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and hundreds of men poured through the gates. Mr. Berger directed
traffic with his flashlight, but otherwise the blackout was com-
plete. Alexander and Bingham halls were opened up and offices
set up as quickly as school equipment could be moved to other
rooms or even out of doors. Some damage was done during this
panicky establishment of an army on top of a school, but rumors
concerning harm to the library had little foundation. No books
were removed that night, much less "thrown out into the rain" as
the stories ran. As a matter of fact, the night was clear. On
Wednesday, however, sudden orders came to the librarians to clear
the building at once. Frantically they hunted for boxes, cartons, -
anything with which to move the books to Bishop Hall basement
where they were to be stacked. In the transfer during one showery
afternoon some books got wet, but they were carefully dried out
before being packed away and damage to the librarian's backs
was more serious than to the books. This proved to be only the
first of five moves that were required before Cooke Library re-
ceived its own again.

Teachers, meanwhile, had been allowed to clear their class-
rooms on that same Wednesday and much equipment was saved to
the school. Some articles, however, had already "disappeared."
As late as 1946 an old koa desk, with a carved shield, "O.C.
1907" turned up at Fort Armstrong, plainly marked "Property of
the U. S. Army." A workman who knew Punahou spotted it and
reported it to the school and in a few days it was back in its
place.

But to return to the night of Dec. 7-8. Just before dawn Mrs.
Nina T. Brown received orders for breakfast for 750 men. She had
to do her planning in the dark, for not a match could be struck
until daylight, but the breakfast was forthcoming. Thereafter, for
weeks, an estimated 1300 persons filed past her cafeteria tables
at each meal. She managed the task alone for a few days, and
then was put under the authority of a newly-arrived civillian, Milo
Marchetti by name, who became head-man at Dole Hall. All the
volunteer helpers, resident teachers and others, now became
employees of the Hawaiian Constructors, classified as "kitchen
help" and paid (eventually) at the lowest wage scale. It was
hard work, with 8-hour shifts. Meal hours were strenuous and
between-times there were hundreds of sandwiches to be cut and
made. Sliced bread was not available. "Rest hours" for several
days had to be spent standing in line -- first for a pass to enter or
leave the campus, then for various kinds of immunization shots, a
social security card, and an employment certificate. One of the
older women treasures a slip of paper on which was scrawled,
"Complete this womans' hire." The misplaced apostrophe is
especially dear to a schoolmarm's heart. Mr. Coryell, however,

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