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old church. In the afternoon a concert at Montague Hall dedicated
the new organ recently given by the Atherton family.

On Monday, registration of visitors began in Old School Hall
under the direction of Mrs. Aileen Forrest, alumni secretary. She
distributed badges and ribbons to each person, and directed them
into the adjacent rooms where the "relics" were now on display.
Two series of daily concerts were inaugurated in Montague Hall
and the trustees' reception for Centennial guests was held on the
lawn behind Old School Hall.

Tuesday was a day of special interest. In the afternoon one of the most delightful events of the week was the Birthday Party of the Old Tamarind Tree at the corner of Bingham Hall. Mrs. Halford's comittee had arranged a year in advance, for the planting of seeds from the old tree. Now the potted seedlings were brought in by a hundred of the elementary school children who placed them around the parent tree. Now the potted seedlings were to be sold to alumni, and prizes were offered for the most successful rearing of the young trees, whose growth was to be watched during the next ten years. The war inturrepted the inspections and this part of the play may have died along with many of the young trees. Thirty four children, of proper ages to represent the original Punahou group, brought in a giant lei of their own making and draped it about the base of the tree while singing several songs and Rosemarie Price read Mrs. Frear's "ode to the Tamarind." The reverend Frederic Withington told the story of its planting by the boys of a hundred years ago. Finally Jerome Peacock presented 1941's class gift. It was a beautiful branch to be placed in the shade of the old tree. After the program, tamarind punch was served and the sale of seedlings began. One of these was planted later on the lower campus by the graduating class. Tuesday evening began eagerly awaited by the whole community, as the time for the first showing of Helen Hitchcock Maxon's pageant, 100 years-the story of an era. An intermittent drizzle did not dampen the enthusiasm of the spectators that first night, though the second night audience was more comfortable. The