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Caption: Dedication - Home Economics - Challenge of Home Economics
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• GREETINGS PROM THE PEOPLE OP ILLINOIS Governor William G. Stratton These abbreviations are from the salutatory address given by Gov' ernor William G. Stratton who represented the people of the state of Illinois at the dedication ceremonies of Bevier Hall and the Child Development Laboratory on Friday, April 5,1957. Dr. Henry, Dean Howard, members of the faculty, members of the Board of Trustees, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. It is an inspiration to be here at this great school to participate in ceremonies which combine traditional academic formality with the air of urgency and purpose which permeates this great University of Illinois. Here are joined in friendly cooperation the leisurely ivy-clad search for perfection in learning, the strict discipline of scientific detail, the wonder of young people discovering a wonderful world and its marvelous work, and, perhaps most important of all, the opportunity to learn to live among, and be happy with, the marvels of our age. The occasion today is to dedicate buildings especially devoted to the latter of these purposes. There must be no minimizing the significance of the work these buildings will help to accomplish. The importance of being able to live well with others in this world becomes more pointed every day. The need for healthy family life, planned spending, care devoted to child growth and development, education in consumer economics, home management, the varied vocational opportunities which are adjuncts of home economics — all of these form a fabric of necessity which this Administration has met in providing these structures. In a way, this home economics building is a symbol of one of the early purposes of this University. Jonathan Baldwin Turner, a Jacksonville educator who did perhaps most to obtain passage of the Morrill Land Grant Act which made institutions such as this possible, had a vision of education for the many rather than for a chosen few. He fought for what he called the industrial college which would extend educational opportunities along industrial and agricultural lines to an extent not then dreamed possible. After President Lincoln signed the bill to establish the Land Grant, Turner continued his interest in this state; and, although he lost his fight to center the school in Jacksonville rather than Champaign, he never lost the vision nor relaxed his efforts to develop what he then called the Champaign University. He 4
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