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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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these n< have b< I QObl r t h a n tin w h Bl p]ifled up ind wh w " D •' " ' A , luat terwhat ther nam< ina\ be added I th< honoi • rnen t! h l< ind women who ha\ >t »< ° to id to the inner of Unh I titj < Illinoi . t! ti \V\\\ never com when the names <>! Gre ttd Burrill, Shattuck, and Snyder, and Robin M< obody, and Richer, and Forbe 1 Bah will not lead all the rest. A score of others ha\ establish' 1 th iaces of honor next to these, and still half a bin lied e promise that they will lp mould die life of i • I in to its advantage. I would inde 1 be blin if I i d to see how much is involved when such a body, under such circumstances, opens its circle to a stranger and gi\ s him welcome and confidence, and I would be ungrateful ind< 1 if I did not requite their consideration with unfailing court< y and ren r them unfaltering honor. The Board of Trustees, through its worthy ami venera le president, speaks on behalf of the state, and the state speaks directly through its chief executive officer. I desire to consider the relations of the University to the state a little in detail. But first I am glad of the opportunity to express my thanks to the board for conferring upon me so gre a; i mark of confidence, as well as for the agreeable personal i lation the individual members have already established with I And I thank Governor Altgeld for his presence to day, at much inconvenience and at the expense of other enga nentsj for his words of commendation and congratulationTand al e all for the unfailing thoughtfulness and wisdom with wh he continually exercises the powers of his great office for en larging the equipment and intensifying the energy of tin University. ACCEPTANCE OF AUTHORITY , Iul : I accept the emblems of my responsibility and authoritv from the trustees of the University and the ollh oi
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