The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
A | OWING CUP To
A LOVING COUPLE
Notable Reception to Pro.
fessor and Mrs. Joseph
lie Conte.
The Mark Hopkins Institute of
Art Crowded With
Celebrities.
Governor Budd Congr atu1ates the As
sembly Upon the Bills Passed i'll
Beha of the University.

mem bers OF the Legislature, regents and
ex-regents Of the University of California,
the faculty of the university and of Stan
! ford and OF Cooper Medical College, princi-
! pals of the public schools, City officials
led by Mayor Phelan, justices of the State
and Federal Supreme courts and of the
| Superior Court, members of the Hopkins
Institute of Art, graduates of the State
university, and still others. gathered in q
m ultitude last evening, such as taxed the
! Mark Hopkins Institute of Art to contain
them, to do honor to Professor and Mrs.
Joseph LIE Conte.
1t was q celebration of the golden we'd
ding anniversary of these two, and a
| loving-cup was to be presented TO them.
| The wedding anniversary occurred and
was celebrated while the professor and
his wife were visiting their old home in
the South, but this was an outburst or a
demonstration of the affection of those
among whom the worthy couple have
spent the latter half of their lives.
1t was a gathering and demonstration
notable in every way, and was affecting
lot alone to those in whose honor it took
place. Stormy as was the night there was
throng so great as 10 find difficulty in
M owing about through the spacious halls
of the institute.
For nearly an hour Professor and Mrs.
LIE Conte, standing on platform in the
salon, under a canopy of ferns, shook
hands with those of their friends who
could get near them. Their daughter
Caroline and their son Joseph n. were
with them.
4 little later they took their places in
the balcony, where they could best be
seen and heard, and President Kellogg
presented the beautiful token to them, in
these words:
I have here beautiful gift for those in
whose honor this company is gathered. 1t is
! legends signiicant and appropriate. On one
OF its three sides is the seal of the universi ty
on another the great seal of the State, and on
| the third the gilt inscription, as follows:
This loving cup Is a token of affection from
many hearts"
In this gift the regents OF the university tes-
tfy their appreciation OF the man whom, in
the very beginnings OF the university, they
called to teach the best results of scientific
thought and Investigation.
His colleagues, who have known him long
and well, hereby express their admiration
and love of the eIdest and most distinguished
member OF the teaching staff. They take
pleasure in calling 10 mind his varied acquire
ments, his clearness of thought, his force and
beauty of expression, his unfailing courtesy
and he lpfulness, and the modesty wi tn which
he wears his multiplying laurels.
The students whom he has met during a
round quarter of a century hereby testify their
admiration and love Of one whose lectures no
student was willing 10 miss, whose addresses
and writings have been a great~attractiono OF
their college life. Most of these students have
gone out into the world, but they retain their
fond regard for their favorite professor. Others
there are who join in this testimonial. This
man has been more than university pro-
fessor. He has entered into the life of this
hoah
by. Californians are proud OF his National
and transatlantic reputation. His late visit
to the Eastern States and to England has
shown US how certain II Is that we own q FORE
most man of science, a writer of renown. an
acknowledged authority in the higher ranges
OF thought.
The climax of his recent visit was reached
little more than month ago, when, at the
home of a daughter, DR.. and Mrs. LIE Conte
were surrounded by all their children and
grandchildren, and celebrated their golden
wedding. II was not simply the climax of
sort of triumphal tour; it was the eliminating
felicity OF two long and sing gularly happy lives.
II was the crown OF Joy for the two Lifelong
lovers.
AS sequel to that occasion we present to
them tonight this loving cup, in token OF our
most heartfelt congra tul atoms. 1t is the
poculum caritaus, the cup of grace of the old
English monasterles, the loving cup of the
modern time. In its use, dear friends. per-
haps, you Will think of the plaintfve formula
/ Bene vos; bene nos. Long may you live to re-
call this evening scene, TO enjoy still the un-
alloyed bliss of a true marriage of kindred
souls. We all echo the Horatian benediction,
Seri i'll cpl1m redeatis.
The orchestra joined with the throng in
applauding the address and in greeting
Professor lie Conte as ne arose. He was
visibly affected.
my friends" he said. "this kindness,
this generosity, this affection, love,
may say. of the faculty, of the regents, of
the graduates and of the students of the
university-it overwhelms me until l
know not what to say.
1t has eliminated in this reception. an honor
which l cannot lake to myself, but share it
with my wife. 1t is certainly beyond my
merit. How can l account for it except that
deep down in the hearts of all there is a well
of human kindness. 1 have been with you
from year to year but you have still been
seeking occasion to shower it upon me- and
now this golden wedding has offered the occa-
sion. / am glad that my wife may snare it
with me.
In my connection with the university at
its very birth, felt this same quickening in
fluence. felt then l feel now that it was
founded on more natural principles than any
other. l nave watched 1t grow until it stands
in the first rank of the educational institu-
tions of the country. To have thus grown up
with it. is that not something to have lived
for?
Need say that the crown of my honors that
20 SPEAK of lay in a happy married life It
is Gods message. In such a life there is no
room for selfshness. In union so close there
is no room for rights" How we 1ret about
rights. Duty itself is a form of bondage. Love
is freedom. l accept this loving cup as a
symbol of eternal and indissoubie union.
Governor Budd made a short address
speaking as a graduate Of the university
and addressing Professor Joseph and
Mrs. Professor Joe" as they fused to do"
He spoke of the bills for the support and
extension of the university that have Just
passed the Legislature and of the pleasure
he would have in signing them.
The loving cup is genuine loving cup,
with three handles, and is the largest
single piece of gold ever worked up by
Shreve. 1t is nine inches high by seven
across the handles. On the first face is
raised wreath of green gold surrounding
the inscription: "To Professor and Mrs.
lie Conte. from the University of CaIifor-
MIA. 1S47-1S97." Underneath the wreath
is raised oxidized gold ribbon upon
which Is enameIed In blue the Latin in
scrlptlon: "Fama Semper Vlvat" MAY
your fame live forever).
On one of the other faces is a raised
seal in blue enamel and gold-the colors
and the seal of the University of Cali
fornia. On the third face in raised
oxidized gold is the great seal of the State
OF California. The general color of the
cup is polished gold
kilograms were received from gradu-
ates and others in many places through
out the country and a number OF floral
tokens, one of these from the pupils of lie
Conte school.
The case is covered with black goatskin
| and is lined with blue silk.