The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-25
WORDS OF THE DONOR.

Mr.. Hearst's name was omitted from
the list of speakers for the day at his
own special request, but at the last mo-
ment he consented to speak. He was
greeted with much applause. He said:
My Friends: Mr.. Weed is RESPONSIBLE for
the selection Of this admirable and appropriate
site. and wish to compliment him upon 1t
most highly; Mr.. Howard is responsible for the
designing and construction of this beautiful
theater, and l wish to express my sincere ad-
mraton for him and his work; my mother is
responsible for the interest I have taken in
this particular project and I wish to thank
her most heartily.
As for me, I feel very much like the small
boy who belonged to the baseball team. Some
body said to himi Sonny what position, do
you play on the Miner And the small boy
belong"
1 feel as If I just belonged. but I am very
happy to belong and very proud to be asso-
ciated in some way With this great university.
telieve that this university will eventually
be the greatest in the world because it Is the
most thoroughly American. 1t is thoroughly
American and Enthusiastically Californian.
and no institution possess both of those
qualities and fail to reach the top.
1 say it is thoroughly American because I
believe that the essential elements of American
progress and development are Independence,
equality and opportunity. and think this uni
versity possesses and expresses in the highest
degree the true spirit of Americanism.
FAvoRs BROAD VIEWS.
Many of the universities in the East are
modelled on those abroad and are largely for
the sons Of the favored few Many of them
foster feeling of sniffy superiority, distruet
of popular rights, of popular education, of uni
versal suffrage. Of most of the things that have
velop a certain snobbish class distinction which
ought to have been forever forgotten when this
nation was founded.
They cannot encourage complete ndepend-
ence because they are themselves dependent
on the endowments Of a wealthy class and are
correspondingly hampered and restricted by
the timidity and prejudice of that class.
This university is dependent only the
State-that is to say. on the people.
Here there is nothing to prevent anybody
professor OF student-from thinking II he is
capable of thinking and thank God all Of them
are capable of thinking and all Of them exer-
This university offers the most perfect in
dependence. the fullest equality and the freest
opportunity 1t does not invite the sons of any
special part of the community, but stretches
forth its arms lovingly to the youth of the
whole people. Here there is no distinction
save that Of brains and industry. university
such this is superior public school and
the crowning glory of our American public
school system. Truly am proud and happy
to be associated with it as I have the honor
TO be to-day.
The speech-making over 1.-THE Birds
alighted upon the stage and with their
antics and bantering of the gods from
above entertained for still another hour.
The formal taking over of the theater
by the students will be marked by a
great university meeting this morning in
the theater. To mark the student rar-
ticipation there will be very brief talks by
Ezra Decoto '00 and Richard TuIly 'Oi.
The address of theNday will be delivered
by the Most Rev. George Montgomery,
coadjutor archbishop of San Francisco.
Ben Greet, manager of the company of
English players, who will present
Twelfth Night in the theater on Sat-
urday, will also speak.