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Caption: Booklet - Alumni Assocation Report (1890 Selections)
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n' On I tli rain si rinse\ r kn wn here on comraeu emeni * l li w in1 rrnpl the exercises when bhej w lab ai half >r, aontof thedeafenin noise the rain falling n tin* meta] ro f. AitcM- pi tyer bj Rei >rend T. A. Pari - A BulUrd, 78 chairman « the Building < ommitl . pr ited the kevs of the Military 11 1 to the Unti rsitj In the f 1 •* o hold tr ' eoe PRESENTATION OF KEYS K MILITARY BUILDING Growth is the law of life. When (growth c ised decaj gii When the seed is placed in the ground it vermin •• s, ndfl I th a tiny leaf, slowly increases to full maturity and after fulfilling ite mi ion passe- into decay, Noi only do< - this law: een etable and animil life, but that of empires, municipalities nd - rieties. '1 hey ha^ a beginning, a development, and when tiny have ae mplidhed the work for which they were created, or cease to perform it. they .- to exist When I was a lad my lather would t 11 n up 1 him at times and look me over. He would frequently find that my c t sl< refused to associate longer with my wrists, or that my pantaloon- had lost their intimacy with my inkles, or that my jacket n o longer mad* close connections with my lower \rments. Si h a condition of thin$. usually called for an appropi ition. Th a p p r o p r i a t i o n s \ rt : r refused. It could be seen that the boy was gi in and with the 1 that his future work might be acceptably perform* U the thin - tha were uec jsarj for that growth wen uei r r Borne 3 - a a boy was born to the commonwealth of th State of Illinois and pla 1 in the lap of these two cities to nurse and cherish. Right well re > you taken care of your charge, my friends. t : i.av ti 1 with pride this boy'fi growth. First there was but one buildii now go: —standing on the ridge of the present . mpus 1 he hi I machine shops followed, then the mi ;nitie< t building Sta li the BOUth end of this avenue. 80011 he outgrew th is] for Otl r appropriations. More a p p a r a t u s * 31 [uir 1. More rcn v d barns were famished, greenhouses ] ovid i3al i itory was phn dong ide : th main build: i i pi t dress furnished by a pr i and h ul growing 1 j h this at building in whi p pi pie f o u r s t a t e 01 this boy u p b< re them < erv txw> N < a look him ,n When they tind that he ov I needs M •M 1 order tl »1 he fa * attained may be m n {lu H. rth jroi h a n d g iter v rk m a } fol o p ,u re n ret refused. Let "- builditu \ u will « d ae walls l j i d d » in tl th, ind I t , ", n.-~ to this I invert >. It rest upon th. ,.,, v ' t h » si m D ! piacvd 1 1 \ ttionf. thai, p] I willi. tioetl ,1, lw ^
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