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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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8 UNIVERSITY <>l ILLINOIS. This large body of students will, aft r a few hort months, bid adieu to tht University, but will continue to \ tch with pride the successes of their alma mater. Many of us hav< lived for thn years in expectation of this event. We have almost completed our colh ge course. As indications of the growth of the University during our stay, we look upon th< statelv buildings that have been erected. W e have seen the turning of the first sod, where Natural History Hall now stands, have watched the erection of that building step by step, until it shines forth as an architectural model and as a monument to the cause for which it was erected, the promotion of science. W e have watched the erection of the splendid Engineering Hall, the dedication of which we are this day to witness. W i t h feelings of pride we point to this building as a token of the progress and high standing of the work that will be carried on within its walls. W e have watched with deep interest the successful efforts of those in charge in securing the necessary appropriations, in order that our work might attain that high degree of excellence that alone determines the true worth of an institution of learning. W e look with pride upon the advances made by the University, in equipment, in buildings, in the force of instructors, and in general prosperity. While the work of a university depends largely upon its equipment, yet it must be recognized that the results effected depend greatly upon the character and aim of its students. Their success in the duties of life, the zeal and ambition with which they perform those duties, depend largelx upon I te pirit imbued while in college ai 1 upon the proper develop;nt of those faculties that make up true manhood and womanhood. No one factor has greater influence th, i the president. H e shapes the poli« of the university in its relatjoi to the students, and largely influences their preparation for the graver duties of citizenship. His sphere of wor] is not confined to the immediate environment of the institu-
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