The Fremont County record., 1883-04-28

tions in the land; prayed that this action
of the Grand Army, in assuming the high
trust of such an institution, might be most
abundantly blessed; its labors be fruitful
of good, and the nobility of the charge bind
the comradeship to the accomplishment of
ends that would prove that life is worth
living, and enshrine in the hearts Of the
rising generation heartfelt gratitude for
its departed benefactors; that God might
guide its instructors, give its students list
ening ears and attentive hearts, and finally
vouchsafe to all a grand, everlasting re-
union around the great Campfire on high,
| through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Re-
deemer.
President Sawyer then presented General
E. K. Stimson, who delivered the following
MEMORIAL GRAFTON:
Professors of the Colorado Collegiate dsd Mil
isdry Insf;tufe, Gcnaemen of The Cadet
Corps, Comrades Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic, ladies and Gentlemen:
In the great world beyond the ocean, and
in our own fair land, there are many sites
that have been selected for seminaries OF
education. All the institutions erected
thereon have their supporters and advo-
Gates, and all have, in n greater or a less
degree, fixed their memories in the hearts
of those who have drank at their fountains
of knowledge. / believe that none of these
localities are more impressive or beautiful,
or more conducive to application in study
than the one we visit to-day. The climate
is such that malaria cannot linger in its
breezes; the wonders of the earth's process
es of formation are here upheaved to the
students vision and the community sur
rounding these halls of learning is law
abiding and a Christian people All here
in natures handiwork is an exhibition of
the marvellous and beautiful. They who,
in youth, are placed here, with minds
plant TO receive instruction, may see the
glorious king of day. swing up the
ccliptic, attended by more gorgeous tints
of dawn than any other skies can furnish
they may review, from this valley, the
mondays power glimmering on mountain
tops the cold purity of which qnenches all
its ardor; they may behold 4 sunset where
the frmament's floating glow spreads
like rosy ocean. vast and bright" and,
when night descends upon the earth, in
clearest skies may see the stars come out,
ono by one, like cloistered nuns who
walk the holy aisles of Heaven Under
these influences, in the shadow of monu-
ments builded by the untold centuries, the
solemn lesson is fixed in the understanding,
which, perhaps is best to be learned at tirst
that human life is but span, arched
from the cradle to the grave We travel
in our different capacities its little breadth,
until, at last, kings, wise men, and they
whose lives have moved along "unwept,
unhonored and unsung,n all lie down to-
ge;her, and mcldcr in the equality of one
common scpulchre- To so improve the
condition OF the human race, in our allotted
days that it may leave its elevating in
fiuences to future generations; to cnlighten
il for time, and prepare 1t for eternity sure
TO come, IS the great misiou of tho>e whose
lives are enlisted in the cause of education
Milton, in his essay entitled "The Trac-
tate of Education" and which refers to the
establishment of university in London,
about the year 1850, speaks Of the model
school in the following language:
I will point you out the right path of vir-
tnous and noble education, iaborious. indeed.
rsn m n np 5s n f is eIsc 20 aSd ne ahe
dious sounds on every side, that the harp OF
orphens is not more charming. This is TO he
nn academy containing about lso scholars.
which shall be at oncc school and university
scholarship, except IL he some peculiar col
leec q law or physics, where they mean to be
In this school are to be taught arithmetic,
geometry, agriculture, geography, physi-
ology, physics, trigonometry, Notifications,
architecture, engineering, navigation, anat-
omy, medicine, poetry, law, history, ora
tory and politics But the scholars are not
To be mere book-worms, They are 10 be
trained for war, both ON foot and horse
hiCk. anu ItleN ART 10 rcCTtttt anu Cntn-
pose their Travelled spirits with the divine
harmonies of music, heard or learnt In
those vcrnnl seasons Of the year, when the
air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury
and sullenness against nature not to 20
out and see her riches, and partakc in her
rejoicing with Heaven and Garth More
than 200 years after the sublime Milton
gave forth these views q university, not
differing materially from that he recon-
IL ~ Il N..sI
in this land, which, in his day, was the very
luxuriancc of unbroken wilderness, await
ing the grandeur with which the civiliza-
tion and progress of the nineteenth century
was to crown its solitudes.
This is the anniversary Of the laying of
the cornerstone of this institute, dedicated
to the varied arts ard sciences and culture,
and in its interests we are convened to-day.
The character of this college, the occasion,
the locality, and the auspices under which
we meet, furnish my mind with material
for the grandest meditations, which, return
ing over the pathway beaten by the foot
steps of the years, brings me, Mt length, to
the cradle of childhood; TO the eventfti
hours Of carly manhood, thousands of miles
from this spot, where the temple hills shell
ter from rude winds the habitations man
has fixed in the lovelness of the valley.
The comrades of the Grand Army sur
touuuilt> me. uctpIutcu Win tuc Wch-rt-
membered insignia, bring up visions of the
old Army Corps that formed the impregna-
BILE circles around Columbias shield; the
young people, rapidly nearing manhoods
and womanhood's estate, and who were not
born when we marched away to war, bring
realization of the fact that twenty-five
years have so swiftly flown that their transit
has been scarcely noticed since the great
cunvulsion came to our land, which began
with the attempted disruption Of our Union
of states, and ended with that Union indis-
solnhiy perpetuatcd, freed from guilt, and in
its extended empire, crowned with the
beauty of its youngest creation-thc COM
monwcalth of Colorado. Applause. To-
day il is not our chief glory that the nc
cumulated treasures piled by Omnipotent
hands in the storc-houscs of nature are more
than those Of less favored lands, nor that
all modern inventions for the public COM
fort, which are the discoveries Of advanced
science, find here the quickest patronage;
but TO my mind, our greatest pride
in the achievements Of our state should
be, that here tho cause of cducH-
ton is 10 grandly fostcred and cncour-
aged, and goes hand in hand with
our civilization, rs il marches farther
into the wilderness. In our young state,
40 favored with earthly blceSinuS and whos,sr