Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

| new form Of music, as they have the
| pleasure of listening to its melodious
cadence. 1t contains 81 bells and is
the largest and heaviest ever cast in a
| single order So intricate is the task
| OF turning them out perfectly tuned
and in complete harmony that their
! construction has taken nearly a year
The people of this locality have al
ready been listening to them, and In
| the future the beauty of their song
will impress itself upon the endless
| line of coming generations. AS they
/ gaze upon the structure which holds
| them and are moved by their music, it
will all blend in one harmonious whole
and more and more they will realize
the significance of the designation
given to such structures by the Dutch
of singing tower.
| This wonderful work with all its love-
illness of form, of color and OF sound
| is another evidence of the breadth and
| completeness of the life of our Re-
, public. We should find, If we sought
| for it. considerable literature under
taking to prove the necessity of rul-
| ing class for national political we'll
being and the need of a privileged no
| bility as the best method of providing
| for the cultural and artistic life of a
| people. 1t is not to be denied that
under such system, when tempered
with wholesome regard for liberty
! under the law, there has been great
progress. But in many respects 1t is
of a narrow and limited nature. The
brilliance at the top of the social struc-
ture has always been insufficient to
furnish light for the great mass OF
the people. When we erected our in
situations on the basic theory of equal
ity, our ability under such conditions
to produce the finer things of life was
Immediately challenged.
THE correctness of our theory has
been more and more demonstrated by
the course of events. We have been
able to raise up individuals who stand
out in history undimmed by any COM
parsons to which they can be SUBJ
jected. Our artistic growth has been
constant and in its individual examples
and its general application is not ex-
celled by any other people. In its main
purpose to create nation and increase
intelligence. stability and character
our Republic has met with unexampled
success. 1t has been thoroughly demon
started that the principle of equality Is
sound. Our institutions have endowed
our people with insight and vision
The individual has been developed, the
Nation has become great. The belief
that there is nothing which our people
cannot do and no power which our
people ought not to have. has been
the main source of our progress. Faith
in our people stands indicated beyond
further discussion. Into their hands
We have entirely intrusted the future
destiny of our Nation.
Dedicated to People.
"It Is a trait of human nature to
wish to personify its ideals. This is
the chief reason that the kingly office
continued to exist after it had served
its main purpose of being sufficiently
skilled in military leadership so as to
increase the order and security of the
country. The people found it easier
to have their conception of sovereignty
embodied in personality. The mon
arch reflected the greatness which came
from them. It was very seldom that
he created it, 1t was much easier
under those circumstances to secure a
response when calling on the people
to make sacrifices for the national well
fare. They felt they were doing it for
the king. They could see him in per-
son and hear his expression of ap-
probation. For his glorif1cation not
only were men willing to take up arms,
but they found in him an inspiration
for their art. Their music, their litera-
ture, their sculpture and their paint
ing dealt with royal subjects. Even
Shakespeare gave royal titles to a num-
Der OF his productions.
I'm the course of long human ex-
perience actions of this nature are not
QNRidoY1foJ ~ ,ot
useful purpose in the development of
the race, either they would not have
occurred at all or would have been of
transitory nature. They persisted
because they gave the people a better
conception OF the abstract idea of ma
tional unity and national sovereignty.
Even when our own Constitution was
adopted this idea was so firmly in
trenched that it was with great diff
Guilty and hesitation that the people of
that period were able to cast aside the
idea OF a personal sovereignty. That
they did so stamped their action as ex-
tremely revolutionary. But finally our
Nation and our States have planted
themselves squarely and securely on
the theory that all the powers of gov
eminent emanate from the people.
They stand as our sovereign, They
are our national monarch. That act
was a recognition of their own inalien-
able nobility.
Gradually, for complete revolutions
do not occur in a day, we have trans
ferred our allegiance to the people. It
is for them that our songs are made,
our books are published, our pictures
are painted, our public squares are
adorned. our park systems are de-
veloped, and the art of the stage and
the screen is created. While these
things are done by individuals, this
movement is of the people, by the
people, and for the people It is no
accident that this superb creation,
which we are dedicating today, is the
conception of man whose only hertz
age was that of good breeding, an
American by adoption, not by birth,
who has felt the pinch of poverty, who
has experienced the thrill of hard
manual labor, and who has triumphed
over many difficulties. Edward w. Box
is making this contribution in recogni-
ton of his loyalty to his sovereign, the
people. It is another demonstration
that when they are given the oppor-
tunity the people have the innate
power to provide themselves with the
wealth, the culture, the art and the
refinements that support an enlight-
ened civilization.
Nov, therefore, in a spirit of
thankfulness for the success of our in
situations, which Is here attested, and
appreciation of the munificent gener-
osity, which is here exhibited, in my
capacity as President of the United
States, I hereby dedicate this Noun
tain Lake Sanctuary and its Singing
Tower and present them for visitation
to the American people,"
Capt. Dunstan to Place Monument.
Capt. Edwin v. Dunstan. Quarter
master Corps, at Camp Devens. Mass
has been ordered to Providence, r. +.