, 1885-08-18
THE CONVENT.
Ceremony of Laying Of the Corner
Stone Last Sunday.
Addresses by Gov. Warren, Judge
Wright and Father Nugent.

With appropriate and impressive cere-
monies the corner stone of the convent
academy now under construction in the
northern part of the city was laid last
Sunday afternoon in the presence of n
large concourse of people. The building
will be an imposing and handsome struc-
ture. and will probably not DO entirely
completed for about two years. By that
time the promising city park which it
faces will have become a beautiful grove
and a place OF resort for thousands, and
the edifce will be a grand ornament to
that part Of the city. The walls of the
building have been completed to the sec
ond floor, and $50, 900 are at the disposal
Of the building committee, but it will re-
quire $4,000 more than this amount to
make it what it is intended to be.
On the occasion under consideration the
second floor had been temporarily but
substantially laid for the occasion. and
was packed with spectators. AT the front
of the building on the second floor a space
was reserved for the speakers, choir and
territorial, county and city officers, over
and around which hung flags lastly ar
ranged.
Governor Warren presided, and after
the effective rendition Of "Veni Creator
by the choir, the governor delivered an
impromptu address in substance rs fol-
lows.
MY fellow citizens and friends
take great pleasure in being permitted
to join you in this most important event.
Every town and city, every state and
territory is. or should be, keenly alive
to the prosperity and welfare of their
schools and educational institutions.
Wyoming as a territory, and Cheyenne
our capital city. have been justly proud of
her rapid strides made in the erection of
school buildings, and in the establishment
and maintenance of our schools. The
reputation of Wyoming in this regard has
gone forth To every nook and corner OF
our country. How justly proud then
must this territory be of this new ne
QUESTION now being added to our adj
vantages Of the past. For this build
ing, and this school will not only fur
nish recitation rooms for day scholars
living in this city, but will furnish
rooms and living c-onveniences for large
numbers of scholars that may come
from other portions of the territory, or
in fact from other states and terri
tories surrounding us. The magnificent
proportions of this structure are already
evidenced by the immense foun lation
now in place, and the perfection and
completeness of the structure to its
finish, as well as the furnishing of the
same, is vouchsafed by the promise of
the personal attention and supervision
of the Rev. Father Nugent 1t is my
belief that the influence of this institu-
ton will extend as wide as are the
almost boundless plains surrounding US,
and Its influence for good upon future
generations VIII be as permanent and
lasting as is the rock from which is hewn
the corner tone that will be laid in place
during these ceremonies.
Governor Warren closed his address by
introducing Judge c. W. Wright, who
delivered an interesting and exhaustive
address full Of good sense, sparkling with
brilliant ideas and ornate with eloquence,
and all s~lngularly appropriate to the occsi-
sion, but of such length that space cannot
be afforded for it here this morning.
Following the speech OF Judge Wright
the corner stone was laid with the beauii
full dedieatory ceremonies of the Catholic
church In the stone were placed copies
of the city newspapers of the day, coins
and other memen,oes of the times. and
the exercises closed with an appropriate
address by Rev. Father Nugent, celebrant.