Ka Puuhonua o na Hawaii, Volume IV, Number 16, 20 April 1917 — ADDRESS BY JOSEPH ORDENSTEIN HISTORY, ETC. KAMEHAMEHA ALUMNI ASSCOCIATION [ARTICLE]

ADDRESS BY JOSEPH ORDENSTEIN HISTORY, ETC. KAMEHAMEHA ALUMNI ASSCOCIATION

ATHLHTICS. Athlet cs have m«(ie ihe r>f >- meha iamous; • Durmg t.he. earlv •?;in<r'ties. vhe Kamehameha Schoc !s turiied (-t:v a ScJjcp» Team ! whieh v/on a C.hampionshipon 'u'īe b*g |The narr3S oi pU\en> !ike M hn 1 -.-, P h.v., D.*~ jvid ondothers are ire3 ! i iū ihe llcip n r .s of the ians of th-ii i,me. The Boy oi Ksrr.eV-Ticjha ha\ ? ' wh-wn the : r v;Ior oi tae Tr*ck, m ] tb--: -n»l ir< other ■ Ath'ct'c Spcrts. Am-rg soa.e < i her 'Athletcs miy be Ak.^r ? Jrc P'. j-McCandless, M ckenzie,- M'anolH, dover aU» ] around Athfetes; au!d oue lin;e ehampioii mi!e I walker, and cthers, | ■ FINANCHS. . '. . I Looking b>.ck rs f j r as the e?rly part of 11898 from all avilab!e recorcls. This Ass.cia- . Hon'a Financial Status at that time wi.s ; n Dejmorftlized r<rd Paralized condition it appears' that j Financial. Panics were ee mmun ai,d ev£ry day icccerencesr • Poverty must have beeo ,sta'k?ng 'in the land as f:;r as it v/as conceraed. One annual statement of the Treasurer snowed wiih to a "Balance on Hapd" of some 23 ceot. It then heeame evident to the ra»k. artd fiie that changes were absolutely essent;al to the we!f;ire of the Association. Two reorganizattons Look plaee, the f;rst Feb 13, IL'U3, and tbe second M.ay 28, 190.9. Thus iar we have been r- bSetj withstaod the ravages of time. ,

Progress and prosperity has tver sicce atttnd' ed it, despite thef3ct that interest and .enthusiasm ahown by some of the member went dowr; so low. There was a t*'me when the cups cf enhusiasm was fult to over f!owing, but that d<y has passed and today the majority of th.e older members who were onee high up in the counci<s of the Association hive mad2 themse!ves so that whpever are on the ro!lcan b2 ccunted on your fingers. Theyounger e!ement of the Association, who graduated from the schoo! within ; the !ast decade seem to have the majority just now. What they laek in experience se.jm3 to be more that made up in their Loyaity ?nd Stick-to-gether-ness.

The Kamehameha Alummi Asscciai ; cn, say an offerer, "Is not rich, but is a pocr m-u.'a organizationt Supported by ycung men who are esrning an honest and who ?:re not Associatedfor any pecuniary gsin, bur United in fellowsiaip and love fcr their metabers and peop'e ; whieh sentiment is at the foundstion of evey noble act or deed. % Tfce Association owes no roan alcect. īt : pays its jusr obHgations prompt!y. It car?:es suffictent funds to meet the nees of its members in case of sickness or dea tb, 'Eaeh: meniber when sick is entitled to $5.00 per week !or eīglit consecutive weēks f and in the case of deniise ol a member there is a desth benef:' : : ei $50,00.'

The Association at some cf rts meetin£s initiated tbe movement of forming se\ere! c::tcrterprises. Today we have two sound corporations with the Alummi Mēmbers its frinc;p-i Stcckholders and Officers. Many othtr S;.vi t g and Loans Society have beea £ormed ūom the Initibt;ve taken at some of our meetiogs..