Arizona republican., 1897-11-25
The Ceremony of FlasraEing at
 the University
MILITARY DEMONSTRATION
NegIey Posts Glorious Gift of
 Red White and Blue
Governor McCord Delivers an Ad- dress to the University Students on the Advantages of Eiucation. 9th er Incidents

ing LOOK place at the university tn1S afternoon Interest was lent to it by the presence of Governor McCord and Attorney-General Frazier, who ar rived here this morning, accompanied by their wives. The ceremonies of the day began with the call of the ca dets to assembly and a military salute to the governor. The flag was pre- sented by a detail from Negley post No. 1, G. A. R., and the address of acceptance was delivered by Cha cal- Tor Hughes. After this came the ad dress of the day by Governor McCord, who said:
 'fMr President, Ladies and Gentle men: In this university can be found all the facilities and advantages that are found in almost any college in the United States. Students here enjoy all the advantages of other institu- tiOnS of like character and some that others of like character do not afford Its faculty is able, it's apparatus first class, full and complete, and the ex- pense much less than that of similar institutions, besides being at home. For these reasons the people of Ari- Zona who desire to give their children the advantages of higher education should patronize this institution. A spirit of patriotism also ought to in f1uence every parent who desires to give his son or daughter an advanced education to send them to this insti- tuition. Before the close of the next school year I confidently expect to see the present attendance doubled, and before the end of the present century I predict the rolls will show an attend ance of at least four hundred.
 ''This university is destined to be- come great and celebrated institu- tion of learning; great in it's capacity to furnish homes for, and to impart useful knowledge to those who at tend it; great in the moral influence it is destined to exert upon every class of society; great in the numbers it will forward upon the high road to honor and usefulness and fame; great in causing virtue to be encouraged and rewarded and vice to shrink from it's atmosphere; but greater still in quenching that inordinate desire for material wealth and pomp and circum stance, which freezes the genial cur rent of the soul' and which has be- come the bane of civilization, and realizing the poetic sentiment, that I'll fares the land, to hastening ills
 a prey,
 Where wealth accumulates, and men
 decay
 'Its pupils will gather in from the north and the south, the east and the west to drink at the fountain of knowledge here opened, and will go d inv cd fn fuse the blessings of education wher- ever civilization has travelled or may travel. Though no sectarian theology tion will stand as the representative of a Christian people, who in their ministrations have literally o5eyed the divine injunction to preach the gospel to every creature Its object is, of course, education; that education which qualities us to meet the prac- tical realities of existence in every walk of life, enabling us to enjoy the greatest amount of happiness and to accomplish the greatest amount Of good; an education which will teach the value of knowledge and humility, the emptiness of superficial gliding, and the low bred vice of ostentation and vulgar display; an education that will fit both sexes for the discharge of their various duties as responsible members of society; an education which has been eloquent1y described as a companion which no misfortune can depress, no cline destroy no en- emy alienate, no despotism enslave; a. home a friend, abroad an introduc- tion, in solitude solace, in society an ornament; that chastens vice, that guides virtue, and gives at once a grace and government to genius
 Without learning no one can pos sess true wisdom, or enjoy that self reliance necessary to success or in dependent manhood or womanhood. Learning cannot be acquired without proper advantages and intense appli- cation. Education has no rival; ex- per1ence may teach us many things, put treasures of learning are the wis dom Of every age and the fruit of every cline. Education dispenses with a lavish hand her lessons of justice, truth and goodness over perVers1on, falsehood and disorder; she teaches how to subdue and fer tlllze the desolate and waste places in our moral existence, and clothe them with perennial verdure and beauty. how to chasten and subdue all ira, tlonal desires; how to turn back tides of thought and change an existence and mind of sterility to one teeming with the choicest thoughts; how to make the cares and duties of life agreeable and the hand prosperous; how to enjoy wealth without vulgar pride and how to surround the home of poverty with happiness.
 "The good influence that will flow from this university will reach all ages and conditions. Its performing it's go9d offices will cheer the young, gladden. the bleak and wintry ex- istepcf ef age, and ibeguile the soli-