550 Dcdlcaflon of Polyteclinic Hall — Address. [November, 



earth — a combination that a small undertaking would belittle — a 

 combination among whom God has seen fit to deposit the best 

 minds — where he has placed his richest treasures. These now — like 

 unpolished jewels in the mine — we would bring out and place in our 

 countrj^'s diadem, and thereby impart luster to our country's glory. 

 And now, farmers, fellow citizens and friends, we have laid these 

 foundations — I trust in prayer, and by the direction of a divine 

 hand ; and with the hope that this superstructure will be but 

 the earnest of still greater achievements, and that the Magna 

 Charta of your educational principles may continue to extend, till 

 their magnificence and glory may be seen from afar, and the radiance 

 of their light streams over every land and every sea. Let pilgrims 

 from every class direct thitherward their steps, and here find the 

 culture needful for the true inspiration of their art, and the true 

 manhood of their life And when the aged Yew tree throws its 

 shade over the green grass that covers these beautiful grounds, mil- 

 lions of enlightened and joyous freemen will bless the hour when 

 in doubt, in weakness — yet still in faith and in hope — you reared 

 and consecrated these walls to God and to them. 



And now, by the authority, and in behalf op the Directors 

 OF Farmers' College, I dedicate this Hall of Science, hence- 

 forward TO BE KNOWN BY THE NAME OF ThE POLYTECHNIC HaLL, 

 to the purposes for WHICH IT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ; AND MAY 



God add his blessing. Amen. 



Farmers should raise and save their own seeds, to a great extent, 

 in the Vegetable Garden, and thus know what they get, and keep 

 only pure seeds from the best stocks. Many farmers do this ; and 

 are noted for the ' nice kind ' of beans, sweet corn, cabbages, etc., 

 which they raise. Anybody can have a ' nice kind ' of such things, 

 if they will be careful in selecting their seed, and in cultivating ; 

 which is better than to run to foreign countries for dubious old sorts, 

 with more dubious new names, invented only to sell. — Ohio Culti- 

 vator. 



The only fame worth possessing is the good opinion of the good. 



