Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-27
MILLS COLLEGE ANNIvERsARY

the educational institution. In il are
women who knew Dr. and Mrs. Mills
lat Punahou and who attended Mills
lgemtnary and later :HiIls ColleSe in
Nlifornla. II no longer is a semin-
AIRY but is absolutely college. ~ ~
The hume oi-Mrs. A. j. Campbell
was tanned into q miniature theaier;
the stage represented a glade in the
woodlands Of Hawai-. Tai palms and
ferns hiding the walls, the mowers OF
the wood, the glorious wnIte and gold
lIleS-- AiiIs College COio.sJ. lie
Rays or sunlight VIE represented by
banner5 U white and fold tarltDI Ta.
aiating run the central hight The
whole elect Was nUSl Dsau,.Id!. Toe
lanai had been transformed into
shaded Woodland anu there beneath
the palms and Ierns were placed the
tables, where delicious refreshments
we're served. ..-
Mrs. A. ]. Campbell Is noted for her
artistic decorations and certainly her
hume warranted the highest pra.s..
Mis-. c. II. Kluegel, President OF the
Mills Club of honouia, Welcomed the
gaests, her speech sounding tue key
note, many TeeogHiziHs' the message
kluegel and II IL were possible one
tlignt nave heard these. words re-
gAdInS the Dr. zfueIII Ol ibis clue:
WEI dcne ,sinx, calIsater'~ 4 :
During the aIfai1Io1sl ali enjoy ed the
musical .iIaTt Of Lde rrosId..l. Mrs.
Furer hiss gone long way OIL the
road OF muse. Her understanding and
TOUCH we're those OF an arJlst and IN
ehexpiaIio SOLO sire gave mucn pleas.
Qre 10 her lrieiins as they listened 70
kef Anlefpre tala.E 81 ore Of the. mast
Il 1ntnds. .,Ft s,,
s,Aiss ta:rwea:her. another OF Homo
ihlus t.fleBteasS0me4s,ad added to the
pleasure or the eIterncon. Certainly
rionuilllu Is we'll represented in the
w5Y3r Ji, aft::- 8Hh artists IS Mrs Fur
gE>a Nd Miss faIrweather are ID be
lslk- pratIiIatrd. II Mrs. Furer under
star Is the pIanoIorte, then Miss Fair.
weather 1inaerstands how to held her
audience with her power OF song.
Later In the afternoon Miss Alice
Doughty. q Mills seminary graduate,
gave OF. ner talent. she has won ad
Ihfration In the music world. Mills
EIrp fil,pi eciate.s the fact that she
could be with tlem on this anniper-
sary. and sB memories came they
seemed TO enrich. II possible, the tone
and richness OF her voice as she sang
her message to the aiumnae.
The address Of the afternoon was
given By Miss Helen W. Kimball sof
oakland She spoke of The Histori-
cat Growth oil the Tree" She sid
III speak;ng OF History one not only
thinks 81 the ,dky e.opment of events
but OF the individuals that have led
the way up thrmgh the days, weeks,
mon tbs and years 10 the present time.
An lifetis q Development, an unfold
ing or that which is.
She compared 5he grewth Of tae co.
lege to,a tree, DEVELOPING upward in
the sudf .hine and stoi N sending its
roots 30wnward sand outward into the
fundamental foundations of LIES soil.
AS the gardener Drunes away the
broken end barren branches, SO time,
the gardener OF lie, prunes the broken
branches. the mistaken ideas We do
net see the seteied branch but the
perfect tree filled, With the rover OF
possibilities.
To-day We look upon the tree of ed.
ucation as IL Is, as it was in the seed
80. years ago. Whence came this
seed What caused II to gfow?"
AHfhen she traced the influence that
Vas felt by Dr. and Mrs. Mills. in
heir own eastern homes; during COL
1ege days; their teaching in India.
Their purpose TO aid humanity, but
N Giving .4hey were receiving the love
OF humanity and the far-seeing sight
OF possibilities.
~. aor.f In
Hawaii, this reference to the close con-
peetion Of MUS College and Punahou
and she asked the question, why does
Rot;Purhhou prepare for a college that
las BEEN SO syitally influenced by it.
feH?s For the third development is
lobe found in your school.
1T Was here that DR.. and Mrs. Mills
dwelt, drank in and absorbed the won.
ders Of this land, influencing the life
OF the tree which they were to plant.
mo one can view the sun as it ap-
pears above the horizon, your ever
changing shadows on mountain cliffs
and slopes, caused partly by the drift
ing clouds, the green OF your verdure, |
the beauty OF your sea, the coloring of
the sun as IL sinks only to shine on
another land, your night sky with its
stars and golden moon; and then your
people, the people OF a golden legen- |
Diary. lore-no one can drink in this
truth of nature without bringing to
themselves the golden thoughts of the !
Universe
rDf. and Mrs. Mills were preparing
for their life work. The seed was
planted at Benicia, California; there j
- sprang into the visible world, then !
fransplanted TO its present location,
where It has grown into the tree. The !
heart, the spirit of its founders. the /
sapwood. the educational institution, |
through which flows the great streams |,
al. knowledge and as ii nourishes the
= tree we observe the growth and each
year the blossoms-the graduation /,
class" -
Then. the speaker painted a. GLOWING |
picture OF the future with DR.. Aurelia |
Henry Reinhardt as President-"One /