The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-30

at Punahou of seventeen years, a 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 stril<ingly 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 1t is edible.
Mrs. A. Gartley was in charge of the I
banana and pineapple booth. There /
were nearly score of varieties of ba- /
nanas.
Mrs. Babbitt 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 Grifflths made an address
which Is given herewith, and After
wards there was a game of baseball
between a nine from the alumni cap-
tained by Clarence H. Cooke and the
college team.
PRESIDENT GRIFFITHS' AID
DRESS.
Mr.. President, Alumni and Friends.
The president Judge Perry says that
need make no apology for appear
ing ON the alumni program for the
alumni are interested in brief re-
port of the progress of the institution
each year. Mr.. Clarence Cooke says
that he wishes / 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.
l 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 it's second childhood for with the
verandas gone 1t looks much as it did
before 1860; that the house formerly
occupied by the president has been
moved and renovated; that the pres
idents new house is completed and oc-
cupied; that the dormitories have been
in use for 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
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 will be surprised to see
how many will disappear. We have
been pouring in the peas and beans.
We have added course in physiology
we have given a strong course in Bible
literature, we have added a departs
ment of oral expression, we have put
in some more teachers in the Prepare
tory. We have added librarian-3OOO
way. / 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.
\
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
1 it seem wise to lay out 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
halt until we can catch our breath.
| want to make plain to you that We
have spent good deal of money-so
much that we look prosperous. But
| also want to make plain to 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
represent expenses But what of our
income producing funds? OF course
! there has been increase in buttons.
but buttons lag VIGOROUSLY behind
teaching expenses. We have had just