Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-19
.OUTRIGGER CLUB
FREE TO ERECT
MORE BUILDINGS
Secretary Beaver Tells How
Women's Auxiliary Turned
Down Consolidation

That the Outrigger Canoe Club has
never made q promise TO the Women
Auxiliary that II would provloe
accommodations for the women folk OF
its members, and offers made by the
Outrigger to consolidate the two or
ganizations on equal terms were re-
Jected by the auxiliary In 1914 with
the understanding that the question
OF consolidation should be definitely
set aside, was stated today by Score
tary J. Ashman Beaver OF the Outrig'
ger.
Beayens statement was written by
him for the Star.Bulletin to clear up
Misunderstanding as to the present
status OF the two organizations IN
view OF the special meeting OF the
Outrigger called for Tuesday night at
s o'clock in Cooke hall, Y. M. c. A,
TO discuss and take action on the pro
position OF erecting additional oatn
houses on the Outrigger's grounds 10
accommodate women guests OF Out
rigger members. The secretary s
statement says:
Dates Back 70 1912
Never at any time has the 0utrig'
ger Canoe Club made such promise.
and the only excuse that the makers
OF that statement can have for max
ing It is that back In August, 1912,
when the women's auxiliary bathhous.
es were located, on the Outrigger Ca.
noe Club grounds, an agitation deyel.
oped among OutriggeF Club members
for dressing.room accommodations for
their women folk, who could not then
be accommodated by the Women's
Auxiliary.
AT that time the outrigger Club
decided to erect the building, as the
members desiring Il had subscribed
the necessary funds. Before the
building could be erected the Wo
mems Auxiliary offered to admit into
their organization all the women rela
tives OF members Of the o. C. C. who
at that time desired accommodations
provided the money subscribed was
turned over to the auxiliary.
Long List 10 Prepared
"The outrigger Club accepted this
offer and the money was paid over tc
III.
pondence conveying to the Women's
Auxiliary the names OF the ladies to
be admitted and between the time Of
the acceptance OF the offer and the
final settlement Of the matter mum
Der OF additions were made to the list
OF names. The list, n remember
correctly, contained about so at first
and this was gradually increased
pending the settlement, to total o.
IS. At the time this matter wal
closed November, 1912 the director!
OF the Outrigger Club voted:
THAT no further requests be made
10 the auxiliary for the admission o
anyone to membership in that organi
zation.
THAT from this date any applica
ton for membership in the auxiliary
even though q member OF the famil,
of some member of the Outrigger Clul
should be made direct to the auxiliary
and take its proper position on lhei
waiting list; our list Of application
may therefore be considered closes
from this time
Offer to Consolidate Made
About two years later, in April
1914, to be precise, when condition
again became acute, there was
strong sentiment among the member
of the Outrigger Canoa Club that tn
constantly recurring demand for bath
ing accommodations for the womel
folk Of members should be remedies
in some way, and after much discus
ton II was felt that an amalgamatiol
or consolidation of the two organize
tions would settle the problem,
"A special meeting OF the club wa
held in May, 1914, and an offer of cor
solidation on equal terms was mad
to the women's Auxiliary, which Of
fer was subsequently declined by tn
auxiliary. Just about this time tn
women's Auxiliary secured piece G
land adjoining the 0utrigger Cano
Clubs premises, and during negotis
tions which followed between the tw
organizations covering an excheng
of leases for part of the land acquire
by the auxiliary For portion OF tn
Outrigger Club premises, conditio
proposed by the auxiliary as part G
the consideration governing the e,
change of leases was: That tn
status agreed upon shall be permaI
ent.' Just what was meant by thi
was not clear to the Outffgger Clul
hut this was made plain in lette
dated October u, 1914, written b
Mrs. w. A. Wall, secretary Of the au,
Hilary, in which II was said:
80 and II Is also expecte
that the request for an assurance thf
the status agreed upon should be pc
manent. would be understood to mea
that the question of consolidate
should be definitely set aside
These are the only two agre
ments or promises that have bee
made between the two organization
during the past five years"