The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-28
PUNAHOU ALUMNI
EXERCISES AND
ANNUAL REUNION

r The annual reunion of the Punahou
Alumni Association took place yester-
? day afternoon at the College grounds
and was a most successful event The
FORMER students of Punahou were there
! In large numbers and with songs.
speeches and greetings recalling old
I times, the afternoon passed very
quickly.
: The business meeting of the society
came first and the following officers
!, were elected for the coming year: Pres
ident, Judge Antoine Perry: vice pres
ident, Judge w. L.. whitney; secretary-
treasurer, Mrs. d. Howard Hitchcock.
The executive board will consist of the
, officers named and two more members
: who will be selected by the president.
: The music for the occasion was fur
nished by the walmapuna Club. the
band played before and after the exer-
: cises.
Arthur c. Alexander acted as the
chairman of the day and introduced
, President Grifiiths of the College. who
spoke interestingly anl was loudly APP
plauded when he completed his ad
dress He spoke of the recent gifts
which had been made TO the College
by its friends of library and an ath-
letic field, and went on to mention
the fact that there was one more thing
needed and needed badly. This he said,
was a gymnasium and a physical di-
rector. He told of an old Punahou boy
looming to see him one afternoon and
talking over the need of additional
dormtories. and of how. before he went
away he had given the College $25, 900
for this work. He said that he would
be at home any afternoon to any old
Punahou boy who wished to give
money for the building of a gymna-
sum-
He went on to tell Of the progress of
the College in recent years; of how ten
years ago, there were 246 pupils in the
school while there were now sos: the
number of teachers too had increased
from 16 to 81, not counting several who
occupied administrative positions. He
stated that there must be one of two
things done in the, near future, either
the accommodations for the College
must be increased greatly or the num-
ber of pupils must be limited.
In closing, he stated that what he de-
sired to see more than anything else
was that oahu College should be n
College in fact as well as in name. He
stated that he believed in the near
future, a two years and then a four
years course would be added He said
that he hoped that this might take
place before the seventy-fifth anniver-
sary of the College, which would take
place in nine years.
p. c. Jones. of this city. was the
next speaker. He spent no time in
talking of the beauties of the College
or of its future but in a very few re-
marks told those assembled of the
financial condition of the institution,
giving the figures which told of the
amounts given and available for the
College work.
Judge Perry was the next speaker
and announced that he took great
pleasure in presenting a prize which
had been decided on by the executive
committee to be given to the parents
who could show the largest attendance
of their children at Punahou in the
past school year. He told of the fact
that Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. Bertleman,
Mr.. and MIS- Charles Gay and Mr.
and Hrs. II. Il. Cooper had sent six
members of their families to the school
land commented on this good record
but he went on to say, that this was
by no means the best. w II. Hoogs
IT, A. Magoon and Il. p. Low had all
sent seven children to the school dur
ing the year. OF these three he gave
the prize, a beautiful enlargement OF
a photograph Of the Punahou grounds
to Mr.. ard Mrs. L. p. Low, on account
Iof the fact that their children mad
lattended throughout the entire school
year while in the other two cases some
of the children had attended only part
of the year.
Mrs. B. f. Dillingham; made a very
interesting and telling address, telling
of her many friends whom she had
made when in Punahou and who were
still as dear to her as they had been
many years ago She told of her teach
ers in the old days and of many In
teresting experiences. In closing, she
read the following poem which she had
written and dedicated to Mrs. Mills:
All how restful, midst the hurry
or our everyday AFFAIRS,
To forget the work and worry
That so ages unawares,
And recall our youth and sprlngtime-
/ Days and scenes remembered well
When we made all work and play
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