Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . ty recog-nizing the splendid gift by conferring on the donorthe honorary degree of Master of Arts. An enduringand notable monument that will long serve as aworthy tribute to his administration is the newState Capitol building, now in process of construc-tion, to be the finest marble edifice in Ladd took up the question of RhodeIslands need for a State Capitol in his usual enter-prising fashion, his first message containing
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . ty recog-nizing the splendid gift by conferring on the donorthe honorary degree of Master of Arts. An enduringand notable monument that will long serve as aworthy tribute to his administration is the newState Capitol building, now in process of construc-tion, to be the finest marble edifice in Ladd took up the question of RhodeIslands need for a State Capitol in his usual enter-prising fashion, his first message containing picturesof the state buildings all over the country, by whichwas contrasted Rhode Islands poor edifice. Theplans for the new capitol were secured after a schemethat is to-day quoted by architectural authorities asa model for the whole country. Tiirough all hisbusiness and political career Governor Ladd tookan unfailing interest in public and social was the founder and father of the famous Provi-dence Commercial Club, an organization of busi-ness men that meets monthly, and after a gooddinner, discusses leading questions of the day, and at. o^^o.^^^/t:;^A;^^l^^-^^ MEN OF PROGRESS. 189 whose board distinguished men from all over theland consider it an honor to be invited to sit. Theclub reached the highest point of prosperity andinfluence under his Presidency. Eminent states-men addressed its members from time to time, andits notable entertainment of the Commercial Cluband the Merchants Club of Boston and a com-mittee of the United States Senate, will never beforgotten. He was for two years vice-President ofthe Providence Board of Trade, was for several yearsPresident of the Rhode Island Society for the Pre-vention of Cruelty to Children, for which society hewas chiefly instrumental in securing a fine home, andis a member of and has been a large contributor tothe Young Mens Christian Association. He is alsovice-President of the New England GenealogicalSociety of Bos
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