East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-10
In Presence of Hundreds of School Students.
Mayor Wields TroweI at New High School
PARADE, MUSICAL SELECTIONS PRECEDE EVENT
In Principal Address State Superintendent Com
mends Institution and Its Benefits to Future Gene
rations.

With Mayor w. +. Matlock welding
the trowel and in the presence of
Pendeton's army of school children
and hundreds of local men and wo-
men. the corner stone of the new high
school was placed in position at 2:30
this afternoon and the fine new struc-
ture is now officially dedicated to the
purposes for which 1t Is being built.
At 1870 this afternoon the local
school children marched to the high
school, led by the band, which also
gave several selections upon the hill
prior to the opening of the program.
DR.. c. j. Smith, master of ceremo-
nies, then introduced Rev F. j.
Mines, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, who delivered an eloquent in
vocation. This was followed by Sc
lection by the girls glee club of the
high school The cornerstone was
then placed ready for the ceremony
by the contractors Messrs. Freyburg
& Bean.
Many Historical Relics.
Principal A. C. Hampton, of the
high school, then placed in position in
the copper box under the cornor stone
the collection of historical relics and
present day material which will re-
main underneath the building as long
as it stands. The following were am
ong the relics deposited:
A directory of the board of educa-
ton since 1890, current issues of the
local newspapers, a list of the first
students of the local public schools,
being the school roster of 1869, the
names of the c:ass which was grad
uated from the eighth grade in 1888,
which was the first class to finish the
course, the city's present course of
study, copy of the Oregon school
laws, and a draft OF the first consti-
tuition of the high school student body
in the handwriting of Harold Warner.
Immediately following the placing
OF the souvenirs in the box Mayor
Matlock and the architect, c. E
Troutman, were introduced and for
maly spread the mortar which will
hold the cornerstone in position. City
superintendent j. : Landers then
spoke and he was followed by State
superintendent of Public Instruction
L. r. Alderman, the chief guest and
speaker Of the day.
Supt. Aldermans Speech.
Following the laying of the corner
stone. superintendent Alderman ad-
dressed the crowd, impressing upon
it the significance of the occasion.
Life is short at best" he said, "and,
realizing this we seek to extend our
influence into succeeding centuries,
and thus this building which you are
erecting here will stand long after
its builders have mouldered in their
graves, bestowing its inestimable BEN
efits upon generation after gener-
ation.'
In speaking of the service which it
will render to the community in time
to come, Supt. Alderman contrasted
the building under the course of con-
struction with the famous pyramids
of Egypt built by Cheops countless oe
ages ago and which still defy the fury
of the elements, He showed the diff
ference in the object of the two
buildings, the ancient one built as a
tomb with a tyrannical king driving
the slaves who laid the stone, the
modern one built for the one great
purpose of service by a whole COM
munity and to exist as a living in
stitution rather than as a sepulchre,