The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-24


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1 bOsra OF 1rectors Of the College was then intro
lowing al closed the proceedings with the fol-
Eddress of william X. LIttIeton, ESQ.
ladies' and % Gentlemen After the addresses TO which
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parted and is altogether sorrowfu for We come
great 50 for their heroic courage in the
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cause and what community but desires in some isstiDs
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been erected the you and on its base as
sraduaos Of the eoeS 1o WE'RE Ss names @ Si the
a,ed from disease thon contracted wounds received
Whore stands the marble figure which commentaries
innocence Of childhood voices and ours echoed apS
they doaT sRV Of so osen hSS we
Sn hs sb6Tt gTeat % world beyond With ball and bat
blessed With happiness great as earth could
hsr desos Sm %a Newer though, OF
should take part in them Shut out from the world what
mad we TO do with its great questions great evils Won
men men OF & older growth governed and controlled it. We
home world time sped on until the hour came a .s of ous %
TO leave IT, And then, few short years, and the great
You know is story we'll How doubtful at first seemed
them! How the national heart ached with agony as there
Thousands and the wounded aa en vent down by
But no true heart despared, and victory came
must stl think Of the days of Bull Run and like
ulsasters Tor We cannot Danish but there
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suHh Gays az those OF Getysburg where Pennsylvania
republic gave the Robeon its Seath6oW SH0 army OF the
ooEo we're S9 baskWpd %pUh 0i aope ae 5aa
early o9h SmoS % s IL the e. The boy who
manhood fearessly shouldered muskot and marched
otRer @ Sob s dns Ss
been the pa Se Wo mhs has sSsH deed
% %peSer greet again their manly forms Of some only
ished amidst the horrors of Andersonsile Belle ss
spot where last remains no hand Of aieotiss
Re paees e r sbshoo Reo bS bs and these
through all time whilst stands this noble odce yonder
which we have erected shall the world learn f
shall exist graduate Of Girard College their names and
nsS S days sone S SCs $
%y S e @ 0 h9 shall after
Der who have nob died after year as we gather
TST sh SS S SGp0F % unite i6S in Sonass
that with the fecoeeons Of the past and youths
halowed associations crowdng we always
give them dearest choicest thoughts. Aay the mon
cnt which we this day dedicate them forever stand.
Ihere IN ITS appropriate place, under the protecting
shadows OF this and yOnder building IL last till
time shall be no more, teaching the world
that the inmates of his college taught that Glove
OF country" which he enjoned and which enabled them
to die in its deeuse And by it the pupils of the
stuten have before them the patriotic example Of
those OF their predec whose memories it seeks
perpetuate, making it well lesson to the living as
to the dad Then indeed, shall all feel that
hae not been built in vain.
We are told in ancient story of sculptor who fell in
love with the image which his hands had created and
| living being.
And the graduates of this college having already
so much IN everything that meets here kinde the
imagination and the heart, shall with the added
ardor Of deepened patriotism, this statue,
beautiful in itself, still beautiful in the object
which 1t is GedCatcd it like the statue old shall
| imbued with he-no longer shall 1t remain the
marble image, cold and unsynlpathetc to
the touch, hut, and illumined
with vitality which shall in mpart hope and en-.
couragemeDt to cheering to noble actions
and courageous deeds. AND prayer today that
spirit of patriotism thus invoked abide the
statue which uuvcil making it for all
shrine whore all may kneel, and which shall
depart without renewed strength and courage for all the
| battles of life.
The Introductory services having been concluded,
the invited guests and the Students congregated
around the monument. Mayor Fox who had been
selected Ior the purpose, then unveiled the statue,
| and the party dispersed TO their homes.