The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-29

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mental. was put into operation for the
Z delectation OF the visitors. Several Of the
trustees are here. among them Mr.. Rob
Y ert C.. Ogden, who Is president OF the
= board; Bishop w. NJ McVickar. I'rovi-
\ dence. r.. 5I.;4 Or. Francis g. Peabody.
\ Cambridge Hon T.. u. Lewis. Richmond;
4 George Foster p body. New FORK. and
Archer M. Huntington son Of the late
& @. p. Huntington. Kay
the dedication OF the Huntington Library.
butHthe visitors also found much OF In
terest In the preceding exercises.
" Morning Programme.
From 0 o'clock to $50 the trustees and
visitors Inspected the cadets in ranks.
h Tho Indians and colored youths made a
good showing. This event was followed
+ by opening exercises in assembly room.
y Academic Hall, which lasted also twenty
minutes. Classes continued from that
time until noon. when the battalion es-
corted the girls to dinner. At the table.
in the presence OF the whole company OF
visitors who stood about the aislcs,Ethee
men and girls sang the grace" In per-
feet time and accord, making a most
favorable impression on every one. The.
\ Governor was among the most Interested.
"A few moments later tho guests We're
seryed dinner In another building. At
.t1:45 the battalion drilled on the lawn IN.
front OF the principals residence and at.
3 O. clock escorted tho girls to the gym
nasum. where the dedcatory exercises
were held. n n Il;
Sang Plantation Songs.
The guests and visitors also went to
the gymnasium in body the line being
Yormcd in front OF DR.. Fessells residence.
facing Hampton Roads. at the head Of
Tbs column was Mr.. Ogden and Preside
Iadley, with Governor Montague be-
tween them. The column was hye
4 squares long. 5S
Il The exercises opened with prayer and
the singing OF plantation songs by the
students Those darkies and redskins
certainly can sing!
Tho first address was by George II.
Hamin, OF the class OF this year. He is
IN Indian from the white Earth Res
! lrvation,'1 Minnesota. His theme. we'll
handled, too, was along New Trails" y
'seryice Our Mission" was the appro-5
priate subject OF a Very excellent brief
address by Lorenzo Hall. a colored stu.
dent from Mt. Meigs, Ala. lEs
B. Other plantation songs were admirably
sung, and DR.. Russell introduced Presi-s
dent Hadley. n A
Address Of Or. Hadley. n
Or. Hadley said in part;
The dedication OF school library Ia
always a noteworthy event. For Is
brary has It's best use In connection with
a school; and a school, however devoted
to the Industrial arts, has Its oulminat-
Ing development in the really Intelligent
use of the library. ss
In a school or college It Is understood
better than anywhere else that a u
brary is something more than a play
ground. and something more than q
mere symbol Of learning For students
are not In danger Of regarding books as
means Of amusement, on the one hand,
or as sort of magic apart from the
means of daily life, on the other; they
understand that a book is an Instrument
or tool for doing work for Others Just as
truly as a hammer or q plow, The chief
difference Is that tools like hammers and
Z Ylo u s ere used by the hand, while tools
like books arc ,lscd by' he bsaa!N and the
heart; hut the underlying principle Is tho
same In either instan ce-to give the stu
dent more power TO serve his follow
amen,
Draws a Parallel
Let mo develop moment, as under
stand It, the relation between the use
OF books, on the one hand. and the use
OF mechanical tools, on the other. The.
student who takes up the instrument Of
agriculture or caprentering, or any other
line of manual work, learns to do what
ihe Is taught, His studies in the class
room are at the same time arranged to,
teach him to do 1t intelligently, But no,
pupil in the time Of his school course
can learn more than small part Of
what the world has known concerning
the uso of his tools. II, however, he has
. cquired q habit Of reading books, he
gains the possibility OF insight into the.
knowledge which is furnished by.the3
whole world; he Is able after he. leaves
the college to find out the appl icatton Of
si,eh new principle Which the world dis,