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preme law of this University as of the commonwealth of which it 

 is the chief school. 



It rests, as all Missouri rests, upon the broad and liberal sup- 

 port of the men who make the real wealth of this agricultural 

 State. Five per cent of the students here come from the homes of 

 lawyers, and about five per cent come from the homes of physicians, 

 and about eleven per cent come from the homes of merchants in 

 the towns; but nearly forty per cent of the students here, in the 

 college of mines, and in the college of law, and in the college of 

 education, and in the college of medicine, and in the college of en- 

 gineering, and in the college of agriculture, and in the college aca- 

 demic come from the homes of farmers in this State — nearly forty 

 per cent of the students enrolled in the seven colleges which make 

 the University of today. These are your children and this is your 

 child. 



May your coming here be an inspiration unto them and may 

 it be pleasant and profitable unto you. May the education which 

 they gain within these colleges make of these students worthier 

 children of your homes and better fit for the duties of the highest 

 citizenship in this great commonwealth. 



I bid you welcome. The doors of the State's chief school swing 

 open to you; the latch string is out to that which is yours and 

 mine and all Missourians. Mr. President and gentlemen, I bid 

 you welcome. (Applause.) 



SPEECH IN RESPONSE TO ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



Dr. H. J. Waters, Dean Missouri Agricultural Oollege.) 



Ladies and Gentlemen: It is impossible for me to appropri- 

 ately and properly represent a man of Governor Colman's ability 

 as a speaker even if I had unlimited time for preparation. It is, 

 therefore, still more inappropriate for me to attempt to represent 

 him without notice or preparation. 



But speaking for the State Board of Agriculture, under 

 whose auspices this meeting is held, it may be worth while to say 

 something about the work of this department of the State, about 

 its place in the commonwealth, and the relation it bears to the 

 work of the College of Agriculture and of the University. In the 

 popular mind there is not a clear distinction between the State 

 Board of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture. This comes 

 about because of the fact that the State Board of Agriculture is, 



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