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Caption: Book - John Milton Gregory Memorial Convocation (1898)
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U1 ( ^7 A( rK > 01 N v. .i ( 1 I Mil Gl : \ i . i \, r i . i v . ng ' the leral I held Fri< iy President Draper ann un( h death f < Milton i First R ni or Pr -id ni of th< i ot I gr a On an n H ill, the following memorandum and and la T ' '" ht the I intelligence from Wash> . f our di tingfuished and honored friend • Or, J a Gn B first Regent of the University until I im o his death, Professor emeritus of Political v . tl m ibei > the General Faculty, assemble in f to expl our sen of deep bereavement and personal to ; i ( it Qficial records our high and loving- estitn id our gratl ul appreciation of the notable and ser r idered to this University and to t h e general r edut ion in our country. Bv tj1( t or mizing the University the Regent was e oft io mem r and chairman of the Board of Trustees, and was 50 tinnanof the Faculty. Dr. Gregory therefore and bore the responsibilities of the two itnjx riant offices in the nascent institution, and had officially by far the Buence in shaping- and developing- its character. 1 possibilities there were those of an engaging and ,-of an energetic and indomitable worker, of a Olivine in; platform speaker, and of a man of broad u ti,l unimp Lchable personal character. Others of high Scholar ' aiiu u " i wid per >nal influence differed with him from the beginwhat the institution should be, and strong opposil m ^ r or another, and in one way or another, developed ly and vigorously urged. T h a t he. with the assist- j ugh< mat( { ,IJ, rioi v m w o .^ii»i.iv NNitu nim uac iiouois oi wise tore- l heroic ut uti n under discouraging condition ando an me. Yet there was but •K nt Gtt
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