Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-14
"A. F. GRIFFITHS
REELECTED HEAD
|. OF OAHUCOLLEGE

| Pref. A. F. Griffiths was reelected
president of Oahu college at the an
nual meeting of the trustees of the col
! lege, adjourned from last Thursday
and held at the University club at
1890 o'clock this afternoon. Other
officers chosen to serve during 1914-15
were W. r. Castle, vice-president; A.
F. Judd, secretary; c. Fl. Cooke, treas.
urer, and F. c. Anterior, auditor
Committees were selected as fol-
lows:
Finance. II. Cooke, chairman; L.
A.. Thurston, w. F. Dillingham; and
+. G.. Anterior. -.
Building and Grounds-W. F. Dill
bingham. chairman; A. c. Alexander,
Sanford B. Dole, w. l. Whitney.
Education-W. r. Castle, chairman;
A. C. Alexander, w. l.. Whitney, F. C..
Anterior. # .. ...,
Library-C. H. Cooke, chairman; w.
r. Castle. Sanford b. Dole. r.
Walter F. Dillingham;, whose term
as trustee expires this year, was elect
ed to succeed himself No trustee was
elected to the place on the board left
vacant by the resignation of p. c..
Jones. The meeting this afternoon
completed 40 years of service as a
trustee by Mr.. Jones. His resignation
took effect today. Great regret at his
retirement and much appreciation of
his effective service both as trustee
and as treasurer were expressed by
all the trustees.
The annual reports of the secretary.
treasurer and president and of the
chairman of the building and grounds
committee were presented and acted
upon at the meeting held July 9.
The report of President Griffiths
dealt largely with the administration
of the college during the past year.
During the 1884 term the total regis
tration of pupils reached 75S, there
being six nationalities in evidence,
namely: white, rt-Hawaiian, Por-
tuguese, Chinese, Japanese and negro.
The report gave in detail a record of
the activities of the various depart
ments, including the boarding, music,
art, oral expression and commercial
departments. The report of the
library showed small increase in the
number of the users of that depart
ment and an addition of 989 volumes
during the year.
Incorporated in the report of the
president was a report of c. T. Fits.
principal Of the preparatory school.
which stated in the beginning that
President Griffiths plan for a moral
training course has been pursued dur
ing the. past year and considerable
progress made in the following out of
his outline. The course in art and
hand work proved very satisfactory
and was attended by a large number
of pupils The promotion record.
without conditions, of pupils complet-
ing the years work shows that from
1908 to 1913-14 a gain has been made
from SO per cent to SO per cent. Dur
ing the Dast seven years the per cent
OF retardation has been reduced from
eight per cent to four per cent.
Going back to President Griffith,s
report, 1t is pointed out that sthe
change in importance in the course
of study during the past year was the
establishment of a new general
course" In which a diploma will he
granted without mathematics but with
certain provisions for continuity of
study in three fields of knowledge.
Two other important plans are to
be carried out in future. saws the re-
port. the first being to bring the alum
nj into closer relation with the school.
and the second to secure greater CO.
operation on the part of the parents
I'VE need to cultivate the interest of
our patrons in the policies and prob.
lens of the school and their assist
Fance in matters which concern school
and home alike" saws the report.
President Griffiths concludes his re-
port with the statement thst Punahou
soon must add courses in manual
training.