The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-30

as a mementO, as Sne is ABOUT TO leave
to return to Germany after a service
at Punahou of seventeen years, a long
er service than any other teacher has
ever given at the institution. Father
Dole was there for fifteen. years and
DR.. Alexander for thirteen.
The fruit was on display for con-
sumption and for distribution, at sew
eral booths all strihngly arranged.
Mrs. Arthur Wall was in charge of
the cocoanut booth, and there were
cOcOanuts of several varieties and in
all stages of development and in all
the varieties in which it is edible.
Mrs A Gartley was in charge of the
banana and pineapple booth. There
were nearly a score of varieties of ba-
nanas.
Mrs Rabbit was in charge of the
lemonade booth. The booth was deco
rated with citrus fruits.
Mrs John Walker had the citrus
fruit and mango booth. There were
thirty-nine different kinds of mangoes,
and nearly five hundred differet people
could not resist the temptation to eat
some.
Miss Bertha Young was in charge
Of the miscellaneous fruit booth, and
there was an exhibit of forty-one diff
ferent kinds of fruit. There were pa
payas ranging from the size of a date,
a new variety, to a papaya weighing
ten and a half pounds. The variety of
fruit exhibited was very remarkable.
President Griffiths made an address
which is given herewith, and after
wards there was a game of baseball
between a nine from the alumni cap
tanned by Clarence II. Cooke and the
college team.
PRESIDENT GRIFFITHS' AID
DRESS.
Mr.. President, Alumni and Friends,
The president Judge Perry says that
I need make no apology for appear
ing on the alumni program for the
alumni are interested in a brief re-
port Of the progress of the institution
each year. Mr.. Clarence Cooke says
that he wishes 1 would lay the empha-
sis on the brief for he has gathered
together a baseball team which he
hopes can beat the school team after
the sound Of alumni oratory has died
away.
I can think of no better way of your
finding out what is going on and has
gone on externally on the grounds
than by walking around them today.
You will see that old Rice and Dole
halls have gone, that Bingham hall
has taken on a new lease of youth,
beauty and usefulness; that old school
is in its second childhood for with the
verandas gone it looks much as it did
before 1860; that the house formerly
occupied by the president has been
moved and renovated; that the pres
ident's new house is completed and oc-
cupied; that the dormitories have been
in use for a year and have proved a
home Of comfort and enjoyment; that
Alexander Field which is almost COM
plete will be ready for use in the fall;
that the library is well under way.
Internally there have been few
changes. We think that our course is /
quite full and rich. You know it is a |
good deal like heaping basket of po-
tatoes. You think you can't get any |
more in but if you pour in some peas |
and beans you viii be surprised to see !
how many will disappear. We have /
been pouring in the peas and beans. |
We have added a course in physiology; !
We have given a strong course in Bible |
literature, we have added a depart /
ment of oral expression, we have put .
in some more teachers in the Prepara-
tory. We have added a librarian-SOOO .
books have come and more are on the .
way. l think that you will agree that
that has been pretty good sort of fill !
ing
There are two grave questions upon
which the trustees are putting much
thought. One of them certainly has
got to be solved at no distant date;
the other l believe is also pressing
hard for an answer.
The trustees are anxious to
get income bearing funds sufficient
to meet our expenses. There have
been big expenditures in the last years
which were unavoidable. 1t was like
the damming of a flood they had been
accommodating for years.
Charles r. Bishop hall had just been
built and paid for after a struggle and
through the generosity of Mr.. Bishop.
when the attendance in Pauahi Hail
made more recitation rooms necessary.
Bingham Hall seemed to be desirably
located and arranged With those
halls in demand and Dole Hall and
old School Hall in bad condition, new
living quarters became necessary.
Hence the new dormitories. The
building of all these new halls made
it seem wise to lay out a plan of the
grounds with the buildings grouped.
The making of the new ground into
lawn, the repair of the old buildings,
the purchase of the Chamberlain prop
erty which protects us in that direc-
ton, to say nothing of the debt on
the buildings, took money and lots
of it-and the expenditures practically
had TO be made at this one time. We
are hoping now that we can call a
halt until We can catch our breath.
1 want to make plain to you that we
have spent a good deal of money-so
much that we look prosperous But
| also want to make plain 20 you what
this means. Our students, our teach
ing force. our cultivated campus area,
our buildings. have nearly trebled,
trebled. mind you. in ten years. Those ,
expenses. But what of our !
income producing funds? OF course
there has been increase in buttons,
out buttons lag VIGOROUSLY behind ,
expenses. We have had just :
)ne gift-S50, 900 from Mother Castle !
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