Show BARRATT HALL HALLIS V IS DEDICATED 4 It Stands as a Monument Foi For Mother and ant Son V CONSECRATED TO GOOD WORK 1 4 I IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES CE EM NIES WERE WEB LARGELY ATTENDED I LU SIZ oil painting p of Samue Samuel V 11 Barratt looked dow upon the audience assembled yes yesterday yesterday yesterday afternoon n in Barratt hall hail tc to participate in the th dedicatory exerCises of oC the structure r which was built by th the late Mrs Ira Matilda latIlda M r Barratt as a a monument to the memory memory of ot her ber de deceased deceased deceased ceased son In one of oC the addresses a a speaker r said the structure would w uld stand as a monument to both The exercises began at 3 but bul long before that hour most of ot In Ia the body of or the house were occupied The gallery scats seats running of ot the way around the building were filled by pupils of oC the e college and their friends AS AVS the interior of ot the hall ball Is attract ive foe in Itself there was but a slight at attempt attempt attempt tempt at decoration In bold relief against the Immaculate walls were plush and silken banners of oC the church and various classes A row of or palms palm and ferns eras was arranged arrange across the platform and the southwest window in inthe Inthe Inthe the alcove was gracefully draped with an American flag In the opposite window were the college colors simi similarly similarly larl draped V VV V Many Dignitaries Present Among mong thoe thae who occupied the stage were were wele Presidents Joseph F Smith An Anthon Anthon Anthon thon H Lurd Lund and John R H WInder Apostles John Henry Smith and John JohnW JohnV JohnW W V Taylor John Nicholson Bishops Taylor aylor and Romney Mr rr McAllister and Patriarch John Smith SmithA A 4 A double e quartette furnished the music under the direction of Professor Protessor Evan Stephens V The personnel con consisted consisted Isted of ot Mrs T 1 Edwards Mrs Kate Bridewell Anderson Miss Judith Anderson Mrs Irs Elsie Barrows Best Joseph Josep Ashworth Alfred Aifred Best Willard Squires and John Robinson President Lund presided The exercises began with a song Let the Mountains Shout for tor Joy by bythe bythe bythe the quartette President Winder then delivered an address in which he ex ox explained how the auditorium came to tobe tobe be he built It was the original orl Intention to erect a crescent of three buildings on an the site and Mrs Barratt Barrett donated for tor the construction of the build building building ing which was to o be II a monument to the tho memory of her son Subsequently the plans were changed and ant it was decided to put five buildings In is the crescent This necessitated tonic alterations alt In the th plans of ot the architects and to carry arry out their th lr Ideas It required a more expensive building than t the e donor Intended to erect She con consented to the change however and the building is the result Soon att after r making arrangements for this change hange Mrs Irs Barratt was taken III and 44 lw not live to see the consummation of or h her r plans pJ ns 1 S Generosity Thomas Ashworth rendered a fI solo ind pry YM called upon JUOn to 0 speak He lie wa d the UtO generosity which resulted In the erection erectiOn tion ion of ot the building and expressed the tape dope that others would emulate the example set lIet by the donor Addresses af ot t a congratulatory nature followed frs Edwards Edw then sang My ry West Western Western ern rn Home President J Joseph F Smith delivered U the dedicatory prayer It was for divine livine approval He H petitioned for t r the performance in the hall ball of only such uch works work as would be pleasing on high In one of ot the closing addresses the I speaker said laid the hall hail was one the uni universIty has long needed Mrs Barratt not have built a more useful building nor erected erect d a more enduring monument It Is not only an ornament nt sn on n the outside but within spiritual de development Is taught Monuments which are simply ornaments crumble away tway and the ones In whose memory they are raised are forgotten He Be said Barratt hall ball will renew the memory of ot the ite donor and ad the one In whose mem memory memry iry ry it was erected so long as the hall stands The college song in which all aU joined was followed by the te t e benediction by Bishop Romney |