New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18

/ as OF stability. holding fast TO that which
! Is old and OF good report and reaching
| forward 10 that which Is both new and
! true. And IL Is our purpose, your excel
| lency and friends ard guests, 10 vindicate,
| through the resources whereof this stately
/ building Is both the depot and the liher-
vision OF our sons.
Or. Draper Speaks.
! DR.. Draper, Commissioner OF Education.
/ who spoke next, traced the inception OF
/ the building In the early history Of the
/ Dutch colony. and outlined the historical
progress OF the community. eliminating
| IN the buildings erection. The public, he
| said would welcome the announcement
/ that the building had been carried TO
admirable and complete truition without
scandal, without unseemly controversy
( and within the appropriation that was
hrst provided for IL" He went on;
| But more than that has been done;
More has been done than the successIu vi
housing Of many interests under one Iooi l
/ More has been done than the erecuon
( of A building so admirably adapted TO us
uses that IL az once becomes the COM
! Portable home and the inspiration OF tne
widely different work OF the many Ill
/ visions OF the education department
dignity Of this building, we remenoer
that this dedication but creates Tor US
! the opportunity for service, ana thht
/ real upliit to the state must come through
! the uses 70 which II Is to be put l.
| larger sense We reGedlcate to-day 20 the
1 service Of the people Of the state ana Oh
, the nation the remains OF noble Horary
which were gathered up In name anu
! smoke and which by the noble action OF
! the state is being hourly made broader
/ and stronger than We had ever dared 10
| hope; We redediCate museum collectlohA
| known throughout the scientific world
and We strengthen and quicken an au-
ministrative educational organization
/ which extends TO every home in the state
I and is IN constant cooperation with ike
agencies In all lands.
In this library we Will make a store.
house OF the best books of all lands and
all ages" We will be tolerant We VIII
discriminate against none save on InoraI
grounds We can hardly use the money
Of the people for editions Of capricious
value But we will lay hold OF the prod
ucts OF human experience and OF intel
lectual energy in this country and " an
countries that the state library may
uplift the state and serve every citizen.
A Tremendous Responsibility.
Beyond particular things we set apart
this noble structure 10 the advancement
of every educational instrument within
the state We here refresh our falth IN
that system Of free common schools
wherein all the children OF the state may
be educated" Our statutes place upon
cur central educational Organization a
tremendous responsibility. Nearly TWO
million boys and girls and young men
and women are in attendance uP1 our
schools: more than ffty thousan@ men
and women are engaged in the pro- ssion
OF teaching; eighty million dollars are
expended annually for educauoni aIiu
more than three hundred and NIFTY mllUoh
81 L., nd
property in this state; our constituency
ls powerful and our obligation reaches 10
every crossroad. To the state govern
nent. its executive officers. It's !eBlsia,
lures. its boards and commissions, 70 al
of It's county and municipa! omceIs
charged with public business, THIS buiIo-
ing will give every aid that Will be &C
cepted Every instrument OF culture,
GOOD shall find here helping hand.
This building is rooted deep In our
illustrious educational history we dtuI-
cate Il reverently TO the memory OF our
pioneers The people who have erected II
are struggling for all manner or progress
in the most tense and complex civl!lza-
ton the world has ever known. We dedl-
cate Il bravely and couTageoEsly 10 the
needs Of the throbbing present. 1t VIII
nave a work 10 90 in the long future. We
dedicate II solemnly TO the needs or the
generations yet unborn. with all our rlch
experience, with all the records OF our
Il.
was only yesterday that higher educa-
ton was for but few, and those few men.
II was only yesterday that there was not
a free public high school IN America; II
Ia only to-day that we have begun 70 NJ
our lower schools TO the real needs or
bows and girls And so we dedicate these
halls 10 that which IN 10 come after us
We consecrate this pile OF stone and steel
10 the enrichment Of the great soul OF the
Empire State. We set apart this ground
and this beautiful building 20 the good
uses OF education, and we dedicate our
selves and our children TO its generous
support and 10 It's unseifsh, bipartisan,
enlightened and patriotic use for the true
greatness OF the state and the highest
good OF all her people.
Ex-Governors Mako Addresses.
Ex-Governors OdeI and White then
made congratuiatory addresses.
A letter from Justice Charles f. Hughes
was read
The Right Rev. Thomas NJ. A. Burke,
Roman Catholic Bishop OF Albany. pro-
nounced the benediction. after which the
1000 delegates and spectators dispersed.
The delegates spent to-day In their gor-
geous academic robes with grave, gray
headed scholars scurrying about the
streets in scarlet. blue. purple, yellow and
black gowns The old city OF Albany
took on something OF the aspect OF an old
cathedral city in the middle ages sud-
denly invaded by trolley cars 1t will
now settle back to an indifferent contem-
pIation of the more prosaic garb OF the
average politician.
The dedicatory proceedings in the morn
ing consisted OF a meeting in the audi
forum Of the beautiful new building at
which Chancellor Reid presided and Az
gustus Downing, Assistant Commissioner
OF Education, called one by one on the
delegates for their congratulatory adj
dresses. First the Assistant Commission
or called on the representatives Of the for
eien universities in the order OF their
founding. The delegates from Oxford,
from Edinburgh University and from the
university of Cuzco. Peru. We're unable to
sttend so the first TO arise in his seat
ord address the audience was Leonhard
c,ot,ager alumnus OF the University OF