The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-27

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mrmhor iha religious Uvercisfs on
the occasion were of deepest int,rert
Twelve of the cousins participated in
them. Another Protestant Church. iih-
orally aided hv individual cousins was
erected that vear ghis wfs f0r the por-
turu'se. on Maui The Baldwlns and Alex
and'rs placed in the paia church beauti-
mi memorial windows for their parents
and one FOR Father Green was placed
/ there NY his friends
ON Kauai the Industrial school estnb-
lishcd 10y the efforts Of Dr. J Smith and
his sister Juliette. began good work un-
der the nhlo prncipalship of r. W An
drows, assisted by his wife II was with
great regret that year that we received
the resignation of Miss Carpenter, so long
the most devoted principal Of the Maka-
wac Female Seminary. We also lost from
kawaiahao Seminary Misses Hopper and
Pepoon, adopted cousins. whom we could
III afford to spare. And from oahu Col
loge those valued cousins, than whom
none could have been more loyal, Prosi-
dent Merritt and Mrs. Merit
/ The leading social event OF 1892 was the
jubilee of Oahu College, into which our
then recently adopted cousin. +. 4. Hos
mer, entered with interest. Gen s. Arm
strong had the year before bemoaned
the apparent remotonoss Of a return TO
the land he loved. but said "One gains
nothing by being anxious The right
thing cornes at the right time" 1t came.
He was here To give the address In the
old stone church before the alumni of
Punahou and a charmed audience. vii
liam Gulick with his noble wife. who
won all hearts, was also here, after an
absence of forty years, exuberant az
boy in his delight to revive old m.mOr-
les and old friendships.
/ The rare event OF golden wedding oc-
CURED on October 18th. 1892.
MIR. Castle had had a gail that confined
him to his room but he and Mrs. Castl,
cordially welcomed friends who called.
Never to be forgotten was the rcvolu-
tion in January OF 1893. The times called
! for wisdom and foresight on the part OF
cousins who held positions of trust and
influence. Even the youths came nobly
| forward to shoulder their muskets and
walk their beats, or to serve as messen-
ger boys. The Queen had sown the wind
and she was reaping the whirlwind Three
of the five commissioners who went to
3 Washington to confer about annexation
were cousins. They were 'dgnified. con-
servative prudent and very reasonable"
/ In December of 1898 we lost our pastor.
! For more than six years we had had the
benediction of DIR. Beckwith's presence at
almost all our monthly meetings. His
resignation of the pastoratc a burden be-
come too heavy for his strength. fell like
n blow upon us. But while we sorrowed
! over our loss we rejoced for the Paia
church that to them il was gain.
May Of 1891 brought the twcnty-fifth an
niversary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dillingham;. celebrated by a most charm
ing garden unrtv, given by Judge and
| rs. Frear in the beautiful grounds of
Woodlawn.
Never brighter sun shone out of the
deep blue of our tropic sky than that
which looked down on the morning of
July 4th. 1884, upon the birth of the Re
public of Hawaii. On the steps of Iolani
palace the constitution was promulgated,
and s. b. Dole took the Presidents oath
of office for the next six years. Some
months later fifty or sixty cousins gath
cred at the home of one and thence. bear
ing taro. bananas sugar cane, pigs and
pigeons with other inca aloha" advanced
in line, as quietly as mirth would allow,
to the residence of our gracious President.
The birthday hookupu with which we
sought to honor him was a complete sur
prise to President and Mrs. Dole.
This was a marked year in educational
lines. Kindergarten sprang up here and
thnN nc hn Of oct fn,-tGy nm
the part of Mr.. Frank Damon, and of a
circular letter from Mrs. Fl. Castle Cole
man. Vigorous in thought and earnest in
philanthropy, the letter appealed to the
women of Honolulu for their cooperation
in making "a strong system of kinder
garten work that should embrace all of
the nationalities that dwell together on
t''' So Shores Under the outrageous
: of 'r" Punahou campus scores of
cousins gaInt red on the 18th of December
1894, to witness the laying of the corner
stone of Pauahi hall. On the 10Th of De-
cember We celebrated Founders day at
''Kamehameha," when its usual program
was supplemented by the transfer from
the trustees of the Girls School, of its
keys to our adopted cousin, Miss Ida NJ
Pope, which by her were gracefully ac-
cepted. Hardly ever in any year before
We're we represented by so many cousins
in the various colleges and schools OF the
homeland. In the very early morning
of July 4th. 1895, a happy crowd, return
ing to their alma hanau greeted waiting
friends and relatives on the Oceanic dock.
with the college yells of Princeton, Yale
. and Wesleyan.
On the 2lst OF May 1896, President Dole
, delivered the dedicatory address at the
opening Of Pauahi Hall. Hon. C. r. Bish-
ops latest gift to Oahu College. As one
saw the stately building. beautiful in
architecture, rich in material and in equip
ment. ablaZe from cupola to basement
with electric lights. its auditorium filled
with cultured audience and with the
music of its sweet toned pipe-organ, Mrs.
$. N. Castles gift in memory of her hus-
band. she could but think that group
, of shining ones above. who loved Punahou
in the oden days. was now regarding II