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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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IK A ITRATION OF PRESIDENT DRAPER, 27 I have id from the beginning great faith in the Univei sit} 1 : Illinois, partly because I knew of and beli< ed in it four lations; also because 1 have long known of and thor o hi) believed in the commonwealth to which it be longs and for which it exist . This faith in the institution i s ronger and brighter to-day than ever before because of tl man whom we this day inaugurate president. T h e si rcme pleasure 1 now have in the simple part assigned me iglily int< tsified through my earnest interest in the Univer and bv the strongest possible conviction thai our act to-< mark the beginning of great things for the institution through the efforts of the new president. O, Illinois, queen among the states of the Union, thou shalt wear upon thy broad and beautiful brow the choicest diadem of which imperial greatness can boast—a cro n of light and life, the University which bears thy name! President Draper, be good enough to accept through my hands and with heartfelt good wishes for yourself personally in the arduous task you undertake, and with the highest hopes for the greater University soon to exist under your skillful guidance, these tokens of the trust now committed to your charge, and for the authority of your commands. T h i s document, already yellow with age, though dated 1868, signed by Andrew Johnson, as President of the United states, a patent to lands for the endowment of the University by the government of the United States, may typify the charter of th( institution and the title to its possessions. This charter and these posse ;ions are with great confidence and high hopefulne 1 ntrusted to your keeping andsupervisioi Tl. re are more than ten talents; more than ten talents are to b added th unto. This newer tper, fresh from the engrosser's hand: >ntai. the B] 1 m iters relating to vour election as lhesi dent. It earli- >t da! is March [3, ISIJ.J, and it latest
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