The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-09
in charge of the Dixie Hospital

! Al SAoA VI CL4O C4AlC
It is hard to get used to this great
change in my life. Many cheering
things come to me by the way Of
kind letters, help for the school and
good reports from the various de-
partments. The greatest difficulty is
IN the Industrial Department, which
is, L think, improving much this year.
we do large business that I have to
keep track of. I am glad to
nave refreshed my memories of Old
Stone House and of Honolulu and
the Islands generally. It is a de-
hight to go over my mental picture
gallery, which is full of Hawaiian
scenes. Several paintings by Father
Bailey, which hang. in the room
where l am sitting, give me much
refreshment and revive old associa-
tons. Please remember me
to all inquiring friends. I have many
longing thoughts about the Islands,
craving long rest by the waters of
Waikiki, and the magnificent view,
and the air of Olinda. A few weeks
stay at the Volcano House is a pleas
ant day dream. We hope to find
some cool place to spend next summer
wherewe can pass two or three months
in the northern woods and by the
lakes. If pleasant days come
In March, hope to be wheeling
around out of doors in my rolling
chair, getting the fresh air and more
strength. We can never for
get the many kindnesses we received
at the Islands. Please give my
cordial aloha to all good Hawaiians,
and to all inquiring friends"
The Hon. w. W. Severance spoke
of the greatness of the work which
General Armstrong had accomplished
among both Negroes and Indians,
and gave his hearty endorsement to
all that had been said by the pre-
vious speakers.
j. S. Emerson, Esq, next spoke in
Hawaiian. He remarked, in brief,
that in 1854, General Armstrong
came to Punahou, then under the
Presidency of the Rev. DR.. Beckwith,
and immediately became one of the
most inspiring of teachers. He was
a brilliant teacher, and awakened in
his pupils the same enthusiasm that
was one of his most prominent char
acteristics. He was fond OF cut door
exercises, and always excelled in
athletic games. During the year or
two that the General played wicket
he was always one of the leaders, and
never lost single game
The Rev. Mr.. Oleson commenced
his remarks by stating that we have
in this country an ownership in the
work done by Gen. Armstrong in the
United States, inasmuch as be re-
ceived his inspiration chiefly from
the work of Father Lyman at the
Hilo Boarding School. The move
ment for the formation of industrial
schools in America commenced about
the close of the civil war, but at that
time Father Lyman had been en-
gagged in teaching at Hilo al indus
trial school for twenty five years
Mr.. Oleson then said that no one
could realize the patience and endur
ance which was demanded for the
successful prosecution of Gen. Arm
strong's work at Hampton, for the
first fifteen years. He describes the
efforts of the General during the in
cipiency of the enterprise as the
humblest in which a man could pos
sibly have been engaged.
DR.. Hyde spoke of the peculiar
difficulties which Gen. Armstrong
was compelled to encounter at the
commencement of his labors, because
his views were Numerically oppo-
site to those of many of his friends
and advisers. He held from the first
that no collegiate education should
be provided for the negro, but
that manual training and indus
trial work should take it's place.
DIR. Hyde spoke of the General as ga
many-sided man," and remarked that
as soldier he was an able strategist
and tactician. He derived no plea
sure from making money, but it was
one OF the joys of his life to spend it
for the good of others.
The following resolutions were
then introduced by Judge Hartwell,
interpreted into Hawaiian by Chief
Justice Judd, and passed unani-
mously:
WHEREAS, the Hawaiian friends of
General Samuel G. Armstrong have
learned with solicitude of his recent
illness and wish to put on record and
send to him an expression of their
aloha,
Therefore, be it resolved, that Ha-
wall is delighted to own General
Armstrong, who was born and who
spent his boyhood and youth in Homo
lulu, and by his subsequent national
services in the United States, has done
the highest honor to the land of his
birth, and
Resolved also, that his friends in
Honolulu and throughout the Ha-
waiian Islands hope that he will long
be spared to see the results of his
grand work among tho negroes and
Indians at Hampton,
| And also, that this resolution, voted
! in the old stone church at Kawaiahao,
be sent to General Armstrong as a
; simple token of love and sympathy
from Hawaii nei.
Before submitting these resolu-
tons to the meeting, Judge Dole
spoke of the propriety of holding
this meeting and passing these reso
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