The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-05

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1 had hence these services.
soon the grand canal will be COM
! pleted. The navy and merchant vessels
| will float INTO this fresh water sea and
our grand scenery. tall trees. long rivers.
/ abundant crops. handsome women and
men to dare and do will be excelled ey
| the present and future of this growing IN
/ stitntion. We even now see what Is 10
| follow. Up. up, and help along. as 1t
were. the foot tread of our advancing
God. /"
Hon. John r. Convey, of Olympia, not
being present 10 speak on behalf OF the
board of regents, Chancellor Hayden
called on Edmond s. Meany. secretary OF
the board and a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Washington. TO speak at that time.
While Mr.. Meany approached the plat
form the venerable Mr.. Bagley waved his
hand 10 the audience and cried out: This
is the kind of young men we have been
educating at the university" which pro-
voked a general smile, as Mr.. Aeany, be-
ing six feet three inches tail. was certainly
good sample of q graduate. providing
stature, we're one of the main qualifications
Mr.. Meany spoke in part as follows;
M. Chancellor aud Ladies aud Gentle
pien Two sentiments are uppermost IN
my mind at this moment One OF them Is
this: There is tide in the affairs of men
which, taken at its hood, leads on TO for
tune. The other is briefer: Virtue hath
its own reward OF all the reefs and
shoals that have been encountered by the
old university we can only learn from
such venerable men those who have
just addressed you. One serious time |
remember myself. It was in lss2. The
territorial legislature had refused 10 appro-
Ill.
When that good friend of education.
Henry Willard, came here. he not only
gave a magnificent endowment TO
the University of Oregon, but he also
gave from his own pocket the
81 900 needed TO keep the university of
Washington from closing its doors. But
the tide In the affairs OF the university
changed when this young commonwealth
reached statehood. The legislature pro-
vided ali that was needed TO establish the
institution on n firm basis and the honor
able gentlemen now composing the board
of regents with patriotic zeal have taken
that tide AT its flood and you see here some
OF the grand results.
Virtue hath its own reward. No
adequate compensation is given these men
for the time and work they devote TO this
cause and in the old days the enemies of
this city and this institution sought to
blacken the names of such venerable men
as MT. DakitF 3uu OtnSFS. Aud even tie
present board of regents has been sub
lected to criticism, none of which will
bear one spark of the light of inyestiga-
ton. for their work has been that of pains
taking careful. honest and patriotic
citizens. So their reward is found in the
qualification over the success OF this i'm
portant undertaking"
Mr. Meany then referred, with q feeling
of pride and of gratitude that such had
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been permitted to take as a member of the
legislature in rebuilding the university,
and closed his address as follows:
'fThe dearest word In the human lam
| guage is mother Ii has been the custom
| since the formation of schools to refer 10
| the institution from which young men
| and young women have gone out TO bear
| the burdens of the world as alma mater
| dear mother. If there remains strength
| in this arm or loyalty in this heart, desire
/ TO consecrate upon this cornerstone,
| blessed with oil. wine and corn. all that
remains of that strength and that loyalty
| to my alma mater"
/ Miss Adella NJ. Parker, as the represent ia
| tive of the Alumni Association, paid a
tribute of affection To the alma mater and
voiced the broad principles of the Western
| people in the following words:
| "Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen.
| On behalf OF the Alumni Association of
| the University of Washington ii gives ne
/ great pleasure to congratulate the state
| upon the achievement of this day. Per-
haps none can better appreciate the prom
Use OF the future than those who have ex-
| perienced the former limitations. Student
and graduate have long awaited the greater
! advantage of an institution worthily
| equipped, and now rejoice in the fulfill
| ment of their hopes.
I'VE of the alumni cordially Join hands
| with those who shall participate in later
benefits. Yet, looking back TO those dear
halls where We sought paths of truth. we
| realize that no fine structure. splendid in
| rich appointments, can banisn from our
| hearts the classic columns of that ola
white building on the hill Those fluted
! pillars which for thirty years have guarded
| our hall OF learning were shaped on the
shores of the Atlantic, and most who have
| passed those portals have been alien to
| this state. But upon this foundation shall
| rise the stones OF Washington, and in the
| future, more and more will those who til
| these halls be of Washington in birth, in
spirit, Western. Ii will be worthy of
Western genius 10 preserve this native
/ spirit rather than measure IL by some
standard foreign TO 1T and destroy with
| criticism.
| "That the West should unfalterincIy
follow the East in methods. in fashions,
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| that America should obey the standards of
] Europe Let the West, daring and un-
| preJudiced, assert itself, discover its own
| ideals and be true 10 them. Thus only
can II be of lasting service TO the world.
The American standard in literature and
philosophy has long been Ii xed by the re-
| mote East But New England, with all
| her delicacy of sentiment, her fine Puritan
| ideals. cannot alone stand for America
! Something wild and free, something robust
| and iull must come out of the West and
! he recognized IN the final American tyne.
| Under the shadow of those great mount
/ aims, at the threshold of that great sea
! and midst the neVer-changing beauty Of
these forests a distinct personality shall
! arise. IL shall adopt other fashions. ere
| ate new ideals. and the generations shall
| justify them. Ii will be the privilege OF
| this university 10 strengthen and develop
| 10 guide and render worthy, IN all its
breadth and freedom, this resistless spirit
/ Of the West.
ION this bright day our alma mater
bears with her the fairest greetings OF all
her sons and dsug hters."
Rev. u. c Garrett was called on next as
| the representative Of the Protestant
| churches and showed his broad catholic
spirit. shieh overleaps all denomin ational
lines, by offering practical suggestion for
/ the enlargement OF the scope 0 { the uni
versity, which met with warm approval.
| He said:
From the standpoint Of Protestant
! Christianity ana asked to sneak TO-DAY.
! would rather put tt 'csthoac Christianity. p
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