The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-28

and not die.
sons should be praised for carrying to
| successful conclusion a piece of work that
1T is clearly their duty to undertake. l DEEM
ed 1t my duty to undertake the task of
lifting the debt of Hamline. and we are now
free from 1t, but l was not alone in this
work First Of ALL am under obligations
TO Mr.. ]. j. Hill, without whom could not
nave accomplished this task. at least at this
| time. (Applause.) And l am under obliga-
| tion to him for his kind and encouraging and
| appreoiating words about our university and
| It's management almost as much as for his
| man that gives money as generously and
| as intellige9tly as Mr.. Hill deserves to pros
per. and I@hope that he may prosper yet
more and more. Such an pen-handed, broad.
| minded and Dublic-spirited man Mr.. Hill
| is q. great credit to this city and this state.
and ! am sure that ! voice the sentiments
of all present when ! express the hope that
he may yet have many years OF life in which
to make money and to do good with 1t. And
am under obligations to all who contribup'
ed to make his conditional promise available
and to all who gave money and time and
effort which In any way helped me to
complish this result. and there were many
of them.
l am under obligations to the press, for
cannot but say that the newspapers of this
city have been a great aid to me. The
faculty also have my deepest thanks, for they
counseled with me and comforted me and
aided me in every way that lay In their
| power.
FOLLOWING MR.. HILLS OFFER.
| When / began the work of raising this
| money and made known the fact that Mr..
| Hill had promised me $40, 900 on condition that
| l raise $4,000 more had number of inter-
esting experiences and advice as to the best
| method to pursue was given to me from all
sides. One man suggested that l get three
men to give $1,000 each. and the work would
be- ended quickly. The man suggested three
| names of men that l might see, but his own
| name was not of them.
| Another man suggested that l get fifteen
| men to give me 81, 600 each, and he also sent
| me list OF names of men that might be
| willing to subscribe that amount but he did
not include his own. Still another man wrote
me that it would be good idea to have If
teen thousand people give me one dollar each,
and ne sent me very long list of names of
4 people that he felt sure would contribute
that amount, but even he failed to include
] himself in the list. There were numerous
other suggestions of like character great
many more than could recall at this time.
but from none of them did l obtain much en-
| couragement, and finally determined to work
| the problem out by myself.
One man wrote me- not to suggest anything,
but to find out how | proposed to go about
| my task. He said that he was interested
in the outcome and wanted to know. an
swered him that had set myself task, and
when he said during the Civil war that He
takes all summer
1 fought it out. and it did not take all
summer. and the debt is gone, but my plans
| for Hamline far from complete. We
need many things. but have great conf
when we want anything, that we can call
| on the people and we will meet with success.
| In closing. ]. want to say that Mrs. Bridg-
man and l thoroughly appreciate this ex-
preston of kindness and good will on your
part. 1t is new experience to us to be bar
quoted, but we like it, and we assure you
| that the events of this evening will ever
remain among out most pleasant memories.
SOME REGRETS RECEIVED.
After Dr. Bridgman had finished
| Judge Brill announced that it had been
! the intention of the committee in
| charge Of the banquet to have two or
three more speakers on the programme,
but that those selected had been un-
able to be present, and, owing to the
| late hour, 1t had been deemed best not
| to ask spy one unpIepared to deliver
addresses. kilograms had been re-
| ceiyed from Matt S. Hughes and J. Y.
| Wyman, expressing their regret that
they could not be present and these
| received from DR.. j. F. Chaffe, in
| which he regretted that he could not
be in attendance at the banquet, but
| that it was impossible.
| After reading the expressions of re-
| greet from the absent ones Judge Brill
announced the close of the formal ex-
| ercises and said that they had shown
| their loyalty to Hamline, and he be-
| lieved that there could be no more fit
! ting time to show their loyalty to their
country. and he suggested the singing
! OF America" All joined in singing
| the song. and the banquet was ended,
| and the guests dispersed after giving
| three rousing cheers for DR.. Bridgman
| and Mr.. J. j. Hill.