The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-10
ELOQUENT TRIBUTES PAID the MEMORY OF
FATHER AND MOTHER CASTLE BY KAMAAlNAS
Memorial Bas-Relief Is
Unveiled and Handed
Over to Student
Body at PunahOu.

Memories which harsed back to the
early days Of missionary life in tho
Hawaiian Islands were revived in the
halls Of Pauahi Hall, Oahu College,
yesterday, when former students Of old
Punahou, hair silvery with age, pre-.
sented to the keeping of present day
students, just stepping forth from
school days into the broader field of
life's activities, beautiful bronze
bas-relief memorial of Father and
Mother Castle.
Set into the wall of the main cor
rider, conspicuous and ever present be-
fore the eyes of all who pass down the
broad staircase, the lifelike figures Of
the two missionaries, whose interest
and wealth were material aids in devel-
.oping the educational institution along
broad lines, should always inspire the
student bodies to the high ideals which
Father and Mother Castle, in their sim
pie way, set for themselves throughout
their scores Of years.
1t was fit and proper that the
memorial should be presented to the
student body by Judge Sanford B.
Dole, the son of the first president of
Oahu College, and that the audience
should be largely composed of aged
missionaries, still active in the work
of spreading the gospel, sons and
daughters of the early missionaries,
seated with them being large CON
course of grandchildren, great.grand-
children and great-great- grandchildren
of the missionaries. 1t was one of the
most notable gatherings Of the de-
scendants of the missionary fathers and
'mothers held in many years.
The review of the lives of Father
and Mother Castle, given by Chief Jus
tiee c. j. Hartwell of the supreme
court and Judge Sanford B. Dole, for.
mer president of the Republic of Ha
wall and the present first federal judge,
presented many fundamental items of
their careers, bringing out particularly
the fact that their lives had been beau
tiful in their simplicity, while they had
been lavish and generous in philan
thropy, much Of their wealth going
toward the upbuilding and the endow
ment of Oahu College or put into Other
charitable channels.
Defended Missionary Fame.
The review of these noble lives alsC
included statement refuting the oft
repeated charge that the missionaries
devoted considerable part of theil
time toward the accumulation of prop
erty and wealth, and did not devote
their lives singly to the cause of the
Master and the propagation of the gos
pels among the Hawaiian people.
This statement was shorn of much
of its force by Judge Dole who stated
that not all those who come to Hawai-
to spread the gospel were missionaries
or ordained ministers. Many were lay
missionaries, chosen by the American
Board of Missions, to be sent here be
cause of their practical knowledge Of
farming, printing, bookbinding or car
penteriRg, sent here to instruct the
natives in those arts,
These were lay missionaries, and in {
short time many were ordered back tt
: New England, their services not being
: required.
1t was found, for one thing, that thu
Hawaiians of that early day knew mor'
of farming under conditions existing
: in the subtropics, than did the New
) England farmers, and these men wer'
: ordered home. The printers, cabine
makers and such found that their spher
of work went beyond the work for
: strictly missionary community. TIL
community became larger, there was al
thrush of foreigners, and there was
, demand for the crafts in the regula
channels of business.
, One by one, the lay missionaries wer
recalled, but many preferred to sta.
here. Their handicraft stood them i
I. good stead and they entered upon com
r mercial careers, and rs times beeam
e prosperous, with the whaling industr
Q going upward by leaps and bounds
!. wealth was accumulated. And it wa
: such a foundation for a, fortune whic
a Father Castle laid for himself and hi
I family, a fortune which has been gen
e erously given toward educational an
Q charitable enterprises, aiding not onl
T foreign and Hawaiian people but thos
of almost every race which inhabits tn
Blessed Isles.
The Program.
The exercises were held in Paual
assembly hall, the students oecupyin
the makai portion and the visitors th
n maul1a end. Upon the platform wit
II President Grifiths of Oahu Colleg
y were Judge S. B. Dole, Chief Justic
Hartwell, Lowthian Williams and Cyr
Damon and Miss Laura Anterior.
o Following a selection by the Colleg
d glee club, Judge Hartwen made an az
Z dress. Chief ! Justice Hartwen wa
,dwisiblg Affected as he stepped to tn
iol front ofotlle platform. His eyes file
l. with tearsl as he spoke Of Father an
Il Mother Castle and "fthe old days,
n while the paper from which he rea
Il extracts Of his address shook in hi
It hands. He said;
Judge Hartwell's Address.
e ''Before the formal presentation
y Oahu College Of this bas.relief OF NJ
,, and Mrs, s. n. Castle, and its aeeeP