole group Of islands.
II was the natural educational home
OF the children Of the whole group
who by family and other association
and by similarity of ideals, were its
natural pupils and students, actual
and prospective. The trustees there
fore began TO look about for means
TO provide the necessary dormitories,
&c make the institution a school for
the whole group and not merely for
The Castle family provid-
ed s5G,Oo0 and George y. Wilcox gave
SIS. 600 On the basis of these gifts
the three buildings were commenced 4
and completed. but at an expense of
s120. Coo. leaving a debt on them which /
has not yet been entirely removed
In the location Of the buildings hap
py 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, l
is the feature of the grounds that in /
the days when that name was given /
to il, aud probably for many genera
tons afterward, which appealed most
strongly to those and their predeces-
sors who gave the land to the Mis-
sionary Father Bingham The new
spring flows now as it has flowed