I am not built merely of marble, mortar and steel
but born with a heart and soul and purpose like yourself.
I am the creation and result of a master mind,
the disciple of a dreamer with whom to dream was to do.
I am a reality loved into life.
I receive you with the hospitality of a hostess in her home 
as I realize my responsibility to make you comfortable, to refresh you
to throw about you the mantel of protection and to entertain you.
Courtesy is ever my creed, hospitality my religion.
I will render every service to my people
and in the future that is stretching away from us in the vanishing line
I will stand steadfast upon the principles that endow me.
I accept responsibility of giving Hammond and the vicinity the utmost in entertainment.
I hope you will take me to your heart and homes as a friend for good 
to live among you to the end.
I am a Hammond institution.
I am the Columbia Theatre.