The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-22
WOULD Use PUBLIC
SCHOOL ALL TIME
PEOPLES PROPERTY, COSTING MIL
LIONS, USED ONLY PART
OF TIME.
IDEA OF THE MAYOR
MAKE BUILDINGS SOCIAL GEN.
TIERS. SAYS HE. AT LAYING
OF CORNERSTONE FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
IDEA OF THE MAYOR

with a risk~svsfsd allowing ard .
chilly Atmosphere. the cornerstone OF
the new Bellevue school was laid with
Masonic honors yesterday afternoon
at s.30 o'clock.
The weather kept the crowd to a
minimum, but there were many lead
ing citizens present. both on the plat
form. and In the crowd which had as
sembled.
Henrtco Lodge of Masons, assisted
hv Richmond commandery Knights
Tempiar, had charge of the Incidental
ceremonies, which were most impress
sfye Resides members of these two
Masonic bodies. city officials, the city
school beard. and other dignitaries sat
upon the platform.
City Sergeant Satterfeld was mas
ter of ceremonies. and conducted the
affairs incidental to the ceremonies
faithfully. Councilman e. Fl. Fuller
was In command of the knights
Templar.
At intervals during the ceremonies
the high school chorus, under direc-
ton of Professor Mercer, sang a
number of appropriate hymns and
Kessnich's band gave a number of
selections. ,.,-..-
Mayor Ainslie's Address.
Mayor Ainslie, the speaker or the
occasion, was Introduced by Chairman
Ferdinand Ehel. OF the city school
board. In a few words. He said:
These exercises, conducted under
the simple and stately ritual of the
great Masonic fraternity, are ostensi-
bly to set a piece OF cold, unmeaning.
inanimate granite truly and trustiiy,
in peace. harmony and love, in IFS
proper place In the wall of this build
-, ,yN5n y,{r pS GRO Mite II
has no particular value or significance
for MS. There are some thousands OF
other pieces OF granite just as large,
iust as pure. just as decorative. IT is
rot even needed to increase the
strength or to enhance the beauty or
the building The building itself. as
safe and strong and beautiful as It
more beautiful than many other
buildings that have been erected here.
/ but which have not thus claimed our
attention go ~. g 1s,-ets
What is it that calls us to mark
with appropriate ceremony this par
ttcuiar step? We boast of our great
manufacturing establishments, the
more than one hundred million dol
fars are sent annually to the utter
most corners of the earth, yet no such
scene as this attended their erection.
We continually advertise our great
commercial interests, our immense
iobbing trade and our prosperous
banking institutions. yet the building
Of their homes was not dignified by
such ceremonies Why, then, do we
meet here today!
at is because, with all of our just
pride in our possessions OF that char
acter, and they are many and great,
we know that the children of Rich
mond are its priceless Jewels; that
upon their proper care and education
rest the progress the growth, the
stability, the hope-aye, the very life
of the city, and that our greatest care
should be given to all that concerns
their proper development.
I'VE are here because this partic-
ular piece of granite is the corner
stone of this particular building,
which il being erected to form a
part of the most important manufac-
turing plant we possess. The plant
which receives as raw material the
plastic mind and character of child
hood. and the finished product of
which is the strong and vigorous.
bright and active young man and
Young woman fairly equipped to per-
form the, duties of life and to fight
and win its battles. the true object
of all education. The plant engaged
in the manufacture OF better men
and women. who were all else de-
stroyed, would be able OF build up
again better, greater and more
beautiful Richmond. So, then, ii is
building" is to be used that we are
here, and let US never halt in the ad :
vancement OF that cause. Let US not
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