The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-25
.NINETIETH BIRTHDAY
Continued from Page one.)

NOOuJluueu from rage One,J
spent here engaged in business and yet
giving mucn time and attention to the
causes of good government, good citi-
zenship, education and philanthropy,
have been fruitful in helpful and posi-
tive influences upon the Hawaiian com.
munity, which nave had much to do
with it's material ana moral progress
and the establishment of lofty pub
lie sentiment.
I'VE heartily and sincerely congrat-
ulate you upon your birthday-anoth
er milestone in a long life of useful
ness-and we pray that good health
and peace and happiness may ever
follow you"
Several old friends had been re-
quested to prepare remarks upon the
varied phases of Mr.. Bishops life in
these islands and associations with
! Hawaii.
The meeting is in progress as The
Stars second edition goes to press.
Mills institute Exercises.
In honor of the ninetieth birthday
of Hon. Charles Reed Bishop, who
has for many years been a liberal sup
porter of the Mills school and Ka-
waiahao seminary, the 300 students Of
these institutions held a celebration
this morning in the Mills school build
ing at which very pleasant program
was rendered.
There was an overture by the Mills
school orchestra, followed by reel
tation and a vocal solo and "sheaf
Of quotations" from classical, English
and American authors appropriate to
the occasion.
The Kawaiahao seminary song was
sung in chorus, and Hon. w. o. Smith
then delivered an address, in which
he outlined the history of Mr.. Bishops
, life and paid tribute to his good
? works. Next came a recitation, then
, the institute chorus, We've a Story
, to Tell to the Nations and a prayer
= by Rev. ]. F. Cowan, D. D., of 10.
I hala.
t The portrait of Mr. Bishop was
r draped with American flags and lei OF
MALE. The students will send a cable
of greeting to Mr. Bishop this after
noon.
This afternoon the citizens of Ho
nolulu, on the initiative of several o.
.ur. Bishops old-time friends, will as
semble in the roof garden of the Alex
Z ander Young Hotel to pay the eminent
+ nonagenarian the compliments of the
J. occasion.
9 Mr.. Bishop, as is we'll known, ar
!. rived in Honolulu when a young man
II He made a fortune here and foundet
IS the bank of Bishop & Co., the oldes
,e bank in the Hawaiian Islands. MI
Is Bishop welded Princess Bernice Paud
d hi, who, dying in 1884, willed her larg
h estate to found and perpetuate Kamc
IN hameha schools for girls and boys
If Mr.. Bishop removed to San Francisc
q between fifteen and twenty years age
At in that city taking leading rank as
m fnancier Before his departure, a
3 memory of his lamented wife, he ha
founded the Bernice Pauahi Bisho
Museum, wlsch is today one of tn
world-renowned institutions of ths
is character, and erected a memorii
le chapel upon the campus Of the boy
school.
e. After removing to San Francisco h
created the C. r. Bishop Trust OF h
RI real and personal property in Hon
lulu, representing a value of one {
Id two hundred thousand dollars, devo
Id ing the revenues therefrom to the pa
s. ment of annuities to various churchi
and schools, also to several of h
V. proteges, and to the creation of SUI
dry scholarships in different privaI
n schools.
Under the monarchy Mr., Bishop wa
H. member of the sovereign's privy coul
=" Gil of state in two or three reigns,
member of the House OF Mobiles, viii
r. the tenure was life one prior to ii
1887 revolution, and for some yea
g president of the Board of Education
He was the first president Of the II
r. nolulu Chamber of Commerce. On OF
memorable occasion he came to II
succor of the sugar-raising industl
when it had drifted upon linanci
IN shoals, giving it recovery from whiC
IT. there has never since been a real
in serious relapse.
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