The pageant of Schenectady, in celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Schenectady, given in Union college grounds, May 30th and 31st and June 1st, 1912 . , they want to give think a College is worth working for. It does a mangood as he hoes his crops, or a woman when she helps with theharvest, to know that part of their labor is for a cause. Romeyn. [Heartily.] Youre right, sir. Escomb. [Earnestly.] We dont count anything too hard todo for that, and ever, if there are miles of river and forestbetween us and Union College, were—were—all kind ot knitto
The pageant of Schenectady, in celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Schenectady, given in Union college grounds, May 30th and 31st and June 1st, 1912 . , they want to give think a College is worth working for. It does a mangood as he hoes his crops, or a woman when she helps with theharvest, to know that part of their labor is for a cause. Romeyn. [Heartily.] Youre right, sir. Escomb. [Earnestly.] We dont count anything too hard todo for that, and ever, if there are miles of river and forestbetween us and Union College, were—were—all kind ot knittogether by the thing were working for. Rome. Sir, thats the spirit that build not only colleges, but nations. Pray convey our thinks to your neighbors in theNorth. Prichard. I will, sir. [Exit Prichard.] Romevn. Well sir, it is beginning to be more than ever plainto us that it is not Schenectady alone that holds to this idea ofa College. The frontier farm and the spirit of the pioneercamp are with us also. Boy. A message from General Philip Schuyler. Romeyn. Reverend and Dear Sir*: On Wednesday lastthe engrossed charter was submitted to the Regents and ap- • An actual Lilac , Jacksons Garden, Union College Photo by Fulton Studio 45 proved of. and on Friday the seal of the University was affixedthereto, with the Chancellors signature,—an event the moresatisfactory to me as I have long since wished to see thevicinity of my native place honored with such an institution, andI sincerely congratulate my fellow-citizens of Schenectady inparticular, and the whole of the northern and western parts ofthe State in general, on the facility with which they will be ableto obtain a collegiate education for their children. May in-dulgent Heaven protect and cherish an institution calculated topromote virtue and the weal of the people. Please to requestthe gentleman to whom has been confided the subscription paperof the funds of the college to add my name to the list for oneh
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