Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1908 — NEW THEATER BEGUN [ARTICLE]

NEW THEATER BEGUN

Cornerstone of Institution to Be Laid Today In New York. New York, Dec. 15.—The cornerstone of the New theater, which will be, If the plans of the founders are realized, a home for the dramatic art of America, will be laid this afternoon in the presence of an assemblage of authors, dramatists, city officials and other distinguished persons. The ceremony of laying the cornerstone will take place in the vestibule of the new building. In addition to an address by Mayor McClellan there will be speeches by Augustus Thomas, the playwright, and President John H. Finley of the City college. Richard Watson Gilder, will read an ode composed for the occasion.