The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
NOTED MEN BREAK
| EARTH FOR LIBRARY
Interesting Exercises Held
at Howard University.
FIRST EARTH TURNED UP
Justice Barnard Lifts First Spade
fuI, and Others Follow During
ing of $4,000 Carnegie Institution.
Prominent Men SPEAK.

With addresses OF sympathy and with
encouragement for the uplift OF the negro
race. ground was formally broken al
O'Clock yesterday afternoon for the new
$4,000 library donated 70 Howard Unlver-
/ sity by Andrew Carnegie
BareEeaded. IN the presence Of the as
sembled students. Justice Barnard. OF the
/ District Supreme Court. and Secre-
tary BaHinger. OF the Interior Depart
iment. dug the first spadeful OF earth.
4 Commissioner Macfarland. President
ThiraieId. Judge De Lacy, Of the Juvenile
Court: Justice Anderson. Judge Henry
NJ Baker, and others well known locally
and nationally also turned earth for the
new building
Students Sing Hymn Marching.
When President ThirheId and the
guests Of. honor We're seated on a stand
on the northern part Of the campus, forty
students. OF both sexes. marched from the
administration building singing When
the hymn was concluded President Thir-
kieid introduced Rev J. Carruthers. who
( delivered the benediction-
I President ThirkieId then spoke u the
]
library. cOmplimenting highly Theodore
! Roosevelt who. as President Of the United
States took an active interest in the in
I stitution and was instrumental I'm induc-
| ing Mr.. Carnegie 20 endow the library.
4 Il consider a library as the heart OF
/ such an Institution said Dr. ThirkieId.
| "and with this added impetus TO our work
We should make better records than ever
1 before We now have a home for tha
( $50 volumes which have been collected"
+ Pays Tribute 10 Carnegie.
Commission Macfarland was the next
1 speaker and told Of the excellent work
done By M Carnegie in the cause Of ed
ucatiOn and advancement He said in
part:
Andrew Carnegie has already done
much for the National Capital. and is
willing 70 do more. His first gift the
/ beautiful building of the Puolie Library
I OF the District OF Columbia. viii be sup
/ plemented by the branch library build
I ings whenever Congress accepts them
/ Besides this. the noble home Of the In
I teruatiOnaI Bureau Of American Repub-
i lies. now fast rising at the entrance Of
I Potomac Park. and the headquarters %
4 the Carnegie Institution. now building IN
+ Sixteenth street. are substantial contrlbu-
I
To-day we are breaking ground FOR
Y another building. the gift OF his gener0s-
ity. which viii be Of lasting benefit 70
( this university and through it 70 the
whole country. All intelligent men now
I agree that this university and ike insti-
Z tuti7ns should have the cordial support
OF all We al believe in industrial and
other forms OF education. bur We cannot
do without university training for teach
/ ers AMI professional men and women IN
/ this building. when IL IS completed. the
( the NE blood OF master minds Tor their
7 instruction and inspiration"
Justice Barnard's OptimisnI.
+ A bit OF the philosophy that has won
I him eminence on the judicial bench vas
/ injected by Justice Barnard. the next
/ speaker
There are no accidents" said the jurist
What may appear 20 Us as such are
I but ths means by which an all-wise and
I ail-Ioving Creator guides and protects and
/ governs his creatures Disasters ard dis
( appointments are often blessings in dis
I guise'
Providence provides opportunities"
! continued Justice Barnard. --fCr all men
/ 10 choose what is right and true as %
( themselves. and so 70 refuse what IS
\ evil and false. 10 the end that true char
/ acter may BE built up and established
while We are IN this world To that end
are we kept IN freedom. so that We can
I exercise reason in the choice OF our way
I Of life.
I When we stop 70 consider what has
7 brought about any given result we find
that many different causes have appa--
4 entity combined 70 produce IT, We can
not give the credit wholly TO any one. and
yet If any one OF these causes had not
contributed. the result would not have
been accomplished.
Justice Barnard then told OF how Mr..
Carnegie happened 60 become interested
in the library. and related the assistance
rendered b. M Roosevelt. adding that
the wielder OF the big stick would be
present az the laying Of the corner stone,
held al the same time as the commence
ment exercises
Secretary BalIinEer Speaks
Secretary Bauinger spoke OF his syn
pathy with the movement to educate and
uplift the negro, and related incidents OF
his life IN the South He said he had
never ceased 70 regret that The negro had
not had the same chance Of advancement
as the white man
Following the school yeu and singing
Of America" Secretary Ballinger lifted
the first earth for the foundations. Jus
tice Barnard followed him. and others
took a turn with the SPADE
The new library VIII rival in aFchItec-
tural beauty the Public Library, az Ninth
street and New York avenue.