The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-24
HAMOUND HALL.
Laying the Foundation Stone

: iMasons Of this city formed in pro
z cession in front of the Masonic Hall
i. Main street, yesterday morning a
: 1880 o'clock, and proceeded to tht
Z locality of the new academy struct
ure, near the corner of Third South
and Third East streets. led 10y the
Sixth Infantry Band.
On arriving at the destination the
; band rendered sold Lang Syne" in
, opening the services of laying the
corner stone. Prayer was then
Offered by Rev Leonard. after which
I Judge Van Tile said that the
ipresent was grand day for Utah
Our hearts should be full OF praise
and gratitude at the prospect before
US, and we should stand shoulder to
shoulder IN pressing forward in the
caue of education.
The Governor said that GeOrs e
Washington, whose name was held
in reverence by all true and loyal
citizens, had left behind him
an appeal for free educa-
ton and the establishment
of institutions for the diff
fusion cf intelligence. In this
country, where the power Of govern
ment lies in the people, education
is an absolute necessity to the wei
fare Of the state. The friends of
education should be thankful for
the privilege OF Iedicating build
ing for the dissemination of know
ledge. Within the walls Of this
building should be taught the essen
tial principles of free government
and the true objects of life. a col
ony in 1920 landed at Plymouth
Rock, of whom it was said they
were church without a bishop and
a nation without a king. They
founded COngregationalism in Am
erica, aud the country is the better
for their labOrs.
Pr f. Benner then transferred the
control of the ceremonies to the
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
who remarked that four years
ago the board of trustees had
nothing to use in the erection Of this
ediice but ambition, of which the
labor indicates they had a large
amount. They have desired to give
society the benefit of an educational
institution upon which it may be
pleased to lean by and by. They
have provided d board of instruc
ton who have learning and charac-
ter, who desire only to furnish the
youth OF the people with good
wholesome instruction. They de-
sire to teach them to reverence God.
To these ends they are building an
academy which they have decided
to name Hammund Hall, after the
great, illustriOus and benevolent
man, Col c. e. Hammund, of
Chicago.
Grand Master VIM. T. James,
then, according to the order of the
craft. requesttd the grand chaplain
?. L. Williams 10 invoke the divine
blessing upon the services, COM
manding the utmost silence.
/ The choir in attendance rendered
a hymn, accompanied by an organ
Copies Of the HERALD, E0eni7lg
NelCs, Tribune. Contributor,
Wonan'S Exponent, A72ti-PoIygGnay
Standard and Rocky Mountain
Christian AdGOcate, reports Of the
New West education committee,
circulars of St. Marks School, salt
Lake Collegiate Institute, Deseret
University and Salt Lake Academy.
addresses Of the tenth anniversary
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Salt Lake City, circular OF Row
land Hall, resources and attractions
Of Utah, list OF the mines in Utah,
lists Of quartz mills and smelterS in
Utah, q copy of the Rev. w. NJ.
| Parsons pastOral1etter, the proceed
Iings of the Commission of Tegistra-
| ton and election in Utah, the names
OF the Governor, secretary and
supreme judges in Utah, the names
lOf the building committee and
larchitect Of Hammund Hall. copy
lOf the Teacher and coins of the
value Of 81, soc, 25c, 10c, &c, &c, with
IsOme few papers, seals, etc, were
lplaced in a casket which was de
posted IN cavity in the corner
stone at the northeast corner of the
building.
The stone was laid and proved by
the square, level and plumb, the
band, meanwhile, discOursed music.
Corn, Wine and oil were then thrown
and poured upon the stone, accom-
panied by a petition for divine favor
and protection. After which there
was music by the band and singing
by the choir.
Judge PHI. Emerson desired to call
the attention of the assemblage to
the necessity Of free educational in
stitutiOns in every commonwealth,
which should be free from and IN
trammelled by sectarianism of every
sort. He believed in compulsory
education. (Applause.) But here,
I those upon whom the duty deYolYed
! TO foster, encourage and establish
isuch free institutions, had been
tardy, and the work consequently
was left to be carried forward by
others, by whom, however, they had
been builtup as the educational in
stitutions of the territory testify.
The government Of the United
/ States proclaimed loudly the worth
and necessity Of the educated
minds Of her citizens. Many
enormously considered educ9-
ton worthy only as a means