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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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ADDRESS BY H O N . J O H N P. ALTGELD, ICIO GOVERNOR OF THE S T A T E OF ILLINOIS AND E X O: M E M B E R OF THE B O A R D OF T R U S T E I . Mr. President. Dr. Draper. Lac: s. a Gentlemen: T h e growth of an educational institution is like that of a man. and cannot be accomplished in a day or in a \ ar. T h e r e must be a period of infancy, of childhood, and of boyhood, before the vigor of m a n h o o d is reached. So with an institution of learning. T h e r e is the weak beginning, the t rly struggle, the later growth, and then the full-grown University; and as the ultimate greatness of the m a n is often in proportion to his early struggles, so the final career and usefulness of an institution is frequently d e t e r m i n e d by t h e difficulties it s u r m o u n t s in its infancy. A college or university is not simply a machine. It is not negative, but positive in character. It does more t h a n teach algebra and L a t i n . It h a s an i n d e p e n d e n t existence. and makes its impression on all who come in contact with it. Its character is a force that creeps silently over the land, and by day and by night molds the sentiment of men. It is this character by which an institution is judged. Tin world does not care so much for the numl r of s t u d e n t s . but it asks, What is the character of the institution? What 21
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