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persons for the purposes of the dedication.

The Locomotive

Laboratory was in operation, with Illinois Central freight locomotive, #958, (Consolidation Type) mounted on the plant in the usual way and running at low speed. Outside the lab-

oratory were the two railway test cars, which were open for inspection. Members of the railway staff acted as guides

and conducted the visitors through the buildings and cars. On Thursday evening at 6:45 o'clock, the University Band gave an open-air concert on the south campus, preceding the opening meeting of the dedicatory exercises which was held in the Auditorium at 8:00 o'clock. ident of the University, presided. Dr. Edmund J. James, PresAddresses were delivered

by Kr. Samuel Insull, President, Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, Illinois; Mr. J. G. Pangborn, Assistant to the Presand

ident, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, Maryland;

Mr. Robert W. Hunt, Past-President, American Institute of Mining Engineers* A railway conference was held on Friday morning from 9:30 until noon, in the Physics Lecture Room, classes in the College of Engineering having been suspended for the day. The

conference was presided over by Mr. Edward C. Schmidt, Professor of Railway Engineering, University of Illinois. speakers were: The

Mr. B. A. Worthington, President, Chicago & Mr. W. B. McKinley,

Alton Railway Company, Chicago, Illinois;

President, Illinois Traotion System, Champaign, Illinois; Mr. George R. Henderson, Consulting Engineer, the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mr. Albert Reichmonn, President, Western Society of Engineers, Chioago, Illinois;