Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-29
REUNION Of ST.
LOUIS COLLEGE
RECORD AFFAIR
More Than Two Hundred As.
semble Around the Festive
Board

A sassss bO0i "
Besides breaking the record for at
tendance, the annual reunion Of St
jLoufs College Alumni Association
Saturday evening fully kept up the
standard OF the organization In other
features In the year past the associ.
Iaticn has been doubled In member
Iship, through the exertions c. Presi-
dent Ben H6llinger and his executive
colleagues
i For the celebration time time co..
HlatiGn was substituted for the old-time
iluau, splendid repast Of cold turkey
land other cs.oice yiands being spread
/ in the dining hall Prior to assemb-
ling around the tables there was q
PERCEPTION at the Brothers home on
the grounds, where the clergy AMI
the faculty welcomed the alumni and
guests.
Bishop Lihert had the central seat
/ at the chief guest table across the
head of the hail, Mayor Fern and G..
II. Cottrill being on his right and
POSTMASTER J. w. Asch and Delegate
kalanisnaole on his left The COM
pany filled the entire hall. numbering
about 200 This years graduating
class of IL was given q special posi-
ton.
At the service Of coffee. the toast
master begsn calling what proved to-
lbe long list of speakers, music by
/ the alumni orchestra coming between
THE speeches. in addition to the IN
strunentalists. the College Giee club,
composed of the teaching Brothers.
made one appearance. beautifully
singing some oldtime songs In the
Iorder called, the speakers were:
| His Iordsllip BishiD Lfbert. Broth
Ter Henry. director Of the college: Emil
| A. Berndt. u. Logan. Brother Frank,
Idirector of st. Anthony's school, Wal
lluku, and one Of the members of the
original faculty of ST. Louis. Ben Hol-
linger. president of the association;
Hon. Jonah Kalanianaole. Jno G. Lane.
harry q. Murray. George B. Schrader,
Mayor ]. ]. Fern, Charles H Rose.
Brother ouis, w r. harrington. G.
H. CottrilI and Al d. Castro.
Early in the program the toastmas-
ter read letter from Brother Bert
ram, the first director of the college.
conveying his greetings to the alumni.
Brother Henry's speech was hurlor-
Gus In high degree. but also carried
much wholesome advice to the young
er members He called the roll ct his
class Of 80 years ago. which inclu led
Sheriff Rose and two or three others
present The college was putting up
a Groom concrete building, Brother
Henry announced. and there would be
q debt Of $4,000 on that account for
its friends to meet He urged on the
alumni and students remembrauce of
the college motto. BE mindful and i
faithful
President Hollinger related the adj
dition Of 100 per cent to the associa-
tion membership the past year, CON
Guiding. Il will never give lrD until !,
see the alumni with a membership
of che thousand.
Sheriff Rose told of the origin of
the association, which, was started us
the st. Louis College Literary Society, i
on the day the revolution of 1895 I
broke out, its charter members being
William Jarrett. Paul Jarret. II. r.
Murray, Charles Murrcy, Jas III. Holt.
JAS. Thompson, John Crowder and CT
n. Rose. Brother Thornas aided in
the work Ct organizing.
POSTMASTER Asch rail letters Of
regret for Inability to BE present from
George J. Cooper and Joe Kunewa J.
II Maui and Judge W. J. Robinson
John Al Hughes and g. r Alfonso II
Honolulu.
Delegate Kalanianaole's address,
vas mostly devoted to a highly en-
fsrtainirg description IF the inside
workings of Congress.
Brother Louis gave an account of
the graduating class of 1914. Three
were in the commercial department
and eight in the college preparatory
course OF the latter, two were going
to work in the Honolulu Iron Works a
fact that gave the speaker occasion
to say word on the dignity of labor.
"A good mechanic will always find
job" he observed The other six he
supposed would 60 to college and he
thought the. favored institution would
be Creighton college first, then st.
Dayton, Ohio, and Notre
Dame, with possibly two or three en-
tering the College Of Hawaii. 3
Mr.. Harrington delivered an elo-
quent address to the st. Louis boys
Of, all ranks and ages, upon their OPP
portunities and responsibilities. He
spoke of the practical education the
College of Hawaii offered.
Mr.. CottriH, who had asked that he
be called last, rose 1T nearly midnight
and delivered feeling address on
the breadth of sentiment he had found
in Honolulu in the three years of his
residence. For years l had prayed.
he stated, that somewhere, somehow,
sometime I would find a place such
as have found" and he recalled the
he once made since coming
here that down on the waterfront a
large sign should be erected, bearing