The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-31
THE DAVIES
MEMORIAL
ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL HALL
AND PARISH HOUSE IN MEMORY
OF THEO. H. DAVIES.

With appropriate ceremonies the Me-
mortal Hall and Parish House in st.
Andrews Cathedral grounds, erected in
honor of the late Theophilus Harris
Davies by his family was dedicated
yesterday. George f. Davies. the Sec
ond son, delivered the address at the
unwilling of the tablet, in the course
of which he said:
The principal credit should go to
the present head of our family, my
brother Give, for his untiring work
on the building from the commence
ment, to Mr. E. A. p. Newcomb. the
architect, who made the original plans
which have, however, been largely de-
parted from, and to Mr.. w. l.. Emory
whose enthusiasm and careful supervl-
sion have been so largely instrumental
III, achieving the result you see before
you. Our aim has been to raise a
building which, in genuneness of ma
terial, solidty of construction and COM
ploteness of detail should be worthy
to rank with the cathedral of which
it forms an integral part Those of
you who knew my father well remem-
Der his active interest in all that affect
ed the welfare of those with whom
he came in contact, especially of chill
dren and young people, as well as his
close connection with church matters
in these islands. l cannot but think
that he would himself have given his
approval to a memorial of such lasting
qualities and architectural beauty and
one whose principal end is the infiu-
encing and training of the young and
the spreading of the kingdom of the
God he served so well. In his memory
| unvel this memorial tablet"
Bishop Restarick, who pronounced
the dedication of the whole building
and offered dedicatory invocation at
the door of each room, also delivered
an address, saying in part:
Those who were to give the build
| ing were anxious not to hide the
church more than was necessary,
therefore a low building consisting OF
hall was designed with various rooms
attached The Hall was to be the
main feature of the Memorial. How
carefully, and with what painstaking
attention to detail the building has
/ been carried out, no one knows except
a few. The desire was to have every
thing substantial and to have thorough
workmanship. The floor of maple came
from Michigan, the oak of the roof
from Tennessee, the iron work on the
doors and the electric fixtures from
England, the stone from the quarres
of Waianae.
Il should like to see placed in the
Cathedral tablets to Robert G. Wyllie
who did so much for Hawaii, to
Henry 7. Lee, Gen. Armstrong, Charles
II. Bishop and Paul Isenberg and to
many other men whose names | could
mention, and to noble women not a
few, who as wives and mothers in Is
rael lived and loved and prayed and
taught in these islands of the sea. /
hope to see a memorial tower erected
to her who gained the spirit for her
service at the altar of the Cathedral
and who was a tower of strength 20
/ hundreds of souls. / should like to
see memorial West End to the Ca
thedral, a memorial Baptistry, Chapter
House and Chapel, all bearing names OF
: those who bore witness of Gods love to
man in Hawaii | should like to see
these, not merely that men as they
come and go may be impressed as they
see these buildings with their stability,
but that they might from them be i'm
pressed with the idea of the pernanence
of the Christian religion, and gain from
the beauty of the buildings an idea that
they stood for the beauty of holiness"