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Caption: Book - John Milton Gregory Memorial Convocation (1898)
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!OH\ MU r \ < imperative I the >mpl to and ei luring develo] ni f po| ular c ati i. His kn ledge hi u\ his stud) oi n ni his :]uent u. I with qu< stions t ^ : > md his love the mmon brotherh< I i man led him t s < that « • he Id sys in c lu w not [ual to :h< in of dem< institut Dns, rhis particular know] v > the suming fire in his - ul. rhe enlai ment of the i lucanal n so tl it it sh uld arrj th< >p| rtunitx i ra gi« te lu n : every home, and - h. the influence f libd learnin should bear directl) u| m he \ >ns f the indi rial masses, v ts the matter i which he was impelled b) n irres le impulse ol his h< urt to give tin gn ( >wers f - nind. This is the | a ticular work he undertook for the pt pie ol he prairie- and the now towns of this then pioneer comm nw [th. His plans wei adequate. He knew that inessentials hey wore imperative. \\c did not I w his in 1 to the demand whi the thoughtless multitude m; le f r mei ly prat d training r he know that what was demanded v mid 1 e neither scientific r pi al. and that it must be both if it would endure; he would 1 ive been t Ise if he had waven 1, and ho could not be falso. He would never lower the piano of e ucati n: h would uplift the comm n life. The crowd was dispo> I to ridicule his theories and overthrow his plans, bu he would not allow it, and as he was right there i is no need o allow it. In all this he but brought his personality to th< surface of affairs, if he had permitted himself to be ^n troll' i b\ the ci wd he would have disappeared in the crowd, and the University I Illinois would have been insufficient r ts constituent nd unw orthj I he great State forwhich it stands. His humanitj his 1 irning And his courage laid the t untion n ' ol merelj t( hni al sch< ut ol a I niversitj r( i suppl) in ru n in am bi inch ( idvanced learnin t mono prepan I to r ive it. This distin ished hin < mon his fell ars: il i > him the enduring n atitude I iois nd f th riend oi pi ress th ughout tin rid. in his own a: I in all j no rations His students will cherish his mem ry I i hat he did I shape their lives and M I the) m 1 Univer ty that is now, and the ill j at I
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