Oahu College

Along with Ka Punahou, he gave a total of 225 acres (0.91 km2) of land (from the slope of Round Top to the current Central Union Church, which included a 77-acre (310,000 m2) tract of Kewalo Basin) to chief Kameʻeiamoku as a reward for his loyalty.

[2] Liliha and her husband, Oahu Governor Boki, gave Ka Punahou to Reverend Hiram Bingham, one of the first Protestant missionaries in Hawaii.

[3] Early in the 1830s, the advantages of Punahou as a site for a boarding school were observed by the Mission, and long before Mr. Bingham's return to the United States in 1840, he had fully approved of its being set apart for that purpose.

During that year, the site was prepared under the direction of Mr. Chamberlain and Dr. Judd, a cellar dug, and one-story adobe thatched buildings erected, enclosing two courts, open towards the sea.

[4] 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.

1958, to the American Board, and by that body, 128.94 acres (52.18 ha) of it, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, were deeded to the Trustees of Oahu College March 12, 1863.

[4] 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.

E. G. Beckwith, who had conducted the Royal School with remarkable success for three years, was formally installed as President under the new charter, September 25, 1854.

[4] In 1857, an effort was made to raise an endowment for the school, for which about US$14,000 was contributed in the United States, besides a special grant from the American Board of US$5,000, and US$3,000 more to build the first President's house, known as the "Octagon."

[4] In February, 1859, occurred the famous expedition of the faculty and twenty of the students on the schooner "Kinoole" to visit the great eruption of Mauna Loa of that year.

The fortieth anniversary of the founding of the school was celebrated June 16, 1881, when a strong appeal was made to its friends for a building fund of US$50,000.

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.

On the 25th and 26 June 1891, the semi-centennial celebration of the founding of Punahou School was held, at which General S. C. Armstrong made the leading address.

[4] President Hosmer resigned in Jun 1900, and was succeeded by Arthur Maxson Smith, Ph.D., who entered upon his duties September 17.

[4] During the year 1900, the "upper pasture," now known as "College Hills," was divided into building lots, (most of which have since been sold), and has now become the most attractive suburb of Honolulu.

[4] 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 adequate endowment.