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and dedicated May 21, 1896. This beautiful building was the gift of Hon. C. R. Bishop, the generous patron of education throughout these islands. The assembly hall was furnished with a pipe-organ by Mrs. Mary T. Castle. Much was also done to beautify the grounds, as well as to enlarge the courses of
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President Mills to resign his position in the summer of 1864, he had brought up the school from a position of partial dependence on the American Board to a self-supporting basis. Among the improvements made during his administration were the laying of water pipes from the
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Punahou School was held, at which General S. C.
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A new and enlarged charter was applied for and granted May 23, 1853, under the title of "Oahu
College," with thirteen Trustees, including the President. The Rev. E. G. Beckwith, who had conducted the Royal School with remarkable success for three years, was formally installed as President under the
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On April 19, 1905, a memorial tablet was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies on the spot where Father
Bingham's cottage once stood. With the completion of the new buildings in course of erection, of the library and the athletic field, the college entered upon a new era of usefulness but lacked an
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Science was built and furnished with a laboratory by the liberality of Hon. C. R. Bishop. A house for the president was built by friends of the college in the fall of 1885. In 1888 a large swimming tank was added to the attractions of Punahou, to replace the old bathing
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A charter was granted by the government June 6, 1849, to the Trustees of the Punahou School, seven in number, empowering the Mission to fill all future vacancies in the corporation. The Rocky Hill pasture and the Manoa wood lot were purchased and enclosed during the same year. In 1855, the land of
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President Hosmer resigned in Jun 1900, and was succeeded by Arthur Maxson Smith, Ph.D., who entered upon his duties September 17. The principal event of his administration was the removal of the Preparatory School to Punahou. Experience has shown the wisdom of this change. The corner stone of the
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appropriated for the buildings, supplemented by private subscriptions, and Rev. Daniel Dole and his wife, who had just arrived, together with Miss Marcia Smith, were appointed teachers. During that year, the site was prepared under the direction of Mr. Chamberlain and Dr. Judd, a cellar dug, and
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was contributed to the building fund, and during the next year Bingham Hall was built under President Jones' supervision. In January, 1883, the Armstrong lot at the head of Richards street was purchased from the Roman Catholic Mission, and the Punahou Preparatory School opened there.
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one-story adobe thatched buildings erected, enclosing two courts, open towards the sea. Four additional rooms were built in 1844. They lasted for 40 years. Rice Hall was built in 1846, and Dole Hall in 1848.
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in battle. Along with Ka Punahou, he gave a total of 225 acres (0.91 km) of land (from the slope of Round Top to the current Central Union Church, which included a 77-acre (310,000 m) tract of
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Catalogue of the teachers and pupils of Punahou school and Oahu College for twenty-five years, ending 1866, with an account of the quarter century celebration held at Punahou June 15th, 1866
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Oahu College: List of Trustees, Presidents, Instructors, Matrons, Librarians, Superintendents of Grounds and Students, 1841-1906. Historical Sketch of Oahu College
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Oahu college: list of trustees, presidents, instructors, matrons, librarians, superintendents of grounds and students, 1841-1906. Historical sketch of Oahu college
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was a strong supporter of the mission and built a house for herself near Bingham. A portion of the stone wall she had built to protect the compound from roaming
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spring to the buildings in 1861, and the addition of verandas to the old school hall in 1863, the funds for which were raised by a concert given by the school.
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building now known as Chas. R. Bishop Hall was laid with impressive ceremonies October 4, 1901. It was completed in the following summer at a cost of about
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