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Caption: Book - John Milton Gregory Memorial Convocation (1898)
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JOHN Mil IK>N , s the il«-ar and penetrating for* >^lu < i the mth i > I h Industrial Unh rsity is peculiarly a hihl ol il,« ,„,,, < ular will. Designed i pi moi b) edu ation, the industrial interests ol the largest classes oi the people and chall m;;. n this > -\ K' >und, popular sympathy and support, it is n the* >unts m e liable I be affected by the fluctuations oi publi< sentiment regarding it than institutions of .1 less populai usii :t: n. fii thousand noble but va ue hopes and aspirations will look line to find the help thej rave .1 thousand lee ply-felt needs of skill or power will turn to this Unh rsitj for thoir supply without knowing precisely how it is to l< > gain< 1. Evils long ndured will send up here their appeal for remedies. Fiei ei sentment against old wron s or fancied wr s, and still fiercer resolves in favor oi cherished reforms >r 1 i forms, will demand that th halls shall feed heir ha r bai in their cause, Ui ed by such varietj of m :i\ ind viewing the matter from such a diversity of standpoints, it will n I be wonderful if an almost endless varietj of ins shall In pres nted for our guidance, ! h theorizer will have some one or more favorite lotions ( tncernin i duration, and each will count his notion s < t ntral valu< and importance, and will demand that the > University shall be constructed en his idea as its chief corner Unfortunatel) only one plan can be adopted, and its pti n will be the signal for a hundred men, of d< 'matte 1 turn, t shout that a great 'mistake has been made. ' Hie II LltiOtl h a s f a i l e d in i t s g r e a t a i m a n d p u r p o s e , AW^\ n o t h i n g but (lis.: • r m be 1 tpected till revolution shall come to right th c w ng l he 'mistake' is simply failure to take th ii lVh , 1 he * 1 > 1 r 1 < ' lost sight of is their purpose, and the 1 disaster' is the loss of then approbation and patronag . I )lry j v r serin tO reflecl that t h e a d o p t i o n ol t h e n plans [jldhave. |uall\ disappointed main others, perhap win i intrrest in th< enterpri e is equall) great, and whose know! 11 f jt conditions ma) poi iblj be vastl) greater. What 1 phe( \ was there in this! I>\ changing the future
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