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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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*$ UNI I KM I \ ( II.I.INul... illy the ;u-u I ; ID ring 11 ill I th u i t). College oi i Presid al Draper pre < !. G< ernorAltv right, and Pi ildent Adam oft) (Jnh rsity W sconsin, at his left hand. Th board of trustees, ilt\, and prominent gu ts occupied th platform. The exercis were op I by th overture— "World's ;\ • (Bej r) by the University Military Band. This was follow* I by the " On Deck Polka" (Krai) by the University Mandolin and Guitar Club. introductory remark by the President were as follows: PK \ r D R A I E R : — I n the exercises of the afternoon we have been tryin to say a good word for each member of our family and to give the strongest h e l p to the ones who stood in the greatest need. W e meet-to-night to celebrate the growth and success of the big b r o t h e r of the family and to put him into a new house better suited to his p r o p o r t i o n s , his age, and his work than any we have ever before been able to afford him. T h e University is divided into four colleges: Literature, Engineering, Science, and Agriculture, and the greatest of these is Engineering. T h e College of E n g i n e e r i n g consists primarily of the five d e p a r t m e n t s of architecture,!civi] engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and municipal and sanitary engineering. T h e new building contains the lecture, recitation, and drawing rooms for the advance work of these departments, and also the laboratories and lecture rooms of the department of physics. Engineering Hall is one of the largest and st buildings devoted to engineering education in this country. It has a front of 200 feet, with wings at either end 76 feel ep, while the central portion extends back 140 feet. h is four st in height. T h e first story is of Cleveland sandstone, and tl remainder are of buff pressed brick, with terra c tta trimmings. T h e mill system of slow burning construction is employed throughout. Plate glass windows, \ \ shim-ton 1 Tl
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