The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-31
Y. M c. A. BOX
OPENED At LAST
Cornerstone Records Of Twenty
Eight Years Ago Are
Examined.

In the cornerstone of the old Y M. @. A. |
building on September %, 1882, was re.
opened last night at tho conclusion Of
dinner for the cold Guard" as the
Y. NJ c. A. members Of nearly thirty
years ago have been styled, and tho
ceremony attending IL was almost like
that Of the reopening Of caslket which
has lain away for a century.
The reopening OF the box brought up
memories Of the past, and one was re-
ferred to particularly. When the box
was first laid away, on that ceremonial
day in September, a cloud hung over
the assemblage, for only two weeks be.
fore one of the most active members
of the committee, c. T. Dillingham;, had
been killed by fall from his horse.
This "Reminiscences was told by w. A.
Bowen, who was the recording secre-
tary of the association at the time of
the first cornerstone laying.
There were many around the tables
last night who were present at that
ceremony and had heard the list of ar
ticles called Off as they were placed in
the box. There was list of names of
the officers of that day, lists of men
who were conducting the affairs of the
association, and many were there last
night--gray haired, gray bearded, some
of them-but all as keen and enthusi-
astic for the work of the association
as they were when they were in their
prime.
Those Present.
The dinner was presided over by r.
II. front, and on his right was Judge
Sanford r. Dole and on his left IT. Give
Davies. Others present We're W. A.
Bowen, w. r. Castle, w. G. Weldon,
Robert Levers, B. f. Dillingham;, Frank
Damon, j. Mort Dat, DIR. N. B. Emer-
son, A. f. Cooke, +. j. Lowrey, Captain
Bray Charles Atherton, Frank Ather-
ton, Ed. Towse, r. B. Anderson, Harold
Dillingham;, W. t. Schmidt, r. J. Pratt,
Il. o. White, Walter G. Smith (for the
starr, A. p, Taylor (for The Adver-
tiser), G. S. Warehouse, w. q. Hall.
Paul Super (secretary), R. N. Anderson,
DR.. J. NJ. Whitney and Doctor Hand.
The box rested on a table between
the dinner tables, where all could watch
the interesting process of the removal
of the contents.
w. A. Bowen read from the worn
secretary's record of that day the list
of contents of the box. T. Give Davies
then took the box, the cover of which
had been chiseled loose during the after
noon, but not removed The box was
oxidized. Although not the first on the
list of things which Mr.. Davies took
out, the last thing taken out was the
first thing placed in the box in 1882.
That was n bundle containing copies of
The Advertiser. The papers were of
! the date September 81, 1882, but pen
and ink change had been made in the
date to make it September 2s. The
copies were enclosed in wrapper ad.
dressed to the cornerstone laying com
mittee.
Mr.. Davies read an interesting ac-
count of the financial and sugar situa-
ton of that date, one Of the items be-
ing long reference to the Hawaiian
Commercial and Sugar Company and
the big dividends it was beginning to
pay
The list of articles removed, in their
order as brought forth by Mr.. Davies,
follow:
What Was Found.
Hawaiian Guide Book, by II. M.
Whitney; Most Essential Points in Ha.
waiian Grammar; Daily Bulletin, Car
son Kenyon, editor; John Motifs bill
head; Hawaiian Testament; English
Bible; photograph of A. f. Judd, chief
Justice Of supreme court; portraits of
Kalakaua and KapiOlani Gone by Mon
tano); Kawaiahao Church (photo.
graph; list of contributors to Y. M.
Q. A. building; rules of Kawaiahao
Church; Hawaiian Almanae for 1882;
Hawaiian Gazette, Sept. %, 1882; Chi.
nese Y. M. c. A. rules; postcards and
Hawaiian Issues of stamps; The Friend,
\ September /, 1882; annual report of
Woman s Board of Missions; Fort
street manual; annual report Mission
Children's Societyi Seamen's Chapel
photography; Kawaiahao Seminary
circular; 500 Hawaiian Government Q
per cent bond (blank); Star of the
Morning, Hawaiian Song Book; Kuo.
koa, September 20, 1882; Young Men 3
Mission, address by Rev. Il. Smith; by
laws and charter Y. M. c. A. and list
of members; program Of exercises for
laying of cornerstone of Y. NJ. q. A.
September 28, 1889; Hawaii Paeaina
: Saturday Press; biennial report OF
Minister of Interior; biennial report OF
chief justice supreme court; eighteenth
annual report Hawaiian Evangelical
Association; census Hawaiian Islands
December 27, 1878; report of board OF
education; waterwOrks report; Plant
ers' Monthly; American dollar, discol
oIed by copper box; package containing
Pacific Commercial Advertisers ad,
dressed to the cornerstone committed
of the Y. NJ. G. A., dated September
~, 1882, +. II. Hayselden, manager of
The Advertiser.
Interesting Comment.
There were many comments as the
documents, papers, photographs, etc,
were removed. Mr.. Davies showed he
was eonyersant with the histories and
} biographies Of the time and made inter
= esting comments as he exposed the
box 5 contents. He read from the cen.
US report Of 1873, where il showed the
} Islands TO have population of only
$1,000 people, w. r, Castle stating also
that the population was then az its
lowest ebb. Tho foreigners were few
IN numbers then, The photographs
were nearly all in good condition, par
tieular references being made 10 one OF
I al.