The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-03
BARRATT HALL
Is DEDICATED
1t Stands as q Monument For
Mother and Son.
cONSECRATED TO GOOD WORK
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES WERE
LARGELY ATTENDED.

: a LiFE-SlZE oil painting Of Samuel
| n Moorehouse Barratt looked down
upon the audience assembled yes
terday afternoon in Barratt hall to
participate in the dedicatory exercises
OF the structure which was built by the
late Mrs. Matilda II. Barratt as a
monument TO the memory of her de-
ceased son. In one OF the addresses
a speaker said the structure would
stand as a monument 10 both.
The exercises began at o'clock, bat
long before that hour most of the seats
in the body of the house were occupied.
The gallery seats. running two-thirds
Of the way around the building. were
filed by pupils of the college and their
friends.
AS the interior Of the hall is attract
/ I've IN itself, there was but a slight at
/ tempt at decoration. In bold relief
/ against the immaculate walls were
| plush and silken banners of the church
and various classes. A row OF palms
and ferns was arranged across the
| platform and the southwest window in
an American flag. In the opposite
window were the college colors, SINH
larry draped.
Many Dignitaries Present.
Among those who occupied the stage
we're Presidents Joseph F. Smith. An
] thon II. Lurd and John r. Winder:
| Apostles John Henry Smith and John
/ w. Taylor: John Nicholson. Bishops
Taylor and Romney. Mr.. MeAllister
and Patriarch John Smith.
A double quartette furnished the
music under the direction of Professor
Evan Stephens. The personnel con-
sisted Of Mrs. Lizzie T. Edwards. Mrs.
| Kate BridewelI Anderson, Miss Judith
Anderson, Mrs. Elsie Barrows Best.
! Joseph Ashworth. Alfred Best. Willard
Squires and John Robinson. President
Lund presided.
The exercises began with a song.
Let the Mountains Shout for JOY" by
| the quartette. President Winder then
delivered an address. in which he ex-
planned how the auditorium came to
I be built. IL was the original intention
| to erect a crescent of. three buildings
on the site. and Mrs. Barrstt donated
| $4,000 for the construction of the build
! ing which was 10 be monument to
the memory of her son:
Subsequently the plans were changed
and it was decided to put five buildings
in the crescent. This necessitated
some alterations in the plans of the
architects and to carry out their ideas
! il required a more expensive building
than the donor intended to erect. She
| consented to the change. however. and
the $4,000 building is the result. Soon
| after making arrangements for this
change. Mrs. Barratt was taken IN. and
did not live to see the eonsummation of
her plans
Generosity Commended.
Thomas Ashworth rendered a solo
and Charles Henry Smith was called
upon to speak. He commended the
generosity which resulted In the cree
| ton of the building and expressed the
| hope that others would emulate the
example set by the donor. Addresses
OF a congratulatory nature followed.
Mrs. Edwards then sang my West
ern Home"
President Joseph F. Smith delivered
/ the dedicatory prayer. 1t was for
divine approval. He petitioned for the
! performance in the hall of only such
works as would be pleasing on high.
! In one of the closing addresses, the
| speaker said the hall was one the uni
versity has long needed. Mrs. Barratt
could not have built a more useful
/ building nor erected a more enduring
monument. 1t is not only an ornament
on the outside but within spiritual de-
/ veIopment is taught Monuments
which are simply ornaments crumble
away and the ones in whose memory
| they are raised are forgotten. He said
Barratt hall will renew the memory OF
the donor and the one in whose mem
DRY it was erected so long as the hall
stands.
The college song. in which all Joined,
was followed by the benediction by
/ Bishop Romney.