| Show OED DEDICATION CEREMONY AT ADMINISTRATION ADMIN ruG BUILDING University of Utah Scene of Impressive Gathering of Officials Students and Citizens With exercises that reflect reflected ell in a fitIng fitting fit- fit ting Ing manner the broad scope of or the in interests interests In- In of oC the tile University of Utah and the strong strom place education has lias in tho the life of ot he tile state the administration building of or orthe the university war wan dedicated today It was an Imposing spectacle when th tile the members of the faculty and the students of tile the university who had assembled Inthe in inthe the he administration building marched to the mens men's gymnasium where seating seating- ar arrangements arrangements ar- ar bad h. been made for the tho 1500 stu students ente and guests Though they marched tt through rough a drizzling drizzling driz this rain with the students of the tile senior claus class J following the faculty and tho the guests of the da day there was no flO expression lon of or discomfort or inconvenience Tho The importance im tm- of the occasion in the tho history of ot the 6 school hool was considered so eo great reat that It more than balanced xii all unpleasant ant features Quickly a as the audience was wal seated sealed with Governor Spry the tile board of regents and the faculty on ott the stage and with the he gymnasium crowded with students and friends of ot the thc school toe the exercises were werD begun b by the thc university orchestra which under the tileS baton of oC Prof Prot Thomas Giles played Gr Greigs Greig's l s 's Dawn from the Peer G nt suite Anthon 4 II Lu Lund d of or the tile board of oC regents and of or the first presidency of or th the Mormon church delivered tIle the opening prayer in which he asked the blessing of or God upon the university and Its students David ld 1 E. E Smith Fred E E. E Woods William Wil- Wil liam lam nd L. L J J. J comprising comprising com corn th the university male mal Quartette sang ang an To tI's Goodbye in a pleasing manner W v W W. president of ot tie hoard board of ot regents a as j chairman of the tile exercises r recalled the birth of ot educational onal effort In lie told old of M the tile formation of ot the first school b by lIy the thc pioneers wI within thin a 1 few ten days 8 after their 3 arrival rr 1 I ii li 11 tills this valley alle In ISH of oC Ine me organization org of ot the in ill l a a little tent There were no io chairs no desks r no tables tt the children slUing sitting on block blocks of wood and studying in as best ost the they could from the thc few Cew 1 books ook that were vero available a Mr Ir Biter Riter was on one of ot the c i Senator cator William N N. N Williams WillIam nis then delivered ell his address He lie said ld in pa jarl The he hC dedication of or this new building mar marks s an Important step Stel In III the educations dle of f r the slate state of ot Utah Overlooking O our beautiful valley as I 1 doc does docs it t stands to Salt SaIL Lal La Lake o e City Cily and ariI the West cst as aa did the Parthenon of or the tho a ancient Greeks to lo tho lid Athenian thol world of ot art tt and learnIng earning It rs Is tile We Pic e expression slon or of the thc culture cul tore ture of t a culture loving lo people It Is the tile result of years of or humble toil lou and Idealistic Ideal- Ideal IsUe motives tit of a democratic and God caring earing community It 11 Is a u. monument to our states state's history of oC which we should nil ill be proud The Tle pioneers rs of ot this state had In mind the building of ot a university from tile the beginninG be he- beI I ginning The were a high minded progressive progressive pro pro- e and liberty loving peo- peo I pIe and their economic and civic Ideals Ideal are expressed in their first laws The Tile first act passed by the thc first legislative 1 0 a assembly of ot the tile state of De Deseret provided for tho the maintenance o of roads road and bridges the tue the second established tho tIo University of at Deseret now tho the University of Utah The rue University of ot Utah then the UnIversity University University Uni UnI- of Desert t. t was opened in Nov Novem oember o em em ber bet 1850 0 with a registration of or SonIc some eighty students The file growth of O our lr Institution is shown by the fact tact that today we have n a fJ registration of about 1050 college c and anti secondary training students a total of or HOO 1400 The Tue University of or is entering upon pon a new career Like all nIl the universities attics of or the land it lias 1158 been reinforced b by high Ideals and ind menus mean with to erect buildings and laboratories This Tills building which we te today takes its place ploce among amon the many man tlc buildings buildings build build- ings of ot our state f for far r which Utah IB is noted It nays Sal's to all people high low Ion rich T Poor Here tiers will you find II h 14 to guide th tin the youth and an influence for tor th the moral uplift of ot all concerned We stand today at the threshold of ot a ane ne now epoch in our out history history- This Tilts administration admin building is tho the prIde of or the state Hero nero will be housed a B first-class first i library a splendid museum and an In an anart art Rrt galte that will become known far tar and wide wid for lor or the th it Jt rives civet out outI j I to us as a people But nut above e nil all h hero ro on this campus we wc hope to maintain the I high standard of or manhood and woman woman- hood in our O faculty which we s So ap o happily happily happl hap hap- pl have hae toda today From the president down we have ha a bod body of men and ancI women women wom worn en who lt live a t life of high ness To Dr Jo Joseph eph T. T Kingsbury mu must mut t be he given I the tilO honor of quietly directing tho tile university to tn the pos position f lion It t has hns reached today In him w vc e have the embodiment of truth arId and loftiness of character He lie has IUIS demanded the tIle same came kind of ot character character char char- acter from all wile who aro are a associated with him To you students In is entrusted the keepin keep keep- In ing of oC high standards s of Ie f morals in ill this tills school In oil nil of C its sixty tour years ears cars of history It t has lIes never ne wavered from the tile true m meaning of education You must maintain Its It high standard Tho Tim world work needs loola today won mon and women of or char- char acter Tills This nation of which you Ol are arc a apart apart apart part demands the be best t that Is in you at tills this present moment it Is hoping that the high Ideals of ot the founders of ot this republic may be perpetuated in our in in- in su tons Dr Henry S S. S president of ot the Carnegie foundation for the advancement of ot teaching special guest of oC President Kingsbury and arsi principal speaker at tho exercises said that In tho tilO United States and ond Canada II is the worlds world's greatest area in which one language ono general Ideal of ot education lion and one ideal of oC civilization a is common Ho lie declared that It is not the faculty not Ilot the tho buildings not the equipment but tho the students that make the university Ho said that this government is founded on the tile assumption J. J that nil all men have equal c rights in tho the pursuit of or happiness Education Is the surest way In which the Iho state stale ran can promote happIness i s It was this tills that formed tho the foundation of or the tho public education plan In America Though happily we live apart from the political and racial conditions condition that have havo brought Europ European nations into a t trtat great groat war with the greatest P savagery va and fe ferocity to- to rocity the thc most widespread desolation the tho world has known ho he said raid though we weare weare weare are prosperous there comes come up from the working people tho the sharp noto note of oe anger anser and discontent Ho lie asked if It education is mal making for personal state and national happiness and u urged ed that the working people bo ho taught to take the thc same Joy In accomplishing pUshing their work in tho the best manner within their power that the physician takes talc In healing the tile frightful diseases s that attack mankind and threaten the tIle health of or the tile people He lie said that the tho work of ot tho the physician Is most moet loathsome at nt times that the teachers teacher's work is drudgery that the I miners miner's Is endl endless strife But in each avenue of ot endeavor or the tile worker should find true truo jo Joy In his work spiritual uplift i ithe in inthe the consciousness that ho he is working for humanity nt at large He said sairi that the thc university uni should b be br brought clo doter closer cr to the thc people and the people people peo pee pIe to the university It hould should be made madea a st part of their dally thought and arid should Influence their dally daily lives by its Hit culture and Intelligence Coy Gov William I ilia 01 Spry spoke briefly on the pride felt by br the state tato In the development development develop develop- ment meat o of its of or learning and find declared d that th the schools and collies colleges of ot the state are for t the c whole p people and for Cor all sll classes He lie of or the monument menu menu- silent ment nt to education in the tile Completed administration ad ad- ministration building and declared declarer that this structure is Js typical o of Utah's ideal of or education education noble noble In its lines and en enduring enduring enduring en- en during in its ita character The university orchestra played Sousas Sousa's s sHall Hall to the Spirit of Liberty Libert The Tho Rev Hev H H. W. r of oC Westminster oE college erod delivered the tile closing prayer |
