Arizona republican., 1909-02-24
H|GHSCHOOL'S
 LAST TOUCH The DedicatOPy Exercises For
 the New Structure WASH|NGTON'S BIRTHDAY
Addresses by Governor Kib- bey, Justice Kent and Well Known Educators. In Other Respects Also the Program Was Pleasing.

The dedicatory exercises of the new Union high school were held in the building Monday afternoon. Governor Kibbey, Chief Justice Kent and Presi- dent Mathews of the Tempe Normal, who had been invited as the guests Of honor to speak on this occasion, ar rived here on the 12:40 train from Phoenix.
 Over one thousand persons attended the services and viewed the fine struc- ture. The large assembly room was filled ard a large number were com pelled to stand during the exercises. although the folding doors of the lib- rary were thrown open, making the whole one auditorium. Large groups Of people were gathered about the en- try rooms.
 On the speakers rostum were: Gov ernor Kibbey, Judge Kent, President Matthews, President of the School Board G. w. Silverthorn, who acted as master of ceremonies; the directors. J w. Clark, J. T. Lesueur mad An drew Houston the architect, Norman L. Marsh; Engineer Knipe; Superin- tendent of the High School J. D. To- per, o. S. Stapley, F. T. Pomeroy, pr. J. F, Drane. George s. Irwin, editor Of the Free Press, mad w. H. Hoghe of The Republican.
 Following the announcement Of Chairman Silverthorn, the Mesa or chestra rendered a short selection. In vocation was given by F. T. POmeroy, which was followed by the song "Arf- zona" by the pupils Of the high school. Governor Kibbey was then introduced. GOVERNOR kIBBEY'S ADDRESS.
 In beginning his address. the gover- nor stated that any excuse which he might have to offer for not making an address was overwhelmed by his sense of pride for what had been accom- wished. and his desire to pay tribute to so fine an institution of learning, which was expressive of Arizona's spirit in the matter of education.
 Continuing. the speaker said, in part: T cannot refrain from an ex- precision of pride when viewing such a structure as this. particularly when ! remember that it was only a short time ago when Arizona had no such institution. and that a little over a year ago there were only five; now there are eleven. l say I feel com pelled to give an expression of pride at 6 progress so marked as this has been. In attaining so marked an in crease in this grade of school. Ari- zona has had to struggle against num- berless conditions. against which American enterprise in this most es- sentially American institution-that of education-alone has conquered.
 Education has always been prom inent feature in Arizona from the earliest times, and pioneer school houses have dotted its ,000 square miles. Last year. over million dol lars was spent for education in the territory
 It is fitting that on this the anni versary of the birth of George Wash ingtOn, who typifies more than any other American the embodiment of an institution so distinctively American; no matter how much of e fable may be the account of the incident recount ed in the boyhood life of Washington, when his father directed his attention to the plainly designed letters, c. w. in the flower bed, and the decisive an swer of young George, that he was positive that it could not simply have happened so; that some one must have planted the design; it illustrates def mite American principle, that things do not just happen, and gives express sion to that old. warm apothegm, Knowledge Is power which is even more true in this day and age than ever before"
 The speaker here cited many in stances which he used as illustrative of this adage. also emphasizing the fact that in the present day life no man or woman was equipped success fully to combat with the conditions and problems of this age without at least a high school education, as in successfully meeting these conditions it was the man who knew, rather than the one with brawn and muscle, who must be depended on for a successful issue. That it was the man who knew why the placing of a rivet in a certain location in a steel frame work gave it a certain tensile strength, rather than the man who drove it there In prac-