Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-09

I cutlYe committee controls the direc-
/ ton OF the federation If any question
as 10 the honor OF any institution 5
icertiucations comes up the committee
deals oRly with that organization aud
tnot with the athlete q. -.
( Membership in the federation is by
organizations and not by individuals
Membership in the Hawaii federation
calls for educational institutions.
schools colleges. high schools and
iacademnies. settlements, Young Men S
| Christian Association, boys, clubs,
| boat clubs and athletic clubs
Fhe individual athlete is then reg
istered only with his own institution
! in any form OF registration which they
see. fit, and without any fee If mem
bership cards are given TO athletes
that is up 10 the local institutions.
Big Council Meeting December 9
The letters in today's mail are call
ing for the converting of the council on
December 9 at the Y NJ. G. A. at s
p. N. This first council will then pro-
coed TO elect the first executive COM
mfttee, which is made UP of the 9resi-
dent. vice-president, secretary, treas
urer and one member at large.
As soon as this meeting is adjourn
ed the federation will be officially do
ing business and applications will be
received from all organizations desir-
ing membership No initiation fees or
annual dues are exacted. for one of
the features of the federation is that
ii merely uses the existing machinery
and outside of very small assess
ment for stationery and blanks, no.
dues will be necessary.
Local Authorities Boost Federation
The federation already has many
hackers among the athletic and schol-
astfc men of the islands George Ray
mond inspector general of the islands.
has put his o. X on the plan and has
suggested announcing that the public
school department is urging the move
ment. Frank Midkiff, athletic coach
at Punahou, academy, is boosting the
move and among the athletic men of
the city Alfred Castle, Harold Dilling-
ham and ] p. Morgan have already
had opportunity to look over the feder-
atoms proposed constitution and be-
lieve it is about to fill big need in
f1dNdll dUdteuT sport. --....
This Years Work
The federation hackers already have
a big program mapped out for the fed |
Grafton. Some OF these include a col
lection of data regarding number of
participants. ages and nationalities of
all school children and young men of
ether institutions: facilities for ath- |
letic competitions and amount of out
side contests A division Of the year
in Hawaii into definite sport seasons !
will be welcomed and is the proper
province of this federation. The or
ganiZation of island committees is a |
natural outcome OF the federation and I
is link in the whole scheme of tieing |
up all those in Hawaii interested in
amateur sport A mammoth inter |
scholastic nexathlon, with each insti- |
tuition running off it's own events on
its own grounds and mailing the re-
suits to the executive committee to
determine island and territorial cham
pions. will no doubt be the feature |
athletic event of this year
Much credit for the way the fedora |
ton has been promoted is going to J.
p. Morgan (IIaryard), who was APP
pointed some months ago by those in
terested in the federation and it is |
him that the first letters call
ing the council are being sent out.