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THR IMVKK- i II N(, J> tl. j . an h our *»as & vthii we D AS j . ; . men, tl work itei into < i i ell< fcual and industrial a d with the beol ->. V beli > > in tare, and 00 -. it _lv. W »liei that the 1 and v lit: 1x ultimate stai line > broader and more exact traini sr fori ir pr ssio 1 1 We know that the wealth I Qlinoifl ifl in her 8 a that her strength 1 - in it- in dlL :it veh nt Vl\v all else we know that tl. rity and i: ft State id t: I - of I r mib* turn a] i the training, t industry, .d the oi her young men and w men. We not uni indi 1 f tl solemn responsil Qity< ur t r u s t and we are striving o guide and dir the young m and v m i Ulin -. in whatever line >rk they mav cfo —. that thev iv t only be< me Bure-f< in as with a : : : er appre< tion of the obligations of public servi , but also it they may honor industry of every kind, ai I 1 r hi the hone wealth of aU We would D only train our students, and ( a h th< m what the wori already knows, but we would enlar_ the s n oi'tl world's knowledge. The State has as yet hard: en I us to 1 >nd the teachin T\ i y . % :or the tirst time, ir gave the Agricultural Experiment S tion a hundred thousand dollars to find new scientific f its. That is a rt time in which to get much n Milt from ixperimentation, but it is whollj ithin bounds to ay that the results air uly gained are worth much more to tl Qomic wealth of Illinois than all the mone> she has put into the University in the thirty-five years of its history. Why should not the State enable her engineering afl well a i agricultural interests to experiment" 1 will I am sure the results will be no le8< ratifying! young m- i ami \ >mei aiul ;! -rk v
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