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PRESENTATION TO T H E UNIVERSITY

PRESENTATION OF T H E STADIUM TO T H E UNIVERSITY BY MR. GEORGE H U F F , DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

TTT IS my pleasure, in behalf of more than twenty-one thousand students and alumni and other friends of Jl the University of Illinois, to present this Stadium through you to the University of Illinois.

ACCEPTANCE OF T H E STADIUM ON BEHALF OF T H E BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY DR. W . L. NOBLE, PRESIDENT OF T H E BOARD

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and in the name of the people of the State of Illinois, I accept this magnificent gift of the students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the University as their tribute to the valor of the Illini who made the supreme sacrifice that the spirit of justice, of equality, and of fair play might prevail. We who are left behind can never share with them their priceless heritage; but, standing here in the shadow of this everlasting monument we can, and we will, resolve to keep alive that spirit which they so nobly exemplified in camp and on the field of battle. Even greater is the inspiration which generations of Illini yet unborn will get from this evidence of our love for our fellows who have gone on before. Here they will assemble to learn the traditions of a long-ago past, to measure their spirit of devotion with the spirits of those whom we honor today, and to pledge their all to an enrichment of this spirit. Then, and only then, will our aims have been met and our dreams realized. Just what these traditions shall mean to the oncoming generations of Illini we alone can determine. We can go from here today rededicated to the task of giving -{16}-