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centennial year.

The "first thiry-four" were honored by their successors of
1941 in another way. In October a twenty-four-hour campaign was
staged to collect nickels and dimes for a suitable memorial.
Students in the manual arts class designed and cast a plaque
which was dedicated in February. The memorial had been placed
near the main door of Old School Hall and it was unveiled by Mrs.
Cora Hitchcock Townsend ('81) whose father's name is on the
plaque. Her speech was read by her grandson, John Goss, then a
junior. Many other descendants of the "34" were in the audience
and the whole school attended, from kindergarten to seniors.

In November the beautiful Aqua Frolic at the Elizabeth Water-
house pool was given a touch of the "historic" by a comical
display of antique bathing costumes modeled by some of the older
girls.

December, 1940, saw the beginning of a series of historical
assemblies for the Academy students. Mrs. Theodore Richards
('87) described the children of 1842. Mr. Alexander presented the
new seal recently adopted by the trustees. The cereus blossom
and the words Honolulu, Hawaii, had been added to the hala tree,
taro leaves, name and date which appeared in the older designs.
Later assemblies in this series included stories of Punahou during
the Civil War by Ethel Damon ('01), reminiscences of the 50th
jubilee by the Reverend Henry Judd ('97), and a summary of
100 Years of Sports by Alfred Castle ('03).

The alumni naturally played a major role in the whole year;s celebration but their specific contribution is hard to distinguish from that of other groups since most of the trustees, many faculty members and large numbers of parents were also alumni. The association, as such, provided active help in Dean Slade's committee on on Special Events and arranged for one or more programs each month for students and alumni. The latter started in November, 1940, with an informal reunion on the campus, including a picnic supper, a brief rally in Dillingham Hall (led, to everyone's delight, by somewhat "ancient" song leaders!), and attendance at the evening game with Roosevelt at the stadium.
The next month saw a delightful tea in Montague Hall for the graduates of the first half-century. Many beloved old-timers were there to be regaled with Damon contest "recitations" in the manner of the 1880's by Mary Atherton Richards ('87) and Mary Dillingham frear ('88). The younger women had their turn in March when their reunion centered around Griffiths Hall and the swimmingpool, and thos eof all ages were present at a dance at Rice hall in febuary. Meanwhile the centennial year had started of with a bang (of firecrackers) when the Chinese Club in the Academy (Saura Yee,
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