Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-13
Other Officers Elected at An
nuaI Meeting-0isCuSS Re-
visIng Dictionary

The annual meeting OF the Hawaii
Historical Society was held last Sat.
urday evening in the rooms Of the or
EanizatiOn in tho new Library OF Ha-
waii building, at which several i'm
portant matters Of business were TAX
en- up including the election of Off
GERS for the ensuing year.
Following the discussion Of the
business matters, the following were
elected to hold Office for the year
1913: A. F. Judd. president: c. H.
Hitchcock, first vice president; W. ID.
Alexander, second vice president; G..
NJ. Cooke, third vice president; w. D.
Nestervelt, treasurer; Edgar Wood,
recording secretary; II. NJ Baliou,
corresponding secretary, and Miss f.
!. Allyn, librarian. Additional mem
bcrs to the board of managers were
"lected as follows: George r. Carter,
Prof c. II. Hitchcock, DR.. n. b. En-
erson, and Bruce Cartwright, Jr. A.
Lewis, Jr, was reelected as trustee
OF the Library of Hawaii.
The library committee, which was
appointed by President A. F. Judd,
now consists OF W. d. Westerve!t,
Miss Burbank, J. w. Waldron. Regin-
aid izendoorn and Hon. w. W. Thay-
or. Printing committee: II. NJ. Bal
lou, w. d. Alexander, William A.
Bryan, John +. G. Stokes and J. S.
Emerson. Membership committee:
DR.. N. b. Emerson, Bruce Cartwright,
Jr.. A. Gartley, Lyle A. Dickey and
j. l. Marx.
Dictionary Revision.
President Judd took up the matter
OF the revision of the present Hawai-
ian dictionary upon the recommends
ton OF Judge Robinson. This revi-
sion was received favorably by all
present and IL is expected that the So
clety VIII take the matter up in the
near future. The matter of the insur.
ance OF property belonging to the SO.
ciety in the new library building was
also taken up at the p;Seting, but it
was decided to hold this over for fur
tner reverence. Six applicants tor
membership to re. society were
passed upon and voted in. During the
course OF the meeting the following
papers were read: "The Ceremonies
OF the Mysteries" original translation
OF Maori priesthood rituals, by Fran.
CHS j. Green; The First Hawaiian
Historical Society,"" by Rev. w. d.
Westervelt: "A Study of Hawaiian
Cartography Prior to Cooks Rediscoy.
ery," by Rev. FIR. Reginald Yzendoorn,
incidents connected with the cleo
ton of King Kalakaua in February,
1874" was, the subject OF an interest
ing paper which had been prepared by
Admiral Switzerland, and which was
read by Hon. Sanford B. Dole during
the course of the meeting. During the
time Of the election of King Kalakana,
Admiral Switzerland was in the isl.
ends as a midshipman, and his per
Sonal recollections Of the. event were
put into writing for presentation to
the Historical Society at the request
CT Judge Dole. The paper was, in
part. as follows:
During the latter part of January,
1874, the u. S. s. Tuscarora left San
Francisco, under orders from the navy
department to run line of deep sea
soundings from that port to Honolulu,
with the object of determining suit
able route for a submarine telegraph
cable to connect the two ports. these
soundings to be taken at intervals of
thirty miles apart.
When only a few days out from
San Francisco and while, engaged in
taking sounding in over $500 faith
Oms of water, we were overtaken and
passed by the British gunboat Tene-
dos, which vessel was under full