Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-02
HALF CENTURY
OF INSTRUCTION
Fiftieth Anniversary Exercises
of GaIIaudet College.
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Addresses by Secretary James 3. Gar
field and Others.
STUDENTS DELIVER CREATIONS
President e. M. Gallaudet Outlines the
History and Work Of the
Institution.
Addresses by Secretary James 3. Gar
field and Others.
STUDENTS DELIVER CREATIONS

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institution. the hftieth anniversary OF Pres
ident Edward Minor Gallaudet as president
of tho ,nsttt,rtion and NJ Mr. lanes Deni-
SON as principal Of the preparatory school
were celebrated.
The exercises, which began at O'CLOCK
were held IN the large chapel. which was
well filled with students, graduates OF
the institution, and their relatives and
friends. The stage on which the speakers
and guests were seated was artistically
decorated with ported plants and palms.
The program was opened with an inyoca-
t,or hv pav caorva y EYic, ,,,.s,onarv r.
- e % I'm, '1'
the aeaI OF washington. Dr. Oaniei =.
Gilman, ex-president of the Johns Hopkins
University. was to have been the principal
sn.atoer hut pro, F.v .xnre..ing III. re-
w. o.' ~, e1p es's .As
greet OF the board ana faculty. announced
that DR.. Gilman was unable to be present.
occasions In the past been present at the
exercises, dating back thirty-one years
ago, and had, when the college was In Its
infancy and Johns Hopkins had Just
started, given the greetings Of sister col
ieges to the College for the Deaf.
Mr.. James Denison, principal of the pre-
paratory school, was the first speaker. In
introducing him President Gallaudet spoke
highly Of the work done by his colleague
| during the fifty years OF his association
with him IN the upbuilding OF the institu-
sion: and stated that MT Denlsos a.t had Per- o
| students to enter the college from Kendall
| school.
Mr. Denison,. Addresa
Mr. Denison said. in part: Memory goes
back as stand here to a day, in June fifty
wears ago when I was called mon to make
a short address at the laying Of the corner
| stone of the State Institution for the Deaf
at Flint, Mich. OF !. the address itself,
probably the less said tte better. mem
| ton It only to recall that in closing I babe
farewell 70 the scenes ~ INV flrsf YEARS.
experience as a teacher Of the deaf for I
md accanted an invita- tion from, the Young
est son Of the GaiIaudet of that dav to as
school ss. Inn for the deaf In the D:stries Of Co.
imn,b,a i'' ''e oeAl ~ 'ne A''is' VI W
s.ro INV voutbfn, imagination Washing
ton then pictured itself a queen among
cities with noble avenues and stately edi-
Aces. and surrounded In its suburbs by
park-like expanses. where Imposing manor
hhonaea ahowed a. tha and Of winding
caaIed and half reveaIad thronah- ciusterine
waonoIIas ard t,,iin treae
"fsut I felt as we drove from the rail-
road station where Or GaIlandet had met
mo o,, INV arrivaI in Mashinofon that dis-
tanca had indeed lent enchantment TO the
View. The i,eautifuI pictures coniured in
the mind Of tha how Of twenty faded
iamentably in the light Of reality: Where Where
Cabins and hastily built tenements: instead
Of .iordIy Grounds and weIl-kept parks
wera. stretchea Of reedy commons. where
If snhsistancs see'e -
aAa we reached Kendall crean across
the fbadway. from post to post. a string
had heen sfretched and on fhis swung in
the EVENING hreexe a great hounnet of
flowers: Ny first feeling was one Of
cinient ~ so chsrmne = Welcome. hut nv
companions laughing eyes and his too evi-
dent bushes. and the glimpse Of couple
OF orignt races appearang ana disappearns
uen.nu .ne MooM Su lana .. = nous
.ns1 ~ h tne sase m, LIZ, W.
.;snan ~ e"''s"'eA A'e 90 " my o"n nisAs
IN ~. nrtv vaar. s,nca nv e-r,v.I
Ill h sns ta r1 q, .hds ,-nat ,arsS
scr,a th,nas tho,.ea sor monv thinge
strar.. up $4,000 - N. &c b.s hae,,
49, $500. III =, p,,so,aed -; "a .oa
.iv U~ - ~ nrona;.a IN staru,v heavans TSare
have heen treat events and wonderful
chenoas
"Reca;,,np al IA the time though, and
EFFORT ernenSed unon the huiidinr mn of
Kendall Green: reaIixinr that its hene-
Aciai rasnits IN the 1raat acheme ~ tha
efincatton character Sornation and aociaI
welfare nf the deaf have heen more than
eomn,eI,surats wifi, the outlay. and recor-
nizina that the whole constitutes a history
tory concerninS which I can trnthfnliv nse
the dft-ouofed expression sAI Of which 1
saw and mari of which 7 was Ann to
an indef1nabIe feeling Of CONTENT con-
tent unknowfi to many that have essayed
more AMBITIOUS roles ON the worlds stage
that a kind Providence has permitted me
for the last half hundred Years to share
however Internationally, in the work of
building up and perfecting this Institution.
Long may 1t prosper
o...r c,.
me-. 0arueIo rays OomPA1mentS.
Mr. James R. Garfield, Secretary of the
Infarior delivered the nrinc,na, addraas
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anu ffesioeht oai'auoe.' II. introducing hifi'
referred brieny to number OF the cham
pions OF higher education for the deaf who
had done the college good service In sup
porting 1t and breaking down opposition to
it in Congress. naming. among others,
Thaddeus Stevens OF pennsylvania; Rufus
Spalding Of Ohio. Henry L. Dawes of Mas
sachusetts. William e. Niblac Of Indiana,
John Randolph Tucker OF Virginia. and
James A. Garfield of Ohio. He spoke of
the services rendered the college by Mr..
Garfield while member OF Congress. and
stated that he was one OF the stanchest
reserred t Yn the iaree marble bust Of Pras sD
dent Garfield which stands to the right of
the platform In the chapel
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