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Caption: Dedication - Home Economics - Challenge of Home Economics
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s PRESIDENT HENRY This introduction presented by Dr. David Dodds Henry, President of the University, opened the convocation ceremonies marking the formal dedication of Bevier Hall and the Child Development Laboratory on Friday, April 5,1957* We are met in formal assembly to dedicate to the service of the people of Illinois through this University the new home economics buildings. I welcome all of you to an event important in University history. A dedication is more than a ritual, for through this ceremony we express our gratitude to all of those who have helped to bring these buildings into being; we honor those whose past achievements built a service, a program, and a profession worthy of these new, excellent facilities; and we signalize our faith in the future importance of the work here housed, and the far reaches of its benefits in the lives of the citizens of Illinois. We publicly affirm our belief in the importance of that work to the ends that the public health will be improved, domestic relations enhanced, the lives of people enriched, and the welfare of the commonwealth itself strengthened. Through this ceremonial recognition of a portion of the University's work, may we all come to greater understanding of the total meaning of the University itself and the means by which it comes to greatness in the service of the people. 3
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