Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-09


for under the natural course OF things
they could not be hidden. But few
know, beyond the recipients, of his
"snumbered kindnesses to many, par
n tnlarly Hawaiians. who have been in
81 asional financial straits. From
Gre and there a hint, a whisper, a
o kry OF relief. am impressed with
,ae kindness and consideration with
- Aich he has met the numerous calls
~ his generosity since he has been
President on the mainland. Strand
Hawaiians. residents Of Hawaii in
kaitened circumstances away from
Nme, found in him a yeritable un-
ffcial Hawaiian consul. 4
81 need not recite to you the story
his friendship to Punahou, evil
enced by the stately buildings he
hs placed on our campus, and by the
unificent additions he has made to
IT endowment. Where indeed would
unahou have been without him? His
Interest in Punahou may have begun
b the early years of his residence
ere, when with his friend Lee he
sed to visit the school and play ball
Ind other games with the old Puma
|hou boys, including perhaps Orramel
bnd John Gulick or Henry Parker, or
possibly Nat Emerson, some Of the
survivors who still linger around the
alma mater. In 1867 he became a
trustee of Oahu College, and continued
as such until he moved to California
"a years later.
In religion Mr.. Bishop was a lib
eral Christian, probably a Unitarian
He never became q member of any
local church, yet in his tolerant atti
tude he was not averse to serving as
q trustee in the Central Union
Church.
"As to Mr.. Bishops personality, as
| have been impressed by it in my
acquaintanceship with him. he was
grave and reserved in manner and
yet genial. He had charming smile
that was, however, not easily invoked
In the precincts of business. He did
not easily laugh, yet he enjoyed joke
and seemed grateful TO be given an
opportunity of laughing. He did not
seem ambitious of anything except to
do his duty. Perhaps this descrip-
ton goes to show what believe to
have been the case, that in his more
mature years, at any rate, the respon.
sibilities of life weighed upon him,
giving him his expression of serious
which was doubtless part.
ly due, to heredity. -. 49,. -.
"As In his time he was more than
anyone else the financial authority,
the one in whose Judgment and finan.
eial administration !, the interests of
many We're involved, this, with his
civil official duties, must have added
greatly to. his conscientious sense OF
responsibility. -. ... -.
1T has been remarked that both Mr..
and Mrs. Bishop deeply felt that they
were trustees of their wealth for the
benefit of humanity. This sense of
acknowledgements to develop great.
ly or come to fruitage. in the case Of
Mr.. Bishop, after his wife's death.
After building and endowing the Mu-
scum and rendering additional gifts
to Punahou, he devoted the rest of his
property and investments in Hawaii
to the public welfare here through the
agency of the Bishop trust. His large
estate on the mainland has been used
in similar directions, and so generous
~ that he had in some measure en-
barrassed himself financially. 1t be-
came fayorite policy with him, as
expressed sometimes in conversation
with his friends, that it was a good
thing for one to be his own executor;
and well has he carried out the
maxim. - ~
Punahou certainly, among other in.
stftutions and enterprises, has cause
to keep Mr. Bishops memory green
in affectionate remembrance: and in
his life her, pupils have IN object les.
sen. which should ever inspire them,
whether with or without wealth, with
tho highest ideals of honor and pub
lie spirit. a., . 4. ~ .,...1..
With many, we mourn his death, a
great loss indeed to Hawaii. and at
the same time we rejoice in his life,
which in his good works and inspir.
ing example will continue with u.s.