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Caption: Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses
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The formal exercises of dedication were held at a general University Convocation in the Auditorium at 4:00 p.m., presided over by Dr. W. F. M. Goss, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Illinois. A musical number by the Univer- sity Band was followed by the invocation by Rev. Charles Ryan Adams, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Champaign. The address of dedication was delivered by Dr. E. J. James, President of the University. Hon. W. L. Abbott, President of the Board of Trustees, spoke on behalf of the University, and Mr. Willard A. Smith, President, Railway and Engineering Review, Chicago, Illinois, made an address of congratulation, taking the place of Mr. C. H. Markham, President, Illinois Central Railroad, who was unable to be present. Hon. Edward 7. Dunne, Governor of the State of Illinois, who was to have spoken, also was presented from appearing, and asked to be represented by Hon. W. L. Abbott, President of the Board of Trustees. The meeting was closed by the singing of "America" by the audience, after which a procession was formed, and, headed by the band, marched to the Transportation Building where the dedicatory exercises were concluded with a prayer of dedication by Rev, Charles Ryan Adams of Champaign. Besides the list of 255 out-of-town guests shown at the end of the volume, containing many railway presidents, vicepresidents, managers, engineers, and others of note, the meetings were well attended by students and members of the faculty Altogether a large and lively attendance was shown at all of the meetings, and favorable weather conditions combined to
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