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Caption: Dedication - Engineering Hall (1894) (and Inauguration of President Draper)
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gg UNIVEK ITY O* ILU oi ss id their loyalty to the I S t a t ' 'nh ty ai tor which it stand In th facultj parloi which be beautifully d< it 1 for the oc< lion, tin ju< • , v ceived by President and Mr Draper, t tin with ti oi the different < die i and their wi\ . 'I guest invited to examine the rooms of the a bui ding, to enjoy the refri hments which were served in m lecture room. So great was the tin g that for a time it was impof ible to p; • through the hallwa; rom one room to an ther. The r of the eveni \\ sp at in ( ange of r social etings in testimoi of patriotic d< otion to the great cause oi e lucation in our ii 1 state, nd to the State University it te; 1. Win the las guest had depar 1 and the festivities were brought to a close, ever loyal friend of the University who had joined in th< or ha< heard of them, felt that a new impulse hi been given to her life, and that they marked the oc asion oi a turning point ii her career from which she is destined to proce I to a lar r dignity, a higher succ< . and a greater gloi th I in her history she has yet achieve 1. On the evenir following the inauguration and dedicatioi c ercises, the Students' Assembly of the University ga\ a reception to their friends. This was really a continu the ] trt of tl J students of the n eption < the pre\ ling, and. like that, was largely attended. Tl reeept n conn ittee of the Asj imbly had provided various halls nt rtainn nt. [t was essentially a "stude ts' eve lg a they mad it an oc ion I r u ti; ing once mere. • t : y their j ction I r the Univei t\ e tud< I { l their de\ t ion m iutiii with citi/ni to t h e ttldenls welepn . nt( l e d I du< iti r) in Illinois. whit h II the re< eption w well worthy the h h purpoi i th ur< HI ision, ixpressit i oi which I N N
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