HENRY G. REYNOLDS. 



Could know from his statement what course to pursue with regard to any proposed plan 

 involving the expenditure of money. He became the business manager of the 

 institution. 



In 1891 Mr. Reynolds' health became quite uncertain and caused a great deal of 

 anxiety on the part of his family and near friends. He took a vacation from office work 

 and tramped through portions of New England, hoping the change and relief from the 

 grind of every day college duties would enable him to recuperate. There did seem to 

 be a renewal of strength, but in the spring and early summer of 1892 his nervous diffi- 

 culty seemed to grow upon him, and he used his hand in writing with some difficulty. 



In .June of this year he became very anxious about the condition of his very near 

 friend, Chas. W.Gartield, and advised for him a trip to Europe, suggesting as an induce- 

 ment that if possible to arrange for a leave of absence he would be a companion on the 

 trip. Within a week the details were arranged, and with his son, Llewellyn, and a 

 friend, Mr. O. C Simonds, of Chicago, as additional companions, he made a rapid 

 bicycle tour of Scotland, England, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France, return- 

 ing in November. He gained in vigor and seemed to have taken a new lease of life, but 

 very soon upon again settling back into official work the gain slipped away, and in the 

 spring of 1893 he was quite rapidly declining and his friends became very anxious for 

 him, and under what proved to be wise counsel he reluctantly retired from the work 

 and the associations he had so greatly enjoyed. In the autumn of 1893 he removed 

 with his family to California, and is now permanently located at Pasadena upon a fruit 

 farm, and, greatly to the joy of all his army of friends, has recovered a good measure 

 of health. The impress of Mr. Reynolds' judgment is seen in many departments of 

 college life, and one of the last important matters come from his hand was the draft of 

 the present law under which the entire management of the College lands was placed 

 in the State Board of Agriculture. 



Mr. Reynolds is a home lover, and with his estimable wife has built vip a household 

 that is a model of excellence. He believes in agricultural education as outlined in the 

 organic act under which our College is established. He opposes strenuously any meas- 

 ures that in his opinion tend to weaken the leading purpose of the College, to wit: 

 The education of farmers. Two of his sons will graduate next year from the tuition of 

 his own Alma Mater. 



Mr. Reynolds is a man of decided opinions. While tolerant of others who may differ 

 from him and always courteous he maintains his own views with earnestness and per- 

 sistence. He is naturally combative and will fight for what he believes to be right to 

 the end. But is always open to conviction and has modified his views upon leading 

 questions of politics and economies, always maintaining that in the evolution of man- 

 hood true progress compels a modification of one's belief. To his friends he is intensely 

 loyal and never hesitates to stand by them in an emergency. Enemies, he has none, 

 for his absolute honesty even in his antagonism commands respect and breeds confi- 

 dence. His friends are all rejoiced at his recovery of health and strength and wish him 

 many years of happiness with his family in the State of his adoption. His portrait is 

 placed as a frontispiece in this volume by the State Board of Agriculture as a tribute 

 of respect and a record of its appreciation of the labors of Mr. Reynolds in behalf of 

 the State Board of Agriculture and the Michigan Agricultural College. 



