The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07
ers and four hot and cold showers.
Directors and Work.


ers and four hot and cold showers.
Directors and Work.
The physical department will re-
main under the supervision of DR..
Hand assisted by specialists. The bill
lard tables and bowling alleys will
be in charge of Expert Wisdom.
Next Friday evening there will be a
demonstration by eight picked men
of just what use each piece of ap-
paratus in the gymnasium is intended
for. This will start at o'clock, and
an hour later there will be an indoor
baseball game between two picked
teams and a medicine ball relay race.
Boys Department.
In some Association buildings it has
been thought that anything is good
enough for the boys, but the building
committee of the Honolulu Y. M. c.
A. decided that the boys were as i'm
portant as the men. The Boys De-
partment, without any qualification,
stands as one of the handsomest in
the country. While the officers of the
Association say that they have seen
finer Association buildings, as a
whole, they all admit that they have
not seen a finer boys department. The
boys have practically a building OF
their own, the scheme by which they
are separated from the mems depart
ment being very ingenious, and will
doubtless prove very satisfactory both
to the boys and men.
The entrance to the boys depart
ment as stated before, is on Adams
Lane. The department occupies the
whole of the Hotel street wing and
contains the office of the boys secre-
tary, class rooms, game rooms, read
ing rooms, etc. All are neatly and
tastefully furnished conforming to
the, general scheme of the rest of the
building While the boys, of course,
do not have a separate gymnasium,
certain hours will be set apart for
them to have the exclusive use of the
common gym"
The Cafe.
The cafe is on the main floor and
will be run on the cafeteria plan, now
so popular for cheap lunches in the
States. The charges will be very
moderate and the cafe will be open to
members and their friends. The Of
ficers of the Association say that
friends" will have a liberal interpre-
tation. However, ladies will be ex-
cluded.
Billiard and Music Room.
The billiard room on the first floor
contains three mission style pool ia
bles and one billiard table.
The music room, also on this floor,
is furnished with an excellent Pack
ard piano and a VictTola.
Dornitory.
The dormitory on the top floor con-
tains twenty-four rooms, accommodate
ing thirty-three men. The rooms are
as light and airy as could be desired
and open on verandas facing the
street They are comfortably furnish
ed with single iron bedsteads, chit
fonier and Cadillac desk tables of
solid oak for each man, and each sin
gle room contains a large closet, while
the rooms accommodating two, have
separate closets for each occupant. On
this floor is also a large lavatory and
a light shaving room with large mir
rors.
Games Room.
The room for games, such as ten
mis-, indoor baseball, basket ball, etc.,
has the appearance of a large high
ceiled gymnasium, absent the usual
furnishings. This is supplied with a
movable platform and can also be
used as an auditorium for holding
large meetings. With the gallery at
it's rear it will seat about a thousand
people.
A Monument to Citizen Labor
1t is worthy of mention that in the
construction OF this eXcellently plan
ned and well-constructed building, the
contracting firm has used only local
men and the building is the result OF
citizen labor only. In no case did
the contractors find it necessary to
send to the Coast for men to do the
work, as they were able to find meI
in Honolulu who could do everything
needed to be done. They are justly
p proud of this record.
A Slight Deficit.
In the course of the construction o
i the building it was seen that the funds
supplied were not going to be quite
adequate for the demands. The usua
extras bobbing up here and there