Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-08
cARNECIE'S Gift
TO WASHINGTON
f, Handsome White Marble Library
Building
r IS FORMALLY DEDICATED
., MAX. a HAPPY Address,
Pi'' ''a@ vrDu,o TO Donors worth
f'' a. ovation Given the e'ver'

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Titan Ian. 1.-Washingtons
"'sD S,o library, a handsome whi'e
new p' ',,nch,re located on Mount YER
parO's ,, ~, donated TO the national
l0n . - Nv Andrew Carnegie was deqi-
. .a,sJ This afternoon with impressive anS
ca'sl s President Roosevelt ana
'e'V' p,,. ~ his cabinet and men IN al
m' "'' a. civil and political life were
su'@ and witnesses of the cere'
monies, 49, n,ino,nal
, ,4' PRIOR to the formal cefe-
m"nlss the Marine band rendered a
NJ, nropram. At the conclusion
spgS'a' fo,maI exercises the library was
,trown open TO the puDiic, 40
'i a. President Mcfarland OF Inc
n Of district commissioners MAJ
pOsig he assembly to order he intro
daced President Roosevelt Inc pi0'
dent said
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Of coupt myself fortunate In attend
.., ,be library ceremonies, IN some
eoscts as representing the peopl' Vi
49, Ilnitad States, 10 express tlell
N S appreciation Of the WISDOM Oh
sIr Carnegie in presenting TINS masil1,
acsnt free library to Washington ne
beleyed that a man ought 10 eohsiuei
himself as thrice blessed VINO mlsht
,'"a his wealth for the benefit Oh the
sSole neople The common school sys-
,sm of course, lies at the foundation
NJ education, but 1t was only the iouh-
datlOn, s o,,,i-
"of those who are to stand pre-eml-
,.nt as the representatives OF the cul-
,ure OF the community, the enormous
majority must educate themselves, me
work done BIZ this library Is helpful be-
cause is represents one side of the way
IN which a healthy work In THIS COM
,nunlty must be done. Mr. Carnegie,
neither YOU nor anyone else can make
man Mise or cultivated. All you can do
h NJ give chance to add to his own
wisdom or to his own cultivation.
THAT Is all you can do In any kind
of phianthropic work. The only phllan-
thropic work that counts In the long
nm Il the work that helps a man to
helm himself. This is true socially So
eoiogically and in every way. The
man who viii submit or demand to be
carried Is not worth carrying, and IL you
make the effort It helps neither him nor
you. -
aBut every man OF us needs help
needs more and more 10 be given the
chance to show for himself the stun
that is in him, and this the free library
Is doing in the world of cultivation,
The world of scholarship, what II should
be our aim to do In the great world
political and social developmentt-that
Is il Is as far as may be, equalizing
the opportunities and then leaving the
opportunities and then leaving the men
themselves to show how they are able
10 take advantage Of them.
In other words, this is the kind OF
gift that steers the happy middle course
between the Charybdis Of failure 10
show public spirit on the one hand, and
on the other the scylla OF showing that
public spirit IN a way that will de-
moraze and pauperize those who take
advantage Of IT, To quote an express
sion that | am fond of--this Is equally
far from the two prime vices of our
civilization, hardness Of heart and soft
hess Of head
Il am not hear TO make a speech.
unfortunately, have TO leave al once,
as the president has several duties to
Perform | have come because l feel
that the movement for securing better
facilities for self-training, better facil-
tiles for education in It's WIDEST and
broadcast and deepest sense, is one OF
such prime Importance that ihe presi-
dent 80 United States could no.
where more appropriately come than "a
this building Mr., Carnegie, at this
time to thank you for the gift that
you have made to the people OF the ma.
tIonal capital"
When the applause had subsidized
President Roosevelt left the adtorium
the audience rising as he passed out
and the Marine band playing "Ameri'
ca"
In a brief address II. y. r.. McFar
iahd one Of the commissioners OF tn,
District Of Columbia, turned the build
ing over to the board of library trus
tees
President Noyes responded for tn
Vuaru. Mr NOyes' speech was an elO
eueht tribute 10 the llberality of MI
carnegie He referred 10 Mr.. Carnegi
az a santa Carnegie, the patron sain
OIL public libraries, who transforms b,
sotl or touch OF the pen a cramped
crowded makeshlft into the marble pal
ace IN which we are assembled today.
~ conclusion Mr.. Noyes pronounced
we building notable adornment o
lc guy beautiful, a factor In the won
ueIlll architectural development OF IN
ntw Washington " -
nj carnegie was next introduced
ne was Slyen an ovation by the vas
eullenee He said In part:
cARNEGIE's ADDRESS.
q, The free library, maintained by nj
va. p.ople Tor all the people, know
T,'usI rank nor birth within its walls
a,eh ne who honors us today by his au
ses' presence, the honor OF the highes
Sugh upon earth, the elected of tn
ssOli,y OF the English-speaking race
position compared with which All In
cam CAM positions sink into insignia
nsgss @lth,n these walls has no priv
tos ~ which are not the right OF hi
ar rsss ana humbest fellow citizen.
toor ise libraries maintained by IN
ihsr,e are cradles OF democracy an,
''''i spread can never fail TO exten,
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