Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-20
DEWEY AT NORTHFIELD,
The Corner Stone Laid of Dewey
Hall at Norwich University.

1
the Exercises, and the Principal Ora
ton Was Delivered by Chauncey M.
Depew.
| Admiral Dewey laid the corner stone
of Dewey Hall at Norwich University in
Mortified Friday. The ground for the
new building was first broken by Captain
Chas. e. Clark, formerly of the battleship
Oregon, on May last.
The Admiral left Montpelier in his special
car late Thursday night, and it was placed
on siding at Mortified. He was greeted
in the morning by an admiral's salute of II
| guns fred by the cadets of Norwich Uni
versity. Early in the morning the Admir-
al took stroll through the village. After
returning to his car he received call from
| Col. Henry o. Kent of Lancaster, N. H.,
the oldest alumnus of the university and a
classmate of Dewey.
At nearly the same time, Hon. Chauncey
Depew of New York paid him call, hav-
ing arrived in a special train. Among the
other visitors was Rear Admiral Belknap.
The village was finely decorated, the
| streets being a mass of parti-colored bunt-
ing. The chief arch was that at the en-
trance to the university grounds, which
bore at the top, on one side, the words
George Dewey, Cadet, 1854" and on the
other side, admiral George Dewey, 1900 ("
Below these inscriptions were the words
welcome, son." On the pillars of this
arch were the names of Carpenter, Boggs,
Paulding, Tatnall, Partridge, Ransom
Dodge, Lander and Rice, men who have be-
come famous in the army and navy and
who were formerly cadets at Norwich Uni
versity. The university buildings were
themselves beautifully decorated and every
where the inscription was seen, "Alma
mater greets her son."
At II o'clock the First Regiment of Yer
mont National Guards came into town on
a special train from Montpelier, and form
ed hollow square in the open space in
front of Admiral Dewey's car. Later a
battalion of the university cadets marched
to the railroad station, where they took
Admiral Dewey and his party under escort
and marched through the village streets to
University Hill.
Col. G. w. Hooker and aids took charge
of the order. The procession was made
up in this order: Brattleboro Military
band; cadets of Norwich university Capt.
j. p. Moseley commanding; carriage CON
tanning Admiral Dewey, Flag Lieutenant
Brumby, Gov. E. G. Smith and President
A. D. Brown; Admirals flag carried by Ira
Holden; carriage containing the orator,
Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, Rev. Arthur G.
A. Hall, chaplain of the day, and Rear Ad-
miral Belknap; carriage in which were
Senator Jonathan Ross, Speaker Kittredge
Haskins, ex-Speaker w. W. Stckney,
Representative W. W. Grout and ex-Gov.
G. S. Page; Montpelier Military band 1st
Vermont regiment Col. ]. Gray Estey
| commanding; the Grand Army of the Re-
public; Spanish-American war veterans;
Odd Fellows; Abraham Lincoln Court of
Foresters; graded schools pupils and pupils
| of the town district schools. These were
| followed by a large number of visitors
/ present and the whole made an imposing
| spectacle. There were over 1000 persons
in the line of march.
The cornerstone exercises occurred be-
| hind the main hall. On the platform was
seated large number of invited guests,
| most of them prominent Vermonters. The
exercises began with an Introductory adj
dress by Commander Brown, president of
| the university. He said in presenting
Bishop A. G. A. Hall, Episcopal bishop of
Vermont, who invoked Divine blessing,
that year ago Captain Clark turned the
| first sod on the ground where today 1--WE
welcome the greatest of Vermonters to his
native soil, and not only greet him with
| loud acclaim to his alma mater as he comes
here to lay the corner stone, but welcome
him to old Vermont. His presence here
will be an inspiration for a generation of
/ students"
After the divine invocation by Bishop
Hall, Commander Brown introduced Col.
Henry o. Kent of Lancaster, n. H., who
! said in closing: Was it not the discipline
/ Of Norwich University, the Christian devo-
f;on Of prao;dapt Eduuard RO,rnoa he
iron will of President Alonzo Jackman,
your instructors, as exempli6ed in their
teaching, that bore ripe fruitage in the
| grand design evolved at Hong Kong and
executed at Manilal Verify he who re-
turneth today beareth his sheaves with him.
When we who are here shall have ac-
| complished the work given us to do, and
when, in after time, the story of Manila
/ shall be sung, glorious epic, throughout
| happy and contented Christian land
Dewey Hall shall long stand, testifying to
the continued usefulness of our beloved
alma mater and the fraternal loyalty of
her children. 1t shall endure witness to
/ her love for that illustrious son who, in the
day of trial, remembered the legend on her
proud escutcheon, and, trying, did service
to his country, winning fame for her and
! for himself. May all good things encom-
pass and go with you; the love of the chill
dren of Norwich University goes out to
meet and accompany you, while over all
are the everlasting arms.
Commander Brown then troduced Hon.
Chauncey M. Depew, of New York City in
these words "In the past years Norwich
\ University has received students from
every state in the Union, so that the in
stitution has practically attained a national
character. By the munifcence of the
citizens of this Commonwealth we are en-.
a bled to begin this structure. The senator
from the Empire state comes from the
\ metropolis to assist in this work today
and to give his sympathy to the movement.
Senator Depew then began the corner
stone Grafton. He said in part: "ThG
greeting and applause which accompanied
Admiral Dewey around the world, the
welcome and triumphal professions Of hi
| grateful countrymen, the imposing cere
monies at the national capital and the
capital of his native state, have their fit
ting close at the university, where tn,
foundations of his fame were laid. He re
turns from his victory to alma mater ant
lays his laurels upon her shrine. Here pre-