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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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: ( , l NIVI M\ oi li I IIS i • The , n t.tii i ar, the j 5 ttuf pi pure p1( ervesit .n-on markablywell butwel Itufficie lyand mixed with a littK* the icchai in< n s Into fn watei. \\ hich at t last bil lik a onve rt< serpent and stin th liki an ad WI s no si g lik that of > id power, pei u I ai ay, 1 authority id cc d, n a lied b\ lowers to the p i ul ;i at, th< ai 3 be lik the nectar oi flo^ rich] ned ith kii . .and generosity to others and with rg ul forbearance an( hi minded consideration h ellow or! in a common cans and in unit 1 e ort for common good, i >r I re .d< of a great institution of 1 irni: . iio is oinii I y an honest and lofty purpose to n w! oi oril and influence he may possess solely for the high t good of the vast interests he has in charge, th re is lil 3 age 1 1 gard to personal popularity and public appreciation. X -ion is full of labor and anxiety, but it also rii s h h honor to the deserving man, and the rich 1 1 1 of pr< lsefu; ness to the world of humanity strivin or 1 gl A best things in life. I make no apology to-day for expressin . \ 1p and official solicitude for the University of i linois, Tl as become a strongly rooted habit during the associatio $ of a quarter of a century—a habit from which 1 have not and do not care, to free myself. 1 witnessed the ceremonies inaugurating the first president or regent A\K\ par J threein, somewhat effectively, too, for I sat down to the 1 quet table furnished by the ladies of the communitj On the memorable n t h day of March, 1868. 1 honestly tried 1 1 nr part well upon that occasion, and honestl\ believe the rt was successful. Ever since that time 1 have hern tr\ keep the record good, though it must be admitted th other things have been far more common than nun. t tables.
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