Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper) [PAGE 31]

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imong them a continual pleasure well tor tl, ood words of their representative to-da] 1 th< uran< of my appreciation, and add t h e p l e d g e that 1 will at 1 try to remain young enough in my U lit S to k< p in touch and sympathy with them, while t> ther we endeavor to i ach forward and upward to the thin s win h will git us strength and pleasure as well as usefulness and influence in the affairs of the world. I will never forget what they may do. what they must do, to make the undertakings of the University effectual, nor doubt that the strong common sense and the overwhelming' purpose of the student body will be manifested at all vital points to enlarge its operations and Ktend its work. T h e strength of a great educational institution, its standing and power for good among the people, d e p e n d m I largely than we are accustomed to remember upon the love and loyalty of its graduates. Our students an- alro.nh coming to occupy positions of influence, even to be kn in great enterprises, in all parts of the land. The pledge of their unceasing affection is grateful to all of us. Their num hers will multiply and their influence will extend. M ,v thei. love, and thoughtfulness. and alertness for the Universitj grow with their accumulating honors and their power to helj her. It has not yet been my good fortune to meet th« alumni, but their early greetings gave me pleasur 1 shall n o . soon forget, and now the eloquent words of th ,r speaker thrd. my heart May the time never come when those who have the nght to speak of " t h e days of v o n - w i „ a o t W

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