Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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INAUGUK \ IION OK PRESIDENT DRAPER. 33 state. T h e y are delivered to me by the h a n d of one who has been a tower of strength in the institution from its very beginning, who has seen all its structures erected, whose hand has set all the beautiful trees upon its magnificent campus and upon its broad acres, whose pure life and disciplined mind have shaped and guided its work, and whose scientific r e p u t e is not bounded by state lines or hedged in by either ocean. In such a presence and in such a manner, they come to me with peculiar significance and irnpressiveness. I will never regard them lightly. Before these witnesses, I thoughtfully and willingly give the pledge that I will be loyal to the trust and that I will do what in me lies to enlarge and enrich the work of the S t a t e University, that it may do more to benefit the people who s u p p o r t it and aggrandize the state for which it stands. THE FUTURE. It is easier to recall what h a s been t h a n to forecast what is to be. As fascinating and as profitable as is t h e story of yesterday, it is at once a pleasure and a d u t y to c o n t e m p l a t e the morrow. W e are not obliged to view it from a trough of the sea but from the crest of a wave. T h e University has enjoyed unusual prosperity during these last two or three years which have been u n w o u n d from the great reel of time. T h e trustees have seen the necessities of the case clearly, and they have been vigorous and courageous. T h e legislature lias been responsive. T h e G o v e r n o r has been s y m p a t h e t i c and decisive. N e w buildings have arisen upon the campus. The courses of instruction have been broadened ami extended. T h e faculty has been enlarged and s t r e n g t h e n e d . The stud QtS have multiplied. It seems fair sailing before us. T h e weather is propitious. There is plenty of ozone in the Uni versity atmosphere. The 1 ling is buoyant; the appetite is sharp. W e hope to crowd on more steam and put out more canv,-! . And under the stan flag ol the Republic, undei
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