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 hal
never made a promise to the Women
Auxiliary that IT would provide
accommodates for the women folk o.
its members, and offers made by ths
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 Secre
tary j. Ashman Beaver of the outrig
ger.
Beaven's statement was written by
him for the Star-Bulletin TO clear I'll
Misunderstanding as, to the present
status Of the two organizations In
view of the special meeting OF the
Outrigger called for Tuesday night al
s o'clock in Cooke hall, Y. NJ. c. A.
TO discuss and take action on the pro
position of erecting additional bath
houses on the Outrigger's grounds te
accommodate women guests OF Out
rigger members. The secretary
statement says:
Dates Back to 1912
Never at any time has the Outrig
ger Canoe Club made such promise
and the only excuse that the makers
Of that statement can have for max
ing II 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 0utrigger Club members
for dressing-room accommodations fol
their women folk, who could not ther
be accommodated by the Women's
Auxiliary.
"At that time the Outrigger Clut
decided to erect the building, as the
members desiring Il had subscribed
the necessary fluids. Before the
building could be erected the Wo
mems Auxiliary offered TO admit int
their organization all the women rela
tiyes Of members OF the o. C. c. who
at that time desired accommodations
provided the money subscribed wal
turned over to the auxiliary.
Long List 10 Prepared
THE Outrfgger Club accepted this
offer and the money was paid over tc
them. Then followed some cores
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 a mum
Der Of additions we're made to the lis'
OF names. The list. n remember
correctly. contained about 60 at first
and this was gradually increased
pending the settlement, to total Of
IS. At the time this matter was
closed November, 1922 the directors
Of the Outdgger Club voted:
That no further requests be made
to the auxiliary for the admission o.
anyone to membership in that organi
cation.
THAT from this date any applica
tion for membership in the auxiliary
even though a member OF the family
Of some member of the Outrigger Clul
should be made direct to the auxiliary
and take its proper position on lheii
waiting list:. our list Of application
may therefore be considered closet
from this time
!, Offer to Consolidate Made
About two years later, in April
1914, to be precise, when conditions
again became acute, there was {
strong sentiment among the member
of the .Outrigger Canoa Club that thu
constantly recurring demand for bath
ing accommodations for the womei
folk Of members should be remediet
in some way, and after much discus
ton 1t was felt that an amalgamatioI
or consolidation Of the two organiza
tions would settle the problem.
"A special meeting Of the club wal
held in May. 1914, and an offer Of con
solidation on equal terms was made
to the Women's Auxiliary, which OF
fer was subsequently declined by tn,
auxiliary. Just about this time thu
women's Auxiliary secured a piece o
land adjoining the outrigger Cano'
Clubs premises, and during negotia
tons which followed between the tw'
organizations covering an exchang
of leases for part Of the land acquires
by the auxiliary for a portion OF tn,
outrigger Club premises. condition
proposed by the auxiliary as part o
the consideration governing the ez
change of leases was: That thu
status agreed upon shall be perman
emit Just what was meant by thi
was not clear to the Outffgger Club
but this was made plain in a lette
dated October IL, 1914, written b,
Mrs. W. A. Wall. secretary Of the aux
iliary, in which II was said:
- and IL is also expectei
that the request for an assurance tina
the status agreed upon should be pei
manent, would be understood to meai
( that the question Of consolidation
! should be definitely set aside
These are the only two agree
ments or promises that have bee
made between the two organization
during the past five years"