eloquent manner told in what relation the new auditorium will
stand in relation to the student at "State,” and wound up with a
splendid eulogy of the Catholic Church, the church of Mr.
Schwab.
Resolutions of appreciation beautifully engrossed and inclosed
in a silyer box were presented to Dr. Ward, the representative of
Mr. and Mrs. Schwab.
The loving cup intended to express the gratitude of the stu
dent body to Mr. and Mrs. Schwab for the new auditorium was
presented by Mr. F. P. Dodge, ’O3, to Dr. Ward to be given to
Mrs. Schwab.
Overture, “Stradella” (Flotow); Invocation by Professor Ben
jamin Gill; College Song, Alma Mater; words by Professor F.
L. Pattee; music by C. C. Converse —
“For the glory of old State,
For her founders strong and great,
For the future that we wait,
Raise the song, raise the song.”
Presentation Address, by Dr. Ward; Address, accepting the gift
on bhalf of the Board of Trustees and transferring the custody of
it to the President of the College, by General James A. Beaver,
President of the Borad; Acceptance of the Trust and words of
Dedication, by President Atherton; Music, "Sunbeams and Shad
ows” (Keiser); Dedication Ode, by Professor Fred. Lewis
Pattee—
“And was it not
A seer’s, a poet’s thought,
Here in the path of eager youth
In quest of truth,
Of tool and toil in quest,—
The strong new learning of the rising West,
Here at the crossroads where the thronging feet
Of youth and duty evermore shall meet,
To build this shrine, this white and silent dome,
For higher things the home?”
ORDER OF EXERCISES.