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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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ADDRESS INTRODUCING GOVERNOR ALTGELD AS P R E S I D E N T O F T H E DAY, BY HON. N E L S O N W. GRAHAM, P R E S I D E N T OF THE BOARD OF T R U S T E E S . Fellow Citizens of Illinois, Ladies, and Gentle?nen: T h e reasons for this assemblage to-day are such as I hope will permit in behalf of its trustees a very brief and imperfect statement that will justify them in congratulating the people of the state on the present condition and prospects of the University of Illinois. W e boast of nothing, claiming only so to have used the liberal appropriations made to the University at the last two sessions of the legislature of the state, as to make easily recognized additions to its importance, its usefulness and its influence throughout t h e ' s t a t e . T h e buildings erected are in sight and speak for themselves. T h e large additions made to the equipment in every department of the University are not so apparent, but a little investigation would show that they are hardly less important. Means have been freely used to widen the scope of the prescribed courses of study, hoping to elevate and improve them all, but with special reference to the College of Literature and Arts, that it may be placed on the high plane ahead} attained on the S i Qtific and industrial side of the University. << *7
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