Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-17

80 years AFTER the starting OF the
school, not only vas the present lower
campus comparatively bare of trees.
but between Punahou and Honolulu
extended a dry, duty and almost tree
less plain.
Pastures" Are Historic.
AS recall Punahou when a child in
1870 there was the upper pasture ex-
tending into Manoa practically bare of
trees, the lower pasture extending ma
kai, also bare of trees, the taro land
on the Waikiki side Of the school
buildings, horse paddock between
the taro land and the adobe buildings.
the play ground in front and the veg
etabIe gardens in the rear of these
buildings. In these gardens the board.
ers were required to work an hour
each day before breakfast and another
Lour before dinner. Above the veget-
able gardens near the cattle pen was
rather large, dilapidated building &C.
cupied by the Chinese servants, below
that the hen yard with high fence and
on the Eva side the presidents resi-
dence enclosed by fence. In front
of the presidents yard and separated
from il by driveway which is still
in existence was the bah field, some al
garoba trees and two or three lamar
ind trees marking its upper edge. One
OF these tamarind trees is still stand
ing near Pauahi hall. This field was
nngraded and had steep slope; the
home base was located about where
the flag pole lately stood in front of
Pauahi hall and the outfield extended
to the stonewall The playground and
space in front of the main buildings
was fairly well grassed, as was also
the paddock between the adobe build
ings and the taro patches. The rest
of the grounds with the exception of
large corn patch makai of old
school hall was covered with weeds.
These weeds would die down in dry
weather, leaving the ground almost
bare and would come up again with
rank, thick growth after a rain.
When ball was knocked down near
third base it would frequently go off
into the weeds and the boys would
have a great time trying to find 1t.
The entrance road was located almost
exactly where the present driveway is.
At the lower gate were some large
algaroba trees which are still stand
ing; while along the driveway we're
a number of smaller and younger
trees and one or two antiquated date
palms. There were also flower beds
along the driveway which were irri.
gated by water ditched from the
spring and cultivated In a desultory
fashion by the boarders. Back of
old school hall, facing what we called
the upper driveway, was long shed
known as the Carriage House." With
presidents chaise, the express" wag
on and the OK cart.
In President Church's time foun-
tain was built in front of the old
school hall in the center of a circular
enclosure within which were planted
various trees of which there are sur
viying large rubber tree, monkey
pod and a so-ealled "kamani' tree,
which are crowded together in front
of old school hall!
Lawn Mowers Unknown.
Lawn mowers were not known in
those days and the grounds according
to our present ideas we're hardly kept
in a tidy condition. The only regular
employee of the school aside from the
cook was old Wahalama, and he could
not have been called efficient The
boys at intervals with scythes and
sickles used to cut the weeds off and
on Saturdays they would gather up
the rubbish, papers and leaves that
were lying around. The campus ex-
listed in this condition with various
changes up to Mr. Hosmer's time.
In 1880 the lower pasture was div.
ided into streets and lots and sold,
and a street called Beekwith street
now Wilder avenue, was laid out on
the lower side of the school grounds.
The old wall was removed and ANEW
wall built on the mauka side of this
new street. ~ .-.-
President Hosmer took an active in,
terest in the improvement of the
grounds. During his time the palm
avenue on the lower side of the
grounds was laid out and planted, the
taro lands were dried up and leveled
of and the grassed area was extended
so as to take in nearly the whole |
II Oh'SSS OH CkiduOu SlTS6I anu ibc
SPACE in Gent of the present pre-
paratory school building. The lower
bali fed en- the site of the former |
corn patch was also laid out in his |
tine
Later Development Rapid.
Since Mr.. Hosmer's time the devel- |
opment and extension of the campus |
has progressed rapidly and steadily. |
Charles R. Bishop hall was built in
1901 and the area in front of and |
about it graded and improved. The
upper pasture as far down as Rocky
hill was divided in 1900 into streets
and lots, as had been previously done
with the lower pasture and sold
While the area of the school grounds |
was diminished in this direction it was
increased few years later on the
Waikiki side by the acquisition of the
property and the removal
of the old stonewaH on that side. One
of the greatest changes of recent
years was the building of the new
and the reconstruction of
the original site Of the boarding de.