Caption: Book - John Milton Gregory Memorial Convocation (1898)
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It ill l 2! sih ul in admin atio II.m. in all, tm co! ribttt I' h skill and m t» tin result t haerve h A la thi-v ai no t«. the abilii attainments j ir hi admini trativ S icon Is \ have I can t fail laracter and m to 8 \ ho <ut •rtain porl d iol hi no have erved to fit him pecialli to larlv in tasb \ and pursuits, d( this \s rk with sui acv * \ \\ and honoring the same in other . familiar < ucation in which a similar periffi t ullv. h< W\ thus, as it wn . m ti inin<f vith the State s\ em • had boon pTOC Qg ! for the w^rk hei at differ. have In • for a < undertaken. I need not call to your minds ho? intS in the progn ol this institution, it would -sided character—a man of crotchety idea or on- unac r. nl d with affaire or with the < adit ions and sympathi* of all the cla f pel IS, and interests and subjects to be here harmonized, in the means and methods employed and the results attained —how isy it would have been l r such a man to place this University in the rear instead of in the fi nt rank of the institutions of this class, in »ite of the greatne 3 of your State, the largeness of your population, the abundance < its w e a l t h , and the general prevalence of education am ttg roiir people." 1 is impossible now to enlarge upon this interesting and cor >ling portion of my theme. The most assuring and convincing testimony is before us all to-day. The maturing fruitage of the wise conceptions, of the toilsome labors, of the unmeasured sacrifice-, and of the heart-begotten devotion of the tir t R ent. is found in the character and strength, in the purpose and grandeur of the University to-day. Others have LSsisted, hav< a d d e d , a n d b r o a d e n e d , a n d b u d d e d , a n d t h e y h a v e t h e i r a p p r o p r i a t e a n d l a r g e s h a r e of r i g h t f u l h o n o r ; b u t b e f o r e all a n d , in a s e n s e w h i c h can n e v e r be c h a n g e d , above ill there appears upon the scroll of gr< it names in connection w i t h thi i n s t i t u t i o n of t h e p e o p l e , o n e at t h e h e a d o( t h e list. m a g n i f i e d by h i s t o r y , i l l u m i n e d by love, m a d e s a c r e d b y d e a t h , — t h a t of t h e first R e g e n t , D r . J o h n M. G r e g o r y , T h e t i m e a r r i v e d w h e n h e d e s i r e d to lay d o w n t h e h e a v y l o a d for >' -linger a n d s t r o n g e r w o r k e r s t o t a k e u p , T h e T r u s t e e s r e l u c t a n t l y a c c e p t e d his r e s i g n a t i o n , a n d at a p u b l i c r e c e p tion ( a u s e d to be r e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n s , w r i t t e n by our who is p r e s e n t , a n d w h o was at t h e t i m e an h o n o r e d m e m b e r of tie Board of 'I rustees :
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