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INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT DRAPKR.

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t h e d< lication of t h e new E n g i n e e r i n g H a l l , and a public r e c e p t i o n to Dr. D r a p e r . O n e y e a r from to-day, if S e n a t o r D u n l a p , who sits at my r i g h t , will i n t r o d u c e a bill in t h e s e n a t e next winter, a n d th< l e g i s l a t u r e will pass it, and t h e G o v e r n o r will sign it, we will ; a t h e r h e r e again and d e d i c a t e t h e n e w library building. T h e p e o p l e of Illinois h a v e been for m o n t h s talking and w r i t i n g a b o u t t h e U n i v e r s i t y , and in t h e late election all t h e m e n and w o m e n of t h e state voted for t r u s t e e s ; therefore permit m e to s u g g e s t to our d i s t i n g u i s h e d guest, G o v e r n o r Altgeld, t h a t w h e n he p r e p a r e s his a n n u a l m e s s a g e to t h e General A s s e m b l y in J a n u a r y , 1895, h e d e v o t e a p a r a g r a p h to t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois. I g r a d u a t e d w i t h a v e r y m o d e s t class, t h e class of 1880. I live in a very m o d e s t town, a n d I m a k e t h e s e s u g g e s t i o n s w i t h very g r e a t m o d e s t y . Mr. P r e s i d e n t - e l e c t , E m e r s o n h a s said t h a t t h e writings of B e a u m o n t a n d F l e t c h e r w e r e on so h i g h a p l a n e t h a t t h e c o m i n g in of t h e m e r e s t incident at once e l e v a t e d their p r o s e to t h e d i g n i t y of poetic t h o u g h t . T h e election of a w o m a n to t h e board of t r u s t e e s of our U n i v e r s i t y will e n n o b l e all the work of e d u c a t i n g y o u n g m e n a n d w o m e n for t h e h i g h duties of c i t i z e n s h i p . W e w e l c o m e M r s . F l o w e r , of C h i c a g o , to t h e

coi icils of the board.

Dr. Dr per. t h e a l u m n i p l e d g e to you their cordial s u p p o r t . a I i their behalf, and in the sweet n a m e of several hun1 c h i l d r e n who belong to t h e m , we giv you this greeting. A lar n u m b e r of the a l u m n i are not here to-day, but from h o m e s , seal lei 1 all 1 Illinois, v . from the broad

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