The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-09
TWO WEEKS IN HONOLULU
BY JOHN f. MOORE.

If a man is trying to escape from
Association problems and leaders, a
trip to Hawaii is hardly to be recon-
mended. The writer had barely start
ed on the trip across the continent be-
fore he unexpectedly stlrnbled upon
Whitford, of Buffalo, with whom he
spent a delightful day en- route.
Among his fellow passengers on the
steamer were BiEhop Hughes, for
years a member of the Indiana State
Committee; Professor Heffley, one of
the International examiners; Mr..
Rich, director of the Fort Dodge Asso-
citation; Mr.. Warren, of Yonkers, fam
well as Harry A. Wheeler, recently
State student secretary of Missouri,
on his way to do educational work in
Japan. 1t would have been easy to
call an International Convention on
board the Mongolia, with this type or
men representing widely scattered
association interests On the way
back from Honolulu to San Francisco
my roommate proved to be a direc-
tor of Western Association. The
experience, both going and returning,
was an illustration of the wide sweep
of the association, and the practical
certainty Of finding it's representa-
tives-lay or secretarial-on every
train that speeds across the CONT
nent, and on every boat that crosses
the high seas.
1t would be difficult to find an Asso-
citation field of wider and more varied
opportunity than Honolulu in Hawaii,
1000 miles from the California main
land. The population of Honolulu
does not exceed $4,000, but this fact
affords little indication of the actual
size of the field, for Honolulu is rath-
er a group of cities than a single one.
Within the municipal limits is an Ori-
entail city of perhaps 10000 Chinese
and Japanese, living, under the Anne
rican flag, their own Eastern life. A
section of the city is occupied almost
wholly by the Portuguese, while the
American and English residents form
a colony by themselves. The native
Hawaiians, though scattered some
what as to residence, are unit in so.
cial and religious interests, as well
as in pride in the truly remarkable
history of their race and of their is
lands.
It is in such complex comming
ling of nations that the Honolulu AS
sociation does it's work for men. 1t
is working at present in an altogether
inadequate plant. The building was
a good one twenty years ago, but the
work has long since outgrown it, A
fine, new building will, however, soon
be erected on we'll situated site op'
posite the present edifice. The new
building will cost fully 100000 the
money having been raised a little
time ago in a quick campaign under
the effective leadership Of the secre
tary, Paul Super, who was assisted by
A. A. Ebersole, a former secretary.
The variety of men reached reflects
the mixed population of that city. A
membership meeting included Ha
waiians, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans
Portuguese, English, Russians, Porto
Ricans, Americans and men of Other
nationalities sitting side by side. en-
joying the occasion in cordial fellow
ship.
The Association has a high stand
ing in the community, in part, be
cause of the excellence of its work
and the efficiency of it's employed
force, and in part because of the higi
character of it's directors and trustees
The fifteen men on the board are
for the most part, young men unde
thirty-ffve. Eleven are university gra
duates, most of whom took their de
grees at eastern universities. Sever
are sons of fathers who, in their day
served the association in like capa
city. The board, under the Leadership
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