The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-11-02

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| Secured.
| BELoT, Wis, Oct. 2S.-The laying of
| the corner stone of Scoville Hall at Be-
| lott College, this afternoon, is an event
| Of significance in the educational history
| of Wisconsin. 1t is the first building.
tirst-class in all appointments, ever
| built IN the state or IN the West, for
| the purposes OF preparatory education.
| and is the fit embodiment of the work
| of the Academy of Beloit College,
| which has come to take rank With the
| Phillips Academies of Exeter, y. H.,
| au1 AndoveF, Mass. 1t is testimony
| 10 the value put in the state upon
| sec lndary training Of the sort that has
| made the work af the New England
| academies so famous in history. and is
also tangible evidence of the remark
| able growth and promise of Beloit Col
| lege to-day.
| Tne day wes cloudy and the wind
! ci lily, but the exercises of laying the
stone attracted large gathe ring OF coll
| Iege people and citizens. The ceremony
| began with an invocation, and President
! Eaton made the Introductory remarks
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| ouuence. lie WIS followed by Mayor
d. :. Foster, who made few remarks,
The following historical sketch was
then read by Prof. William Porter, D..
D., and then deposited in the corner
| stone:
We, citizens of Beloit, and trustees, insiruc-
| tors ana students OF the College, have net to-
| day 70 lay the corner stone OF our new Academy
building II IS an event of great significance TO
| rs. Ii marks an advance. We take Il step for
| ward to-day, and that forward step IS right
along the line Of all that is best In cur history
| and right along the line Of our high koues for
the future. In very real sense, all the past of
| the college and all The future cf the College
| meet and clasps hands here today
| Some of rs remember distinctly the sati>fac-
| ton We felt, when we saw all the life of the
| College in all its varied depaI tments Of work
| sheltered. housed within the walls of one col
| lege building. That was the home OF the Col
lege, is visible expression, the substantial en-
| bOdiment OF its lie. 1t had peculiar signih-
| cance 10 Us, that first college building, a
| Glhd OF sacredness. 1t spoke TO US in tones
| that were pathetic and that were heroic too, of
| the struggles and self den!als of the people OF
| Beluit, Of their courage and high hopes
| and great thoughts of heart and faith that ihe
/ College meant great things for the best good OF
| he community, for The life of the state and
| or the Kingdom OF God 1t makes our
| hear;s glow even yet 10 think Of good Teacon
J Hobart who had no dollars TO give but could
| give days work. / am sure that every days
| work he gave vas also a prayer and a Leuedic-
| ton. And he was not alone. Many like sacri-
| fees and lOyalticS and loving devices 10 secure
| some share in the work, that first build
| ing could bear Wi.HCSS To- We 60 not know how
much il cost. l think they say $4,000, $4,000,
| but that does not count in the cUStlieST gifts
| PeThapS these college grounds viii never see
| another building that cost so much. And that
| rSt building. from the very beginnings WAS
| possessed OF soul full of the finest euthusasms
| ana highest aims and purposes-of clear con
| CcptiOus OF the true intent OF the Christian col
| iegc and u beautiful loyalty to il
| ! nave never lost the feeling Of surprise and
| admiration that took possession of me when [
| found, only about four years after the tegin-
| nlugS, the College life 50 penetrated with the
genuine college spirit, 50 wise in its methods and
| 80 true aud direct III IT'S aims To secure the
| largest and rlpest results i'll thorough scholar
| slip and true Christian mauiiuc-S And the
men Who had accomplished all tLis-may l
| name Them 2-I think of them always with rev
| rent loyc-Prof Bushnell, Prof Emerson Dr.
| uapin. They built the College. They gave 10
| II their lives. Two OF them, though laid aside
| for Tie time from the work they love as Loyalty
| Is ever they Gid in the prime of their young
| manhood. are living 10 rejoice in the new pros
| growth. They knew it would come, this day OF
| glad rcaliZaliOns. IL might not come III their
| lay, but it would come. And o they met the
| tcils and restrictions of those early days with
| unislling courage and cheer. one of them
| ENDS to-day frt III over the sea, Wither he was
hidden 10 so for rest the characteristic message
| 70 Keep the College full OF soul God help
| ,ng Us, we will one of the three. VIC do not see
| aim. but can not easily believe that ont ffOm
he busy activities of the life that is 30 full and
| % real, in the midst Of which lie has been these
| sixteen years and more, he comes today; and
| hat his eager eye secs far deeper than We can
| into the significance Of this transaction and has
| wider outlook on the future OF tie College
gnd the part il is TO Ia kc in setting up the king
/ dom of Christ in the hearts and lives Of men. /
| lhiuk il may tTuthfully be said that he spirit of
| these founders of the College has peuncuted all
| lis lie from he beginnings until now. and that
| their associates and successors have found
| them elves in an atmosphere OF loyalty and de-
| yCtlon, OF singular unity OF purpose and bar
mOny eI feeling. delightful as il has been in
| spiring ana helpful.
| With so happy beginning and with q life 50
| genuine and vigorous the College could not fail
/ to grow. II Is not within thc limits Of my FuT-
! pose or Of the especial needs Of this hour 10
speak of lie scy e!ai stages of III s growth. one
| only ! VIII mention. In 1876 the chapel was
built tu ms et two needs, to serve two ends One
was - give separate home Tor the religious
| itc o. he Coil, ge IS ioste,et aad expressed i'll
jts daily morning and evening prayers and III
| its sabbath services. The OH. was to give
more Dom ana larECT tGt llticS for the pTepaFt-
| tory school. now the a@a.CIEy; which Eom the
/ first was necessary pant of the life of the Col
| lego, and which was nov growing into larger
| years the accommodations thus secured have
| served the intended end They have not been
| al ve desired, all we naeGed; but We could
| make them answer, and could Try TO make the
| quality and completeness Of the work such as 10
civ. some kind of dignity, some sense Of large
| ness even to the narrow quarters within which
| the wCrk was done. But AL the while, in tn sc
| later Years the pressure on the limits Of our
| Spscs has been growing greater he overflow
|
| lis limitations ana It's lHConVenltnces all
| around. The need gilmore room. of larger facll-
| iticS was making ltsef heard and felt il COM
! RELIED attention. We had 10 money to build
/ with, but the pressure Of the need did not wait
| on our Cony yeuicncc. Ii had come 70 be imper-
! ative We could noi maintain vigorous iife
| and growth without larger accommodations.
| Stii we had 10 money 10 build with ana kacw
/ not whiclt way TO look. Just then-sO exactly
[ tine that il must have cen the plan of &c for
| VI rclct and the reaSsuring Of our faith Just
| thea letter came to PRESIDENT Eaton fr,
| James W ScOyille, Esq. of oak Park H. with
| the muuldceut otlCr OF $4,000 for an academy
| building. with the two conditions added, that
| the OF of the comp etcd building do not ey-
| Cerd that amount and that the citizens Cf Be
| lott give $1,000 in addition for an academy ca-
| dCwmenT. The offer OF Mr. SCoville was the out
| come OF prolonged and careful consideration
| OF the need Of the Christian academy for
| this great Northwest. and also of special
study of the conditions at Beloit favoring its Sc
| lection RS the site Of such academy We re-
| jOiCe in this most liberal gift, the largest the
| We rejoice IN this testimony to the character of
| work cone here given by 80 wise and practical
| @ man, aud one who has given II such careful
| study. he response OF TIE citizens OF BClUit to
| the new call thus Unexpectedly made on them
| was 30 quick and ready and geuerouS Hs 10
| touch our hearts most deeply and TO bind city
| and college together forever in new and stronger
| bonds And 80 with tull hearts We rejoice today
| a. We lay the corner stone OF an academy bl Id
ing that is 10 be the complcteSt ana finest in IL
/ Its appointments Of any like building, we are
| told, this side OF New York. We believe The
| Christian academy Will have, through all tie
| centuries, it, own place and IL distinct and
most important work. Its Tela ion 10 the Chris
'lau college must be always Of the closest ana
most intimate kind. Our own College has from
the beginning, drawn for the largest part of its
| students from our own academy. OF the $50
who have come into our college course. COG have
come from our academy, ~ from all other
| schools. OF the members of the present fresh
| man class, 50 received their preparation here
aud came TO u from the schools of Illinois
| - uur academy has fed and l. feeding much
! he larger part of the life Ct the College. sul
! iu'j Is only part OF iIs work. Otthc somewhat
more iuSM :. .tH' young men W no from the benin
| hiu- h3lc teeH connect ted with The iuStiiuti, T.
| almost 22.u1y have gone oUt TO their life work
| along the many lines ol human activities IN
| fertly from under the mouidiu- uujrkeuire
touch OF our diStiurllyCly hristiau academy lie
Perhaps the new building, beautiful and com
plc,e as it wiz be. may not he the home Of more
heroic self denialS. Of higher aims and more
courageous faith than it, humber predecessors
have been. But il j. To stand a. they haye
stood for the highest and the best in thorJ ugh
ness Of SC holsTShip ana gcuuIHeBesS Of CEaruC-
ter and Christian faith. IL x, We IUHy believe
nj intend, 10 iu,IiT iHe larger numbers II Will
presently gather within is walls. With pur