Centennial Celebration at Dartmouth College, July 21, 1869 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870. Excerpt: ... ADDRESS OF WELCOME. I Y THE PRESIDENT. Mr. President And Brethren Of The Alumni: Among the most precious memories of New England, to her sons scattered far and wide, are those, I need not tell you, of the old Thanksgiving Festival. With what joy as it recurs do they revisit the home of their childhood, to recount with the dwellers there the blessings of the by-gone year, to give meet expression to all fraternal and filial regards, to receive a father's and a mother's benediction, and to refresh the worn spirit for coming cares and labors. Not unlike that occasion, only of broader scope, is the glad one that has gathered us to-day. This is the Thanksgiving, not of a year, but Op A Century We are here again, in the presence of the Mother of us all, amid the familiar scenes of the old homestead, to meet with fitting response her look of love, and to dwell on all the kindness of Providence toward her since first was heard here the vox clamantis in deserto. Arrayed in the same unpretending garb on which we looked in other days, though with some due touches of the modern life, and with a marvellous contrast to the rudeness and meagreness of her beginnings, she has joyfully opened her doors to receive us. And it is my simple office this morning, an office in which all my heart goes forth, to bid you in her name a cordial Welcome Welcome from the many regions in which your lot has been cast. With a slight accommodation, we may say, in the words of the poet, "Wave may not foam, nor wild wind sweep, Where sleep not Dartmouth's dead." And much the same may be said of her living sons. From all quarters of the land you come; from the hill country of the North, from the fair midland regions, from the broad prairies of the West, from the sunny South; from beside the g...