The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-28
WELCOMES DELEGATES AND VISITORS TO
PARTAkE IN GREAT INAUGURAL FESTIVAL
Dean Andrew Bruce Speaks for the University and Grand
Forks-Poneer Days OF the Institution Have Passed and
Future Looms Up With Boundless Opportunities

without is wealth anil resources
would have been without homes and
without opportunity /, is the state
their journey TO the Pacific and gain
ed the inspiration and the hope OF the
west. II is the state where the great
French explorer, Nerend.ye, gained
his inspiration and discovered the
west flowing river" the Missouri
Its hope is the future. In this new
state the people OF evsrv land. of
every religion. OF every nationality
and OF every cline ara learning to
respect and to honor one another.
On these free prairies classes who in
Europe would NOT associate. md ma
lions who in Europe ari al the verge
of Wal. are working Cut a great cos
mopolitan civilizati.i. In the work.
ing ont OF that civilization this young
university is call,' ant. as time goe.
on. will more and NOE be called. to
lead and 10 pla' is part. Our his
tory as state is briat and has COW
e'ed hut few years, lut we have be-
Alnd us the ideals a4d the traditions
and. the centuries OF the great up-
wand and democrats struggle of the
penrles and the rtiicpS fron, which
or population is drawn. We are
Young and our Institutions are Young,
but We are buovant and alive. We
are pregnant with tho future We
are building democratic state and
are laying the foundations OF an en-
pire that shall be. We in the north
west realize that We hold this great
territory in trust for the millions of
the future. We have laid our founda-
lions deep. We have realized that
without intelligence there can be no
religion, morality. or civic growth.
We have lavisnly endowed our pub
lie school system and Ne have left it
TO our university. to our finely
equipped and ably controlled agri-
cultural college. and TO our normal
and industrial schools to lead in the
great social advance
Doing a Double Honor
l welcome YOU today. therefore, as
representatives. OF the great democ-
racv of letters and learning. TO this
democratic state and to this peoples
university. ! welcome YOU as dele
gates from the universities and
learned societies and Official classes
OF many states and Of many lands,
who have come here not merely to
pay your respects to our distinguish
cd president. but 10 evince YOUR inter-
es, in the cause of popular education
and in the holy cause OF democracy
itself. | welcome you because your
presence here today evidences the
fact that in the great world of truth
and of scholarship there is no east
tNr
and that in the great kingdom of the
mind there are no classes. no sects,
and no nationalities. The University
OF North Dakota. though bur twenty
FIVE years of age, and though located
in state which has but now reached
its majority. welcomes you with no
feeling OF humiliation. 1t has played
its part in the pioneer days of the
past. 1t will do its duty in the bright
er days of the future. 1t is located in
state which is boundless in its pos
sibilities. II is supported by people
whose ideals are high. 1t is not old
enough for Uncovered towers. or for
ancient traditions. but it has back Of
it the hopes and the aspirations and
the ideals of free people. In the
University of North Dokota and in
the states provision for it's support
and equipment. is to he found an ex>
preston of the ideals of our newer
democracy. Put greater than the ex-
preston is the ideal itself.
Great are the symbols of being,
but that which is sytnholcd is
greater;
Vast the create and behold. but
vaster tine inward creator"