The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-06-24
Presentation 70 Oahu College Of
Handsome Structure Costing
100000 Is Made by William R.
Castle on Behalf of the Castle
Estate.
(From Saturday Advettiserl

Though castle liall, the girls new
dormltory at Punnhou, wns opened sew
eral weeks ago IL was not formally pre-.
scented to the trustees Of the college I'M
til yesterday afternoon. William r.
Castle, in behalf of the Mary Castle
Trust, presented the keys of the build.
ing 90 Albert +. Judd of the board Of
trustees nj the annual meeting of the
Punahon Alumni Association. The
stormy weather did not keep anyo of the
loyal Punahou students away from the
exercises and the lnnai of the new con-
crete building was we'll filed with Ho-
nolulu' "a best known men and women.
III the absence OF Frank G. Atherton,
president of the Alumni Association, w.
w. Chamberlain presided at the meet
ing. As both the president and secre-
tary and treasurer were absent there
were no reports made, with the eXcep.
tion of that of the nominating commit
tee. Mr.. Percy Deverill, Arthur Rice
and George Fuller were members of this
committee. Deverill made the follow
Ing report: Rev. Henry F. Judd, presi-
dent; Mrs. Florence Hall Mcintyre,
vice president; Albert Along, secre-
tary and treasurer. The appointment
VI tntSe OHccTS WIS duIHOT1Ztu.
W. f. Dillingham; of the board of
trustees made a short address upon the
construction of the building When
completed the structure cost 100000
and'until yesterday il was expected that
Oahu College should pay $50, 900 of the
expense. w. r. Castle made the an
norncement, however, that the Mary
Castle Trust Fund would assume the
entire cost Mr.. Dillingham; S closing
remarks were.
IN Make Air Castles Reality.
"Tbe trustees build castles in the
air and it is for the Castle heirs to make
them a reality - -"
w. X. Castle made few remarks
upon the reasons for founding Punahou,
particularly the girls boarding depart
inent. "'At frst,' said Mr. Castle, the
school was built for the children Of the
missionaries. Later it was enlarged
80 that young women should be given
moro advantages and the Castle chill
dren have built this hall as n memorial
to their parents One of the first things
| remember nv father saying of the
school was o, that some one would give
US an endowment for Punahou. Now
this building is to furnish shelter for
Young women who wish to gain higher
education that will fit them for future
life" n.r ...4
"Reminiscences of Punahou. o,
Mrs. Walter +. Frear, former Puma
hou student, gave a few "reminiscences
Of old Puhahoa. She spoke particular
lyccf her graduation class that finished
in 1888. There were eight boys and
Girls in that class, and it was the larg
est that had been graduated for twenty
FIVE years, when Mrs. b. +. Dillingham;
was one of the girl graduates.
1--we were none 0f.us very rich MOI
very handsome Mrs. Frear said, "hOl
very stylish, but we walked into churcl
two by two and were very sedate which
is sometimes very hard for young PEG
pie know that the sleeves in my
dress were stylish for mother had JUS
returned from England and she made i
up with two puifs, one nj the top ant
one at the bottom with a group of lit
tie tueks in between 10 "f '.t
Mrs. Frear said few words concern
ingf the alumni and said that eacl
member of the association should try t
bedworthy to be of the alumni
Henry Hyde. formerly or Honolulu
and Mrs. Jonathan Shaw, both member
Of the class of 's2, said a few word
in behalf of cold Punahou." Governo
Walter y, Frear was also a member o
that class triin -r" p"
During the afternoon two musica
numbers were rendered. Mendelssohn
"Greeting,,, by Miss Marguerite Wad
man and Miss Elizabeth Wood, am
thast Nieht'' by Miss Mafguetit
Wadmsn and Miss Latham. At til
conclusion of the program, refTeshment
were served and The building wa
thrown open for inspection.
r,4..a Senator Judas Address.
Honorable A. F. Judd, who gave tn
main address of the afternoon, said i
part: ?:
a"On behalf of the corporation, tn
Trustees of the Oahu College, it
my pleasant duty, Mr., Castle, to II
ceive from you these keys, and to az
cept the gift which they signify.
ssFriends of Punahou this institr
ton ovor which the corporation PR
sides had humble beginning, yet ?
noble one, horn of art.suffering an
the grim necessity which confrontc
the fathers and mothers of the Amer
can Mission to these Islands.
I" Previous to 1871, the children q
the mission were sent back to Ne
England for their education and earl
training. We can only imagine whs
It meant to the father and mother {
those pre- Punahou days to bid goo,
bye to the child of four or five veal
who was TO make the long journe
around the Horn to Boston or Ne
York in charge only of the captain {
a clipper ship. As the children of I'll
mission increased in number the mi
sionecommunitv devised this school, an
ih.ther poverty gave literally of the
time, money and loving service to or
ate a Christian school in Hawaii, whel
their offspring might drink deep ofstf
spfing of knowledge, and still be wit
them. Every old nissionA family hi
letters and other records which she
the struggles and self-denials for Pun
ho,I in tbDse early days.
f'Dr. Judd 3 diary tells in fra
hientarya memoranda how, among h
manv different duties. he found tin
TO ride across the plains from the TOW
and supervise the digging of the cell
ofthe first building. t.r
..The years rolled by and il seems
long time since ls4l. PupahOu W
soon be celebrating her seventy-fif
birthday.
"During most of their existen
these schools have been used main