Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-03-06

| Ample provision OF buildinRs, Iabora-
i tories and libraries are needsd. but there
is no magic IN costly apparatus or splend-
Id cabinets which will turn out scholars
It's the men and women who aEs Co use
them, to whom we must look for those re-
suits which are to be OF lasting behef1t to
the people.
! Therefore, VII we. as the agents and
servants OF the legislature, have thus far
done our part in providing these ad-
mirable accessories, as to which we can
! justly say, ''if you wish a monument, look
around you, '--it is on you, Professor
Hewett, and your associates and co-iabor-
ere. that the people must after ell depend
| fer the due accomplishment of the noble
purposes for which this seat of learning
hasibeen established. Upon you now rests
the responsibility. and TO you will belong
the honor which will attend upon success
ful achievement. That this responsibility
| will be met With courage aud fidelity, and
7 that the honors and rewards of faithful
and Intelligent service await you here
after, we have an abiding faith, hased on
l,what we have already seen. In this be-
lief, with the assurances OF our Ca opera
tion, sympathy and support, and with our
linost earnest coed wishes to you and those
who are TO labor with you, we now com.
init to yonr hards and keeping the future
Of this University.
The audience listened intently to this
able address by the man who hae SO
largely contributed to the inception
and completion Of the Las Vegas Nor
mai University, and there was enthu-
siastic applause at every period.
Mr.. springers dedicatory speech was
followed By President Hewett's in
augural address, which was as follows:
Presidential Address
President Edgar L. Hewett said; Ia as
suhing the presidency OF this insfitution,
my first duty Is to correctly interpret the
will of the commonwealth that created IL,
the citizens who malntain It, and the Re-
gents who, in the name OF the s:ate. are re-
sp0nsible for its organization.
In addressing myself to this question,
have looked first to this massive pile Of
stone. It's soIidity and ruggedness speak
of the eternal hills from whence 1t came.
Its architecture displays the wisdom aud
artistic Aense Of a master, who has cons
prshehded the past and apnrehended the
futureT The first truth that Irecognize il,
you hFge not built this for yourselves.
Your needs are transitory, yet you have
built f5ls Tor all time. When every hand
tion shaIi'have been dust for ages, this
structure will stand, as it does today, an
epitome and prophecy of civilization.
Then the conGlusi % Is, this Institution
does not exist for you; 1t exists for the
children, who now live. aud Tor those who
Ii coming time shal; live, IN New Mexico.
Yeu stand as the trustees of the civiliz a.
tionsof this common wealth.
I have sointerpreted the spirit OF the
people who have crested this school. That
spirit has dominated our legislative ASSEM-
BIZ, It has prevailed In every act OF this
Board of Regents. In no instances has
self or sect or party or prejudice BEEN man
fest, This thought has been uppermost;
tHat ell that the human race has wrought
cut, with infinite toll and patience, Is the
inheritance OF every child that lives. It
as 70 ths child of Massachusetts. and he
shall be brought Into possession OF It.
Earthermofe, that having that inheri-
tance ID bis possession be snail be given
chance to extend the scope Of human
knowledge aud human power; to become
ativine factor in the life and progress OF
t6e nation.
based the theory OF administration fer this
|zahooI--tha< II exists for the children of
New Mexico, aud that New Mexico de-
mands for her chill rem the highest pro-
duct OF the Horldss culture, In Iiteratute.
the SCIENCES aud the afls, ta the end that
her sonz aud denghtezs may be the peers
OF any o1 tbIs planet. My second admin
isfratlse duty hes to do with the equip
ping Of the lnstlation fori1s work. This
involves
THREE VITAL QUESTIONS,
each calling Tor the most searching analy-
sic, before ue have 9 right to open our
doors. snd FOR unneasIng sIudys unpffiu
diced judgment, fearless aud unfettsrsd
action % Ling az our present relations
exist. These luesEi0hs hfe:
Elhsz:-< What IS the nature Of the child
70 be edncaIedY
sEo0ED What ia the nature Of the sdu-
cation % be give the childl