The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-30
PUNAHOU ALUMNI
ANNUAL REUNION

noon on the college campus was the
most largely attended and the most
successful ever held. There were more
than 500 present representing several
generations and students and pupils
from many years. The display of Is
land fruit was the most extensive and
the most varied that has ever been
shown and included fruit from each
of the Islands of the group and of an
amazing range OF kind.
Judge Perry, the president of the as
ISOLATION, was unable to be present on
account of an engagement in court
Arthur Alexander presided. Pleasant
~ telling the audience to imagine he
was Judge Perry, he read the address
prepared by the latter which was as
follows:
JUDGE PERRY'S ADDRESS.
Two or three subjects only need be
referred to by the president by way OF
a report to you today.
The first is that of the improvements
at the Spring. Some time ago your
executive committee in searching for
some method of doing something for
Punahou stumbled across the sugges-
ton that the association build a per-
COLA at the Spring. That suggestion
was considered. developed and adopted.
Mr.. Kerr. the architect, at our request,
furnished plan. The improvements
as finally agreed upon consist of fiat
concrete covers to be placed over the
more important sources of the water.
the leveling and grassing over of the
bit of land lying back of the lily pond
and below the two stone walls which
hold back the soil in the high ground
in the vicinity and the erection of a
pergola semicircular in shape, about
IS IT. long is ct. wide and IS TT. high.
The pillars, 2y3 #. will be of moss
covered Hawaiian stone, resting on
concrete foundations, with plates Sx12
and rafters 2x12 of reinforced concrete.
A plate with the single word Puma
hou' will be affixed to one of the pill
lars, to perpetuate knowledge of the
historic fact that the New Spring"
gave its name to the locality and to
the institution. No other inscription
is intended to be placed on or near the
pergola.
As to the total cost the experts diff
fered as usual. The estimates varied
from $1,000 to $1,000. The committee
succeeded in raising by ordinary sub
scription among the Alumni $1460, and
about month ago wrote formally to
the trustees offering to build these i'm
provements, subject to the supervision
- and approval of the trustees. That
approval has been received and the
offer accepted. Besides the ordinary
subscriptions, the total of which has
been, already stated, a firm of two
alumni made contributions of their
services as surveyors in locating the
pillars.
Further It may interest you to know
that the order to proceed with the work
was given at time when only $1,000
or a little over, had been subscribed,
and that this was made possible b.
the generous offer received at that
time from one of our alumni, who does
not care to have his name mentioned.
That offer was that he would guaran-
tee and pay th- amount necessary to
meet the cost in excess of the $1,000,
then in hand, and UP to $4,000. The
present prospect is that the total cost
of the work will be about $500. There
has been some delay in commencing
actual operations due to the difficulty
of finding suitable rock for the pillars,
but that difficulty has been now sur
mounted, and it Is believed that with>
I'm very few weeks the construction
will have been completed. The purpose
is to plant suitable towering vines in
a position where they can creep over
the pergola and finally cover its roof
wholly. The plan of the work is avail,
able in Pauahi Hall for examination
by such of you as may care to look
at it. You are all invited also to visit
the Spring after the completion of the
program here this afternoon and to
get for yourselves by actual inspection
some idea of what the work consists of.
The committee feels confident that
in two or three years when the vines
have fairly covered the pergola the
Spring and immediate vicinity will be
one of the beauty spots of Honolulu,
and to say this is not to detract from
the fact that the Punahou premises
already contain one or two Of the most
beautiful bits of ground in this city.
One of the most interesting features
of these reunions was the awarding of
prizes for the largest number in one
family attending throughout the year
Last year there was one family of
seven children attending Punahou
throughout the year But this year
there two such families, Mr. and Mrs.
Z. P. Low had seven children in at
tendance at Punahou throughout the
year, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Magoon
had seven children in attendance
throughout the year with the eXcep.
ton that one of the children was on;
of school for time on account "
sickness. In addition to five families
of five each in attendance during the
year, one family of six attended for
the last term and another of six at
tended for the whole year.
p. c. Jones made statement of the
money expended in improvements dur
ing the past two years. Castle Hall
cost TO build and furnish 1t, S52,517;
Rice Hall, s51 1858; Dole Hall, $32, 445; |
Bingham Hall, improvements. $11,325: |
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke Library and books, |
$i7.S52; Presidents residence. sl1.52291: |
improving grounds, s12,54316; athletic |
field. $1,000; land and roads, $12,73O |
roads. $3.50; total of s243.34s.
Toward these expenditures in specific |