Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-04-10
Dedication Of the HSl0OmSburg
Literary knJtitNte.
WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON.


The Bloomsburg Literary Institute was
dedicated OH last wednesday and Thursday,
tho exercises beginning on "Wednesday after,
noon, at two o'clock.
At one o'clock procession marched from
Che old Academy buildings to the new lnsti7
tute, in the following order, to wit: First,
the Bloomsburg Brass Band; second, the
Board Of Trustees; third, the Clergy; fourth,
the parents Of the pupils; dfth, tho pupils;
and lastly, the Faculty.
On arriving at the Institute they halted,
separated in two parallel columns, and the
order Of tho procession was reversed, by the
Band falling back to the rear, then escor'inr
the Faculty and pupils, who entered the
building first and were followed by the pa
rents and Trustees, together with vast
concourac Of people who had assembled out
side the building. In few minutes the
Hall was filed to overHowinr.
= The building is among the first of its kind
in the State. In location and convenience
it is unsurpassed Professor CARVER, the
contractor. has hbored with unnbating zeal
for its perfection and completion, and with a
determination almost unequalel, is fas'
perfecting his dcsi gn. The Hall of the In-
st;tu'c is spacious calculated to seat near
f,ieen hundred persons-has a large stage,
sub-stagc and capacious, elevated orches-
ira.
The exercises were opened by music from
the Band. Prayer wis then offered by Rev.
d. j. Waller, and was followed by the Ded-
icatory address, cf1ectually delivered, by
Professor Moss, Of Lewisburg. The re-
mainder of that afternoon was sciicfy de-
voted to the reading Of essays and declaim-
ing, which reflected great honor upon both
Faculty aud students.
At the close Of the exercises Il. Z. IKE
LEn, of BIoomsburg, broke in upon, lof
course in friendly manner, and without
the previous knowledge of Prof. CARVER, J
the proceedings, and in an appropriate
speech, on behalf Of the District School
Teachers, Of Columbia County, presented to
Prof CARVER a beautiful Album. Mr..
CARVER replied in very effective manner,
expressing his thanks to the committee, and
through them, to the Teachers of the county.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Atseven o clock the exercises were opened
by music by the Band, followed with prayer
by Rev. j. p. Tus.in. The Hall vas litcra''y'
crammcd the aiscs anil entrances were
iammed with persons unable TO obtain seats.
Considering the crowded condition of the
audience, it is worthy of remark that the
exercises were so well performed that they
rarely failel to hold the entire ass mb!age
spell-bound. Being unable to complete the
for want of time il was unani-
mously requested that the exercises should
be resumed on the following evening, which
vas assc"tcl to by Prof. CARVER, after
which the audience was dismissed
THURSDAY EVENING.
at seven O'Clock the Hall was filed. Pray
er was offered ty Rev. J. Il. Dimm, and
the exercises Of the previous evening were
resumed. The imp r;ormcd part O! the
was crcditably completed, to-
ge;hor with repetition, by request, of
portion Of the previous exercises Through
the entire proceedings everything was COL
ductcd with precision and promptncss. The
time was constantly occupied until late
hour when the audience was dismissed con-
scious that they had been mirthfully, inte.
estlng!y and encic,ally entertained.