The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-27

that the order TO proceed with the work
was given at a time when only $1,000
or a little over. had been subscribed,
and that this was made possible by
the generous offer received at that
time from one OF our alumni. who does
not care TO have his name mentioned.
That offer wa. that he would guaran-
tee and pay the amount necessary To
meet the cost in excess of the $1,000,
then in hand, and up TO $1,000. 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
IN a very few weeks the construction
will have been completed. The purpose
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 pergcla 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 numbtr 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.
f. 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 out
of school for time on account If
sickness. In addition to five families
of five each in attendance during the
year. one family of six attended for
tended for the whole year.
P. c. Jones made a statement of the
money expended in improvements dur
ing the past two years. Castle Hall
cost to build and furnish it. s52.517;
Rice Hall, ISL ,663; Dole Hall, sS2,445;
Bingham Hall. improvements, $11,325;
r Nd aLyS
s47,352; Presidents residence, $11.52291;
improving grounds. $12,543.16; athletic
field, s11 eco; land and roads. s12,73o;
roads, $3.50; a total of s24s,34s.
Toward these expenditures in specific
contributions there was received s146,-
1885, The institution needs about
$500, 900 more to pay off it's debt and
in addition meet present needs.
Rev H. w. Chamberlain gave an
address on the Punahou Boys Oppor-
tunity. There was a recitation by Miss
Alice Spalding; a French song by XII
nau and James Wilder, and an Irish
song by Margery Wakefield and Ezra
Crane, the latter two being in cos
tune
officers for the year were selected
as follows: Rev. Henry Judd, pres
ident; Mrs. Malcolm Macintyre, vice
president; and Lawrence Robinson,
secretary treasurer.
The Alumni Association presented
Miss A. L. Hasforth with some silver
as a memento, as she is about to leave
to return to Germany after service
at Punahou of seventeen years, long
err 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 strikingly 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 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 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 H Cooke and the