Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-19
engineers TALK
TO MEMBERS OF
COMMERCIAL Club

Three OF Americas foremost engi-
neers were the guests OF the CONNER
cial Club at lunch today Following
the introduction each told OF the beau
ties OF Hawaii. and inasmuch as they
had returned from q tour OF the ORR
ent declared that they were more han
pleased TO meet with brothers under
the American flag.
S. s. Paxton called the meeting to
order, introducing Carl Andrews,
president Of the Hawaiian Engineer
ing Association. anGrews, in speak
ing OF the noted guests, said that each
had al one time been president of
the Americai Society OF Engineers.
Takes Message From Wilson
DR.. John 4. Brashear was the first
speaker, and opened his remarks with
a statement that he was more than
pleased to meet with a body of men
who owed allegiance to the American
Flag. He said that OF all the degrees
that had beSn conferred upon him the
one which be appreciated most was
given by the people of Pittsburg, and
that was u. j. which stood for
Uncle john" and that was his name
while he repained in Honolulu.
DR.. Brasil ear told of carrying a
message from President Wilson to the
Orient. and spoke of the reception
given the party by President Ii Yuan
Hung of China. He said that at the
reception giten him by the president
of the republic he had purloined
q flower which he was retaining as a
keepsake. He spoke on peace. and
hoped that the time would come when
war should le no more.
DR.. Brashear said that when he left
for the Orient he had talked be-
fore 700 school teachers, and three or
four had kissed him when he left The
noted astronomer, who is u years of
age, said that he expected that he
would have to kiss the whole crowd
when he returned, and would endeayor
to do his best. In concluding he said:
God bless everyone of YOU"
Tells Of Canal Work
John r. Freeman of Providence, r.
l., was next introduced and told of the
slides in the Panama canal. He was
one of the commission sent by Presi.
dent Wilson to report on the slides,
and returned with the report that he
believed that slides in the canal are
a thing of the past. He concluded by
telling of the beauties of Hawaii.
Ambrose Swasey of Cleveland, who
has been a visitor to Hawaii on three
occasions, said that he was pleased to
meet with such q representative body,
and hoped that he might have the OPP
portunity to return to Hawaii In the
very near future.
John A. Brashear, John R. Freeman
and Ambrose Swasey, the eminent
American scieAfists now visiting Ha-
wall, made the tH0lnd.the-lsland trip
on Sunday as guests of the Hawaiian
Engineering Association. This is Mr..
Freeman's third visit to Honolulu. He,
joined heartily with his
companions in declaring that the Pail
panorama and the land and marine
views on Oahu excel In beauty and in
terest anything they we're shown in
the Orient or have seen elsewhere in
years Of world journeyings.
The visitors were delighted with the.
Kaneohe Coral Gardens and much In
terested in the pineapple, sugar and
rice industries. Luncheon was served
at Hauula. A short stop was made at
Haleiwa. The old Catholic church at
Waikane, with its curious door-carv-
ings, was visited.
The trip was under the direction of
VIM. G. Hall OF the Honolulu Iron
Works and included in the party were:
Ernest Kopke, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. How.
land, the Freeman sons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl B. Andrews, I'D Towse, Sidney T.
Carr, VIM. A. Ramsay of Cation, Neill |
& Co., Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Young
and Miss Meredith