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from Michigan, where h had gained distin m , an ( tor, wide reputation as a writer and oi tor m<l ah , ii alert ind sympathetic friend oi the new nler of thine t < ing industrial and practical life. On th m tion of M n of Irving-ton, at the first meeting of the Irtish ,„ held. Dr. Gregory was. after due inquir) and < ,„ \-, '" elected to the office of Regent. All that he had pi "' known of the matter was from a letter from Mr. Qui< k, r ej ,J the week before. How little does man understand the full com |uen< es of his acts! To what momentous issues do even what a n n c r small matters lead! This election, more in trust and h tl , in confidence of judgment, carried with it im, ,rtan • bi« nation nation T r ^ " ' ^ ^ ^ ° y < «n? It was my privilege, as one of a small audienc of

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read, for the Committee on Courses of Study and Faculty I e port in which was first embodied h;, : i acuiq • a reonci:r th and character of the n s T i t u t t n \ ? iV »"* ^cope C 3 of the committee would provide *** ^ ">* « " That report carried upon the face of ,'t •! 1 0 8 COmiC tion that the author was re-em n m fi " l' * " ' y m a n h>r t h e IaCe and the hour. In the li K h?of aH . K " P *on, in the understanding g a ^ d # J ~ ^ d y i n d discu, a d m the illumination and culmination of results H V •'""• " faCl ,s emphasized that the trustees m , T verified and n m S t a k r in t h a t giving and soul-shaping election d u r ° / birthP t P r i n f f , i d d ing He who n o w r e S d s S u ^ Z f ^ ^ — d CUmen find in it not only the prophecy of w W " ^ ° < «ay h and well-laid foundation upon 1 ^ 1 ? ' ^ ^ »< ^ -did to its later day beauty and grandeur ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ rises Dr. Gregory was singularly well fitted K b ments, and by experience for the v o T ^ * ^ 3 attainS0 s assigned to him. He was a broadly c S T^ < Menly formed scholar of the classical type a " ^ " * " * 2 College,and had devoted himself f o ' t h e ^ H ^ » ' Union f the expecting to make it his profession. Amon^l ° Uw Wh judgment in such matters he was considered ? / ^ ° P^s eminence in theology, though never h a v i t . ^ »«*in£

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