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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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00 U M \ ERS! i V OF ILLINOl • does it stand for? Does it stand for a turdy, tal patriotic manhood, and the earn< I seriou hard <>vk that < with it? If yea, then great will be its i flu( ut if it represents only the i y-goic slain rds of di rit ra dudish dilett nteism, then it will not shape th< the nation. There have been colleg( th t n 11 and fin cially poor, but they gave to their country whole c tellatioi of great men ; while others that v. • both lai id ri h did little more than furnish amusement for in) al .. The University of Illinois has passed through th of infancy and youth, and has arrived at a point where it houlc embark on a career of full grown and \ igorous m a n h o o d . Much conscientious work has been done. T h e m< I who bi Id I it toiled hard and laid the foundations broad and d , Mid I believe that the structure which has been reared on these foundations is an enduring one; but we must broaden its influence and enlarge its work; we must bring it to the attention of our people. Few of them know of its great advantage . F e w of them know that the Agricultural Experiment Station d s not constitute all that there is, but is only incidental and gives so much of an additional advantage. F e w of them know that the students, without extra expense and without loss of time have the advantage of being trained in the military art by a United States military officer. And very few of them I n\ that we have here one of the best equipped engineeriii" schools, particularly in the department of electrical en aeering, that there is in the whole country. As the Executive of the State I feel a deep interest in all of its institutions, and I feel an especial interest in this University. T h e State of Illinois leads all others in point of material grandeur, in point of natural wealth. It leads all others in the energy and enterprise of its people, and it \CM\ s all others in having a romantic and wonderful histon ||i nois already stands foremost among the great states of d earth. T h e achievements of its people have ah tdy won th
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