Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-06
4 BROWNING GLORY
Dedication of New Mexico Normal
University at Las Vegas Last
Saturday.
ELOQUENT WORDS SPOKEN
Objects and Success of the Institution No
table Gathering of Prominent Legisla-
tors and Citizens Handsomely En-
tertained in Meadow City.

The New Mexico Normal UniycrSit'
in Las Vegas is the browning glory o
the Meadow city and the dedication 0
the institution marked the chief wen
i'll the city's progress since the rail
way pushed into the valley in 1879. Il,
mention the university, in Las Vega
means to appeal to the enthusiasm o
the business element and to the pride o
all citizens who have the cause of edu
cation at heart.
The members of the Santa Fe contin
gent who participated in the exercise,
cannot say too much for Las Vegas, The
beauty and efficiency of the school ant
the painstaking efforts of the committee
on arrangements. Everyone enjoyed
the trip immensely and not u single UNI
pleasant incident marked the occasion
The committee members were most as.
sidious in their endeavorS to look after
the comfort of the guests, and all were
treated with the highest degree of cour-
tesy from the mightiest councilman to
the humblest employe. The moment any
of the visitors gave evidence of being
unemployed, some member of the com
mittee would be found on the trail with
a carriage ride to points of interest OF
ONE form of amusement outlined ready
for execution. If the gentlemen res.
ponsible for the arrangements secured
any sleep or rest, it must have been after
the guests had departed for home and not
during the two days and nights contin'
Jus performance in honor OF the norma
university.
Legislative members in attendance
We're: Councilmen j. M. Valdez, J.. A
Ancheta. and NJ. Martinez; Major Ma,
Luna, speaker of the house and Repre-
sentatives r. p. Barnes, 7. d. Leib, Col
Jaramillo, Victor ,,Ortega, Z. L. Gutter
rez. John r. Guyer, P. Crespin, Celst
Baca, A. D. Mcintosh. J. E. Wharton
Frank Staplin and Ramon de Herrera.
Wives of members who We're present
We're: Mesdames Jaramillo. Crespin.
Gutierrez.
Other persons in attendance were;
Solicitor General E. L. Bartlett. Profess
>or c. L. Herrick, of the Albuquerque
University, John S. Clark, Esq, Manuel
c. de Baca, superintendent of public
instruction, Judge S. Alexander, of SO.
zorro and c. b. Llewellyn.
The visitors are loud in their expires
sions of gratitude to the committee an6
if any of the members of the council.
and house who voted for the %appropria'
ton for the completion of the building
,,nc,ocpnI r,o1n,, ,,lot,r, T., ,l, ,J,;,n
bility of the action their misgivings are
dispelled and they feel a just pride
in the knowledge that they aided one OF
the most deserving and meritorious
educational institutions in the terri
tory.
Members of the legislature and guests
who were unable to be present and ten.
dered their regrets to the committee
were Governor NJ. A. Otero. Colonel j.
Francisco Chaves, president of the coun-
ell and Hon. James S. Duncan. who de-
voted the time in Santa Fe to work on
the appropriation bill.
The dedicatory exercises were witness
sed by fully 600 people. The hall was
crowded to the utmost and many people
stood in the corridors during the entire
ceremonies. A splendid orchestra fur
niShed the initiatory music. The first
number on the program was a piano
duet by Miss Bessie Cooley and Mr.. Max
Nordhaus. The Oratorio society followed
with america" in which the audience
joined. The Very Rev. James Fl. De-
fouri pronounced the invocation after
which the Oratorio society rendered
Gonoud'S praise We the Father" Hon.
Frank Springer, president of the board
of regents of the school delivered the
address of dedication and Professor Ed
gar l.. Hewitt, president of the Univer-
sity followed, with the presidential ad-
dress. The oratorio society then fur
nished Fanning's "Daybreak" and Hon.
Z. l.. Bartlett, in behalf of the governor
made an excellent extemporaneous ad-
dress. Major Maximiliano Luna's name
met with a storm of applause and he
was responsible for a dissertation that
will long be remembered by the good
people Of Las Vegas. The Oratorio
society gave Tannhauser's Hail Bright
Abode, and the Rev. George Selby pro-
nounced the benediction.
Presidents S%pringer's address was
gracefully rendered and enthusiastically
received. 1t is given below:
Ladies and Gentlemen: The inaugu-
ration of a school of learning is the
lighting of a new lamp along the path
way of civilization and progress. How
bright its light shall be, how long and
how well it shall illumine the way, will
depend upon the liberality and far
sightedness of those who are charged
with it's maintenance and support, and
the fidelity and intelligence of those
who are entrusted with it's care. When
ever they establish a seat of education,
with good judgment as to its location
and purposes, the governing powers
perform one Of the highest duties to
their constituents.
That the education of the people is
n of the legitimate functions of gov
eminent. is a truth so universally ad-
mitted, that no argument for it's sup
port is needed at the present day.
Macauley said, whoever has a right
to hang, has a right to education" The
spirit of this age goes farther, and says
that the power to govern, and the
authority to punish, carry with them
not only the right, but the obligation,
to enlighten. Washington's last admo-
milton to the American people was.
''educate your children" educate the
people" said Jefferson, though in all