The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-11-25
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At the Dedication of Snow Hail. State
| UnIVorsfty, Lawrence.
sin the stirring poem read by Our
Kansas pset at the quarter centennial, II
Il said:
States are not great. except a. men may
Asa are net great except they do and dare.
But states. hike men. have destinies thas
That bear them on. not knowing why or
where"
The wonderful growth and marvellous
prosperity of KAnsss, unprecedented In
The history Of the United StHtes, is not
due 8lone to soil, climate, resources and
topography. . her states have SOILS e
productive, climates as healthfus, re-
sources more varied and Landscapes az
lovely az ours. The unexAmpled deyel-
opment and prosperity of Kansas Il the
logical result Of her splendid citizenship,
and OF the Intellectual and moral forces
ehis citizenship has set at work in every
township in the state. Oar pioneer SET
lars laid the found atoms Of q 3 hool house
and . church by the side Of their firet
rude homes, and from that day to this
the idea thus planted has grown and
spread and dourlahed with the develop.
ment OF the commonwealth. The people
Of Kansas may have been raFsimonious
In some tbings, but they havo never stint
I'd their expenditures TO provide for all
the children OF the state the most ample
educational facilities.
A few days ago the Oldest and mos
richly endowed college In this country
celebrated the one hundred and fietietb
anniversary OF its foundation. For more
than two centuries Harvard has been the
pride OF the great state within whose
bOeders it is located. and yet 1t has never
received from Massachusetts,, as much
money as the young state Of Kansas has
appropriated, during the past twenty
five years, to establish and support this
university.
The older generations OF Kansans,
however, bold q divided allegiance. They
love and are proud Of the state of their
Sd0 ption, but memories Of the fields and
bills aud streams Of their birthplace are
still singing in their hearts. The young
men and women who came up TO Mount
OEsad to be equipped f II the battle OF
life, will be, as q rule, natives Of the
stale, and attached to 1t by the undivided
ties of childhood's memorIes and the
pride and faith of maturer years. Gener-
alton after generation OF these sons and
daughters OF Kansas will be inspired with
in these walls, with higher aims, nObleT
motives and larger and broader views
Of human life and endeavor.
We meet, to day, to formally celebrate
another s!ep in The growth and progress
Of the state unlVsrsity-tO dedicate this
OeAutlLuI Dullulngs the nOnES ZOE AL Au-
lure time, of the department OF natural
history. Very properly the building is
to bear the name Of the leaned, devoted
and enthusiastic teacher to whose energy,
industry and zeal the state Is indebted for
treAsurfss that IRE gathered within its
walls. discharge q very pleasant duty,
gentlemen Of The board of regents, when,
in the name Of the state, l commit to
your keeping this stately eiiflce. See
that the purpose of the legislature, in or
dering il, is fully carried out. Study the
needs of this great educational institution
and make them known. Strive TO keep
IL, in ali its departments. fully abreast
with the growth and progress of the
sta'e. In this eBdesvor you can, am
confident, rely on the cordial and gen.
er6us corporation Of the intelligent peo-
pie Of KsnsAs, and the hearty support Of
thei: chosen representatives, to the legis-
lature.