Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-06-05
THE CLOSING EXERCISES.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR PASSED
BY THE M. 6 M. INSTITUTE.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR PASSED
BY THE M. 6 M. INSTITUTE.
Founders Day Address Delivered by Ex-
! Governor Robert f.. Pattison-Cash
| Prizes of $13O Distributed Among the
Students Well Delivered Orations.
The sixth annual closing exercises OF
the Mining and Mechanical Institute of
the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsyl-
vania were held at the Grand opera house
on Friday evening. AS in former years
the stage was profusely decorated with
the national colors and potted plants,
which gave an inviting appearance
when the curtain rose.
Hon. George ID. McCreary, of Phila-
delphia, ably filed the position of chair
man of the evening. He has so often
acted in this capacity in behalf of tho
institute that the exercises would not
seem complete without his presence.
| On the stage sat such students Of the
institute as were assigned to take part
10 the exercises, the members of the
faculty, the board of directors and the
speaker of the evening, Ex-Governor
Robert f. Pattison, of Philadelphia.
The auditorium, balcony and gallery
of the opera house were filed when ST.
AIMS band opened the exercises with a
selection, and the large audience re-
maned seated to the conclusion and
gave strict attention to the several
speakers during the rendition of the
program.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
| The distribution of Sl30 cash in prizes
to those of the students who, in the judg-
ment of the directors, distinguished
themselves in their studies during the
William E. Martin. The fortunate
students were as follows:
Roger Dever, Freeland, $40.
Patrick Green, Jeddo, $50.
William Lesser, Jeddo, $40.
Charles McElwee, Drfton, $50.
George Dennenny, Freeland, $40.
Charles Dever, Freeland, $40.
John Dusheck, Freeland, $40.
Walter Davis, Freeand, $40.
Charles Mietke, Freeland, $40.
John Lindsay, Freeland, $40.
William Dim, Freeland, $40.
SPEAKER OF THE EVENING.
Ex-Governor Pattison was greeted
with rounds of applause when he rose
to acknowledge the introduction given
by the chairman. He was on the pro-
gram to DELIVER the Founders Day ad-
dress, and, without intent to disparage
in any way the work of the several
talented gentlemen who previously have
delivered the addresses of the evening,
the words of Mr.. Pattison in his refer
ences to the founder, the late Hon.
Eckley b. Coke, undoubtedly had a
deeper significance and meaning than
those of former speakers, for few men
In Pennsylvania had better oppor-
tunity to study the man, in one certain
respect, than was given to Mr.. Pattison.
For this reason, in particular, Mr..
Pattisons words In eulogizing the
founder were received by the audience
as coming from one who knew him most
intimately, not in the lines of work in
which Mr.. Coxe's reputation was great
est, but from their associations in the
legislative halls and the politics of our
state, where mans nature invariably
receives its most severe test.
AS HE KNEW MIR. COKE.
His ability, his genius, his philan-
thropy, have all been told of at institute
exercises by men competent and quail
fed to speak upon them; it remained for
Mr. Pattison to tell of him as he found
him in those paths of life where SO many
Of our seeming great men have had
their steps diverted from that which is
just, honest and right.
Mr.. Pattison, at the outset, acknowl-
edged himself as somewhat embarrass-
ed by the thorough covering by the
students of all the fields of appropriate
talk. Howaver, he began his address
with few humorous anecdotes, which
captivated the audience, and prepared
them for the more serious words that
followed.
He feelingly referred to the fact that
had Mr.. Coke lived he would be sixty
years of age on the 4th yesterday of
this month.
His acquaintance with the founder,
he said, extended over period of
twenty years.
He knew him as patriotic citizen,
whose course in life could not by any
means or inducements be swerved from
what he believed to be right.
PATRIOTIC AND CONSCIENTIOUS.
AS member of the legislature, the
ex-governor stated, he knew him to be
one OF the most conscientious men who
has ever represented the people.
His efforts as law-maker were at all
times directed to the public good.
His incOrruntibj1ity and hi, dotor-