The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-02
THE DEDICATORY ADDRESS
Rev. Marion D. Shutter Delivers an I'M
pressive Grafton.

Following is the text Of the eloquent
and appropriate address Of dedication
delivered by Rev. Marion D., Shutter:
There is a piece of statuary by one OF
Thought and Matter" 1t represents
fair spiritual face rising from rough
block of marble-the ideal blossoming out
of the real This figure may well sug-
gest the life and civilization Of the north
west. Out Of the vast material interests
of our people, out Of the stern realities
and strenuous facts with which they have
to deal, rises and overbroods them all,
the angel Of thought and beauty.
We have always been proud of our COM
mercial and industrial enterprises, and
we always will be proud Of them. The
giant mills and factories, the far-reach-
ing lines of railroad, the towering eleva-
tors, the extensive stores, the thousand
activities-these testify to the marvellous
energy Of our citizens and mark the prog
ress Of our city. They are the strong
and massive foundations. They make
everything else possible. But, side by side
with them, have grown up other things
in which we rejoice; our schools and our
churches, our library and our university.
| These have expressed desires and an
| swered to needs of brain and heart, the
most imperative in our nature. Man does
not live by bread alone, but by his ideals
and aspirations; and these-so far as this
community is concerned-have now re-
ceived their browning embodiment in this
magnificent temple in which we are
gathered.
In the pauses of this wonderful music,
am asked to say a few words Of dedica-
ton. The facts Of the origin and building
Of this auditorium are already deliberately
before the public, and I need not pause tc
rehearse them. I only remark: this Is g
Minneapolis institution. The suggestion
was born in the brain Of our fellow-citi
, zens; it was taken up and carried forward
by one Of our leading business corpora
tons; and it was backed and sustained
by our great commercial organization
! The structure was planned by Minneapoli
architects, and under the direction o
Minneapolis builders and by the hands o
Minneapolis workmen, the 'consc1ou
stone to beauty grew" The thanks o
!. this community are due to them all, iron
IS the man who had the first flash Of inspir
d alton to the man who hung the last cleo
'. trio light in it's place. The gratitude G
this audience is due to the managers VIII
i have toiled day and night to perfect tn
~ arrangements for this occasion; for eve
ID at noon today the hammers Of the work
b men were keeping time to the strains
r. the rehearsal.
N The completion Of this auditorium
ID marks an epoch In our history. The dill
- ference between provincial and metropol
I'd tan is spelled out in these lofty column
and over these ample walls. AS a cente
:, Of all that is best In music, in the DIRE
:, matte art, in oratory, in all that uplift
~ we are now prepared to take our plat
". among the great cities Of the land.
- addition to our own artists, the gre,
a singers and musicians and actors and orr
- tors of the world will find here a stag
or platform, and an audience capable
approaching their noblest efforts. Witt
-, in half a century, a frontier hamlet HI
L grown into a center Of culture and al
If one might trace our development in II
" three typical buildings that have cha
acterized our progress, he would put tt
, exposition, in its original intention, as tt
~ expression of our industrial needs; Il
~ IL, courthouse and city hall as the outgrow
~ Of our sense Of law and order and the g.
10 ministration Of justice, the expression
-, our civic needs; and for the ernbodime
~ of our esthetic ideals and needs, this ter
r &c ple whose doors have been thrown OPP
III in welcome tonight, and over whose pc
ba tails is carved the symbolic harp, who
~ strains shall be heard above the roar
70 machinery and the racket Of the marke
~ place. .--
~ ~. 1t Is fitting that upon this first occ
til sion so many Of our own singers and pla
70 ers upon instruments should appear.
ri this stage tonight are gathered two gre
of musical organizations of the city, led
N the third great musical organizatic
H. Symphony orchestra, all joining In t
10 grand Hallelujah chorus. 1t is fitting tn
tv these societies should sound the first nc
m Of allslharmonies that shall ring thru tt
e. hall; sfor they and their faithful leade
r. have made the people Of this communi
feel the necessity Of such building
at this; they have educated us to demal
ut it, to feel that we must have it abo
in everything else. In the days to com
a. may this spectacle be often repeated.
ir this stage may Apollos and Philharmoni
often stand together, answering each
x each with the voice Of melody, while t.
&c strains Of the orchestra mingle with the
,r. music. .a&. .'r'".-
I'd This auditorium is a Minneapolis irs
a. tuition; but it Is more than that-it b
es longs to the state Of Minnesota and to t
Of whole northwest. Its influence will be f,
he everywhere. And so it is fortunate tn
nd we have with us to grace the occasi
and honor the ceremonies other than loo
,ir celebrities. We have, indeed, the may
"a. of our great city, always and everywhe
ty. a welcome guest a man whose civic ides
CO are in harmony with all for which Il