The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-07-03
ADDRESSES BY PROFESSOR ED.
WARDS, GOV. BEN EBIDiE,
DIR. KOBT. ALLYN AM
j. J. BIRD.
HOW THE DEDICATION MA
CHINE WAS MANAGED,
ONE OF TWO THINGS-THE MAN.
AYERS EITHER DIDN'T KNOW
HOW, OR DIDN'T WANT TO
DO THEIR DUTY.

presence OF not loss than ono thousand
persons nearly every town in the south
ern part of the state being represented.
Among the prominen, persons prs'snt
were Governor Bsvcridgei prosiler. Ed
wards, of the Bloomington \ rmsl
school T. s Rdgeway, Of Shawnos!own;
Rev. c. II. Fowler, presiden, Of North
western University; William j.
Harris, supo intou iyn, Of public
schools Of st. Louis; Rev. B. ST. j. Fry,
Of s. Louiri Bishop L. Bowmsn, 81.
Louis; A. u. DIT C.rb5"i.io, ADD j. J.
Bird, OF Cairo. According to tho pro-
grammo
TIE ENEV'lsEs
we're 10 have commenced at 10 o'clock,
and long before that tine tho magnificent
building was crowded with spectators and
persons who had com, to take part IN
the proceeding As it always the case
on such occasions thor, was considerable
delay, the crowd in the meantime spend
ing the in'orva. 10 loo:ing through and
inspecting the
USlyERslrI uIILDISG
1t would be Impossible in this short ar
iiole TO give detailed description Of tho
University building, describing its many
and magnilcon: apartments and Its gen
ersl adspIsbiiily to the purposes for which
it was consoeratod on Wednesday. Suf.
Gee II 80 say that the Southern Iilinoi.
Normal University is one Of the finest and
mosi complete structures Of the kind in
tho Union. II it three stories
high above tho basement, and
Of sufficient magnitude TO accommodate
the educational wants o. Southern Ilinoi.
for the next City years The apartments
tho officers quarters, recitation rooms
etc, orc all large, vel. lighted and airy
and supplied with all modern appliances
looking 20 the convenience and cOmfort o..
the faculty and pupils.
1. was near or qu!e eleven O'Clock
before the
PROGRAMME
was taken up ami The exercises com
monced.
Hon. Newton l}ltoman, superintendent
of public in'trIc.i1n, wa announced 10
deliver tho historical ana iedicAlory ADJ
dress, bu. oa,ng TO AZ attack Of sickness
he WAS unable 10 b. 9roson,, ~nA prof.
Edwards, OF The Bloomington Normal
school, was csllcl upon to take hi. place
Tho osor2ues took p,sc,ln tho lecture
hall Of the unworthy, in thl presence o!
= very large audience.
The speakers and the t'us!e.s o! the
Institution occupied the platform.
Hon. ThOs s. Rig3wsy pre,iisat oil
the board Of trustees, ihloducod Prof
Edwards to the assemb,nga Tho PROBES.
sor, after reading letter from d.. Bate.
man addressed ~ PresIIea. Allyn ex.
planning his absence, spoke Is f,llows
Mankind have been IN IN. hiblt Of ded.
icAtlng-of setting apart, with more OF
less sOlemnity Of cOustg ration those
things tha, have best syabolized their
civilization. And accordingly, VIC la
that, in the early periOdsOf national pro.
, gress, wb IN brute force tho only power
10 which any respect is aid, objects rep
! rescnting that force are onseGrated with
the solemn sanctions OF Bligion. Stand
ards, swords and tho amor of knights
= arc dedicated 10 the work { carnage. And
; in au age Of still groa.r degradation
D when mon have declined even from the
p virtue OF bsrbatic vigor no licenlous
c meas and utter corruption of the time
4 have been indicated By 10 consecra,ior
y OF the temples Of heather worship, witt
9 all their nsmeless abominiions,
But the dedication Of o-dsy Indicate
+ nobley civilization. Tn building Is "a
Q be solennly set apart tCthe purpose o
= educating the people. TIE object of it'
L. building is that in oil tb region rounC
about men may boc0momOre knowing
y more beneliccn., more lOral lin short
i wiser, better, nobler. ! 10 planted here
as fountain Of good int ence, as q gen
orator Of good forces. is set up as
light, TO illuminate and % warn the mil
;, lions ~ our noble commonwealth; light
d not 10 be concentrated or convergod, bu
# to be go widely dihusd that the remotes
q nook shall glisten in .he dawn OF new
hhh IlOIo RlbElCAs AhJs VI ltb ~ "
70 noted That OF all .-s,s"Sions tho Koruna
a School is the most democratic. In thu
o college only y small number may be in
s!ructed. According TO a prominent ed
ucs,or in MsssRcb setts, not ono boy il
% fifteen hundred ought ever 10 see the 3
u side Of college. digher education, a. Il
l. !, called, must b limited in its Rpplca
n ton. Bot the NrmAl School is for the
training Of tho :achsrs Of the whole peo
> pie. The FREQ chool law provides teach,
10 ers, anC some ind # instruction for ev,
,r DRY child, howyer poor, however unlnlu
y ential his paints may DO. Now, TIM
instruction my be, and often is, very in
~ fcrior in qualify. The rich man for hi
IA money may Gbsldizs talent, may com
10 msnd the mot shining abilities, tho mos
et extended culture, IN tho teGcher OF hi
1 children, b. the poor man, who is alb,
~ solutely depoidant upon the public school
20 who has no sternatyo but to accept wha
o. the public Supplies to him, he 10 in dan
y ger OF being ompelei 10 subject his child
i to imperfect training, TO the tutilago Of
~ stupidity AM ignorance. But here The
n state steps n, ard, by tho equippiug
a OF the Normal School, undertakes t.
4 say that thatculture shall DO fit, that thC
i, teacher OF thspublic school shall DO wei
=" prepared, ths tho child Of the poor mar
is shsll moi onl' havo instruction that II
free, but Instruction that shall be ne gooc
~ as the woalitost can buy. Thus the tw,
eoys have air and equal start.
~ The fundamental tnlng IN the dodIca
II ton OF to-da ID the element of humanity
y and human equality. l, is tho grand
II purpo7e ofthe normal school TO opel
all mi a., ha h,,hk ~ I'M rtrip
culture. 1t purpose 10 not 80 much Il
gNtCnb Tho "a of pulturn ma 10 hrin,