Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-19

HaWsH being barred from cobstoers
ton. The first prize was $50 wort
Of books, the second prize SO wort
Of books. The committee in charg
Of the eompetitIch this year. who ale
acted a. judges, were Judge G. .
Clemens, EIwoed c. Wilder, Or. Dc
remus scudder and J. r. Gait.
Miss Mabel Wilcox Of Punahou wol
the second prize. Their essays az
given herewith.
Armstrong was largely connected will
the governmental affairs OF the coun
try. He was also chairman of TIL,
Hawaiian Government Labor Commits
sion and editor of the Pacific Com
mercial Advertiser.
Albert Francis Judd was another d
these Yale men who. was connectet
with the governmental affairs. Beside:
this he took an active part in the edu
cstional and religious interests OF tht
Islands. !, He was trustee Of Oahu Col
lege. the Kawaiahao Seminary. and
the Board or Missions, and deacon
of the Fort Street Congregational
Church,
We are strikinkly called to the at
tention Of William Dewitt Alexander,
who died only 4 short time ago. He
put forth al Ms Efforts of cooperation
or the well being Of the community
He ives unfailingly present in church
activities and for many years was
prominent in the Hawaiian Board Of
Missions and its various lines OF In
fluence. During his career he held
the following positions of trust under
the government: Member Of the
Privy Council under King Kalakaua
md Queen Liliuokalani; member OF
the Board Of Education from 1887 for
13 years. Twice was he sent to
washington as a representative Of the
Hawaiian government IN the Interna.
tional Meridian Conference In 1874,
and In the interests Of the annexation
party IN 1893. He was very infiuen-
tial with the Hawaiian Historical So
ciety. and II has been well said that
without his patient, untiring, loving
care the Historical Society would
scarcely have been able to survive.
The various meetings Of the Society
were always planned in connection
with his counsels. and that member
shin freely received his sympathy and
announcement In every historical eff
fort. He had broad scientific knowi-
edge which brought him a Fellowship
in the Royal Geographical Survey and
membership in the Astronomical So
csety. For many years he was pro
fossor and president OF Oahu College,
and he had charge OF the Bureau of
Government Survey He wrote q
~Short Synopsis Of Hawaiian Gram
mar and he has won the well-de.
served reputation OF being the best
historian in the islands
These were the Ysle men, and many
others whom | have not mentioned.
Hawaii ought to look up to with pride
and thankfulness. They were men
who stood sturtily for righteousness
in days of darkness: who came like
apostles to a group of aborigines; who
cast In their lot with sn apparently
losing cause, strong I'm faith. and un.
failing in resource; who helped plan
md guide and sustain the churches of
Hawaii in the great conflict between
the forces Of darkness and of light;
and who used their best efforts for q
modern Hawaiian civilization. Ha-
wall can but look back with admira-
ton and appreciation to these Yale
men who have left enduring names.
names written in letters of gold ON
these beautiful isles of Hawaii nei.
and known and read OF all men.
These were noble men, who took their
lives in their hand. left kindred and
friend far behind and came forth into
this once isolated and benighted part
OF the earth. By, faith they removed
mountains OF difficulty and wrought
wonderful works OF righteousness
among an amazingly degraded and
polluted people. Through their tolls
and efforts and prayers nation as
Hawaii Is to-day was born in a day.
They take rank with those men whom
the world honors.