Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-17

s>ASsIHH tyySl ees&-0 VlNsSt:
At LOON ER sopeAA HOUSE
Whole stssss Hs ssys, is ,Interssted in
T. Mexerdsnt. fer Civic orusnization-
Supp esede Also Heard.
Locmer Otera house Was filled with
about LOCO people Thursday evening,
"A response to n call Tor the advance
nent OF civic Qrg1nixation movement
in this city. Before the opening of
the. injecting, ut which Cow Simeon E.
sRnldN ins was the principal speaker, Ell
ceaoer4 ana during the Course. of the
elentng played vaftoub selections. The
Windham high school chorus, under
the direction Of c. H Caswell, also
/ rendtred number of selections that
Mefe appreciated by thee audience.
Judes Winfam "A. Arnold presided and
In his opening remarks briefly told
OF the awakening that had come upon
Willimdhtic within the last year or
Two. and cited various instances OF it.
He then introduced Gov. Simeon e.
Baldwin, who spoke as follows:
We .rslearning in this age more and
union Is strength. We are learning
to-, that In this age union is possible
10 nnany matters, such as it would
have been impossible. to unite in in
former ages. New forces are at work
in the world. They are forces of COM
mon feeling. of unselfish desire to pro-
mote the common good; of equality of
citizenship and OF opportunity of civic
pride. There Is call that more should
be done by our municipal government,
for the people, and more by private
citizens. who have the time and means
to serve the same end as co-laborers
with public agencies. The aesthetic
sense Of the people OF Connecticut has
become more developed as one genera
ton succeeds another with higher adj
vantages for education: as public H.
braries have sprung up in almost
every town: as public museums and
art galleries have been founded in the
larger ones; as historical societies
multiply; as our state capital becomes
the site of one great public building
after another, illustrating splendid ar
chitecturai effects; as foreign bloods
mix with that Of native born and to
give it new life; our people are more
enter into new public undertakings and
to enlarge the field Of what are the
common benefits and possessions of the
whole community.
You in Willimantic feel the inspira-
ton of these influences and / have
come here tonight to tell you that
the whole state Is interested in the
success Of your undertaking, which
this meeting Is called to promote
The prosperity of Connecticut is the
aggregate prosperity of her towns, Cit
les and mainly Of her manufacturing
towns and cities. They are hives OF
industry, there should be honey In the
hives. The people and the whole peo-
pie ought to taste more of the sweets
OF life. Every new park, every hand
some public building or private build
ing, every fine street-all these make
life more pleasant to everyone who
has eyes to see and heart to feel.
Rome was not built in a daylWuli-
mantle will not be remAde in a day.
Indeed. she does not need much re-
making. The foundations have been
well Laid; the first story is well up,
the work of this association will be to
push higher, not to pull down. 4 con-
graduate you on the fine municipality
here of what in it's origin is French
with Whist is in its origin American.
remember the time towards the
close Of the last century when 200
years had elapsed since the founding
of the town of Windham, of which
Willimantic is now SO great a part.
There was difficulty in getting the
public interested in any celebration
of the event. The old American stock
was cold about 1t. What happened
The Roman Catholic priest, who had
been power for good in the town
Tor forty years, determined that the
foundation of the original settlement
should be properly remembered SO far
as he could move in that direction.
He found q parishioner, asFfench- Ca
madam physician, who agreedsFto give
An historical address II the celebration
was arranged. He enlisted the sup
port Of the teachers in the parochial
school; his church rallied about him
They went forward and carried through
a celebration Of the anniversary when
| big procession of school children and
suitable Historical exerciBes In which
due credit was given to the old Puri-
tan settlers, who stood for the form
OF religion in which they had put their
laith 4 year later all Willimantic
wake I'D and there was another cele-
Dr4ston ct the same anniversary. very
good Of Its kind, except that it came
xear after the event. Had this civic
federation existed in 1892. there would
have been no such series of misunder-
standtngs ~ marred the event Of YOU
1bi-centenniaL
Connecticut has proud history. She
| looks, forward to q proud future. Hell
sons are more and more realizing thai
u y their part to advance the pros
perry OF their state as we'll as OF
lily of the state. In each of her civic
1 E0mmittees all are members OF the ons
FAMILY Of the, community. Let us al
honor and cultivate this family. i
10 twice blessed. It leads to the pro.
motion of public good and It lead.
to the promotion Of our own good: 1
takes us out OF the narrow circle O
sell; It y a good thing for us. FOL
the expansion of our hearts, our Who'll,
powers Whenever we unite with 9th
ers, In doing something to make tn,
town We live In a better town. fo]
az to live In. that IL the work Of THU
civic association and am glad to b,
long years OF active, Influence befor,
il. II Will. II you here do your: duty a
citizens OF Willimantic
There was loud applause as the gov
| ernor concluded his address,
Judge Arnold then introduced Supt
OF Schools F. H. Besde Of New Haven
q former principal Of this city. MI
besde outlined the work which the civ
&c movement has done in New Haye]
ana told the part that the schoo
children OF the Elm city took in tn
movemeut there He explained the va
rious ways In which the school ma,
become d power for good along sue
lines. He cited the lfusrta ton Of tn
school city and Its government In 1t
various phases. He alluded to tn
inception Of the civic movement tina
was nrse inauSurated in New Havel
by. 2 clean up week before Easte1
1908. School children everywhere, h
said, can DO q great deal of good Il
the community, and only those to b
taught to have an interest in thei
respective towns and cities and thei
Future welfare
Judge Arnold next introduced Fred
j erfck L. Ford. former city engineer o