The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-08
A HUGE SUCCESS.
Rutland Combination
Building, is Ded-
icated.
A LARGE CROWD WAS PRESENT.
Leading Address Made By
Senator A. S. Roe of
Worcester.
A LARGE CROWD WAS PRESENT

OA@enAs DreezS prevailed all day with
sunshine enough to make 1t comforta-
Bile to be out of doors. The air was very
clear, and the hundreds of visitors en-
5oyed the extensive views; many
awaited themselves of the opportunity
Of taking in the scenery for miles
around as seen from the observatory on
the new public building and the Mus
chopauge House. and the Green noun
tains could be plainly seen.
The people began to arrive quite ear
~ from surrounding towns, many com.
Ing on the trains. Ex-senator
Roe, Secretary of State Board Of Ff1,,ca a.
ton Frank A. Hill and Architect viii
ham Il. Harvey arrived on the 1910
train from Worcester.
F.he exercises began with a concert
at 1899 by the Rutland cornet band. 20
pieces, j. Warren Moulton leader, seat
ed under the large willow tree opposite
the Congregational Church.
AT II o'clock 100 or more school chill
dren formed line in front of the
church, under command Of Arthur A..
Head, principal of the high school, and
ms brother, Herbert Head, late private
OF Seventh United States infantry,
Headed by the band, they marched to
the front of the town hall, where they
formed into hollow square, citizens
and visitors standing on the common
sbout them
On the porch of the new building
stood l.. Q. Spaulding of the building
committee, Walter A. Hunter, chair
man Of the school committee; Arthur
A. Head and other invited guests At
signal from L. @. Spaulding, the donor
At hal oer ~
top of the 25-foot flag staff at the top
OF the tower. Three cheers for the flag
were proposed by Rev. Sidney Crawford,
which were given with much enthusi-
asm.
Mr.. spaulding stepped forward and
said In part: I'VE are assembled here
today to dedicate this building. 1t
would not be complete unless it had the
stars and stripes floating over it, He
then charged the children to honor the
flag Of their country.
Principal Head, on behalf of the
schools, in a neat speech, accepted the
flag. mentioning in his remarks the in
cident in the war of the rebellion when
color bearer carried the colors ahead
of his regiment, and when, after the re-
treat of the regiment, his colonel or
dered him to bring back the colors.
said: Colonel, bring the regiment to
the colors.'
At the conclusion of his remarks,
| Warren Wales, one of the school boys,
| delivered a short Grafton, which was
| we'll received. The band played Red.
white and blue" the crowd joining in
| by singing.
| This concluded the morning exercises.
Those who had not already inspected
| the building were shown about the
| place by citizens of the town.
At IL o'clock the large dining room
was filled with people. The dinner was
prepared by special committee, con-
| sisting of Mrs. w. A. Wheeler, Mrs, w,
A. Hunter Mrs. F. L. Watson and Mrs.
William c. Temple.
The interior of the building was dec
GRATED with flowers evergreen and sew
| eral American flags, under the direction
of Mrs. Ellis Peterson.
At 1.30 o'clock the upper hall and gal
| lery began to fill. On the stage were
| seated Chairman of Dedication Com
mittee Franklin Hathaway, Senator AL
| fred s. Roe, Secretary of State Board
| of Education Frank A. Hill. Rev. John
F. Lee of Jefferson, Rev. Sidney Craw-
| ford, L. O. Spaulding, Chairman of Ii
brary Trustees William c. Temple, Sc
| lectmen C. r. Bartlett, T. S. Head and
H. e. Wheeler.
After selection by the band, Mr.
Hathaway called on Mr. Spaulding who
had charge of the construction of the
building, who gave brief resume OF
the meetings which passed the votes
authorizing the building of the nall;
also financial statement. He said the
| building, costing about $4,000, would
cost the citizens of Rutland at the
present population, $40 per capita, while
| Worcester's big city hall cost but sc
per capita
Mr.. Hathaway briefly turned over the
town hall part of the building and keys
to Chairman of Selectmen C. R. Bart
lett. Mr. Bartlett responded. He paid
a glowing tribute to the late DR.. Trip
who was instrumental in securing the
| location of the Central Massachusetts
railroad through the town, although he
did not live to see the benefit, yet the
citizens of Rutland today reap the bene-
nj. He predicted that whoever live,l
in Rutland 20 years from today would
see this building, now apparently SC
large, would all be needed for school
purposes, and another building would
be built for town hail.
The keys for the school department
| were then turned over to Chairman
Walter A. Hunter.
| The public library was then turned
over to William G. Temple of the
| trustees, who said the library which
began In 1855 with IS volumes now had
1900 volumes. He felt much like the
boy who. had. suit of clothes a wear
or two too large for him. He liked the
clothes all well enough. but wished he
was large enough to fill them. So il is
with the quarters for the library. thew
are fine, but he could not help wishing
there We're books enough to fill them.
Secretary Frank A. Hill spoke of the
good school accommodations equal in
-
| costing thousands of dollars more. This
was his first visit to Rutland, and he
spoke very briefly of the place. SEN
ator A. 5. Roe was then introduced.
The speaker began by reviewing the
early history of the church and state in
Massachusetts. and said. "The energy
OF position Is factor that the scientist
| always has In mind, and though the
early incorporators Of this town may
have had no scientic thoughts when
they selected this elevated portion of
the public domain, they certainly did
have some notion of the value of a
slightly outlook. for their aboriginal
! neighbors were. not of the friendliest
1 character and needed a deal of watch
ing.
Hence location on hilltop gave 10
! the early Corners chance to overlook
! and to defend. The forest gave place Ia
| cultivated fields; the parting savaees
were succeeded by industrious farmers
and streams were made to do mechan-
ical work. Well might tbey<have said
Truly this is a goodly heritage"
Next best to be well placed is to be
well named and the fathers did ex
cellently when they chose the ancient
Saxon appelatlve for that Of their new
home In the wilderness. Antiquarians
may differ as to the exact reasons WHY
the smallest shire In England vas re-
called in naming. their township, but