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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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20 UNIVERSITY Oi nil <>l t h e e men might have been with Such advantage m their early life as are offered here, who k n o w Blondin crossed the Niagara RlV< r OD a roj but ot) r people have found a bridge not onl_\ c o m nn but e ary for that purpose. Now the intention here is to erect and ma itaiii an educational bridge of the best attainable matei i] ..(• a: -hip practically free to the young men and youi \vc ien of Illinois, and so attractive that when any of th i shall ft 1 thneed of such a structure to carry the a a< ros the \ i a r of life they will not think it necessary to look for it out t) r own state. Ladies and gentlemen, the board of trust es h thou- t it eminently fitting to select from their numl r oi • to pic to-day who has always given the University I ;i . intelligent, and efficient support. I take pleasure in presenting as the Pr< Governor Altgeld. the Aa\
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