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for the South; President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, for the West, and 

 President James, for the Middle West. The afternoon session was 

 held in the open air, the principal feature being an address by the 

 President of the United States. This address was listened to with 

 the greatest interest, as it voiced the President's appreciation of tech- 

 nical education, his belief in the high mission of the institutions of 

 which the Michigan Agricultural College is a type, and in the neces- 

 sity to the nation of develo2)ing not only the business of farming, 

 but also the men and women engaged in that occupation and the con- 

 ditions surrounding their life. The address was widely reported in 

 the public i^ress, and was so logical and forceful that it will have a 

 strong influence in the develojjment of public sentiment. 



Following the address, degrees were conferred upon the graduat- 

 ing class, and the following honorary degrees: Doctor of science, 

 upon Dean W. A. Henry, Prof, Charles F. A^Hieeler, President H. C 

 White, Director C. F. Curtiss, Dean Thomas F. Hunt, William W. 

 Tracy, and Gilford Pinchot; doctor of laws, upon President Angell, 

 Dean Davenport, President W. E. Stone, H. W. Collingwood (editor 

 of the Rural New Torl-ei; Mortimer E. Cooley (dean of the engi- 

 neering department of the University of Michigan), Dr. W. H. Jor- 

 dan, President E. A. Bryan, Prof. E. C. Carpenter (of Cornell Uni- 

 versity), and Secretary James Wilson. 



There were numerous social functions connected with the celebra- 

 tion which the members of the association participated in and which 

 added materially to the enjo^'ment of the occasion. Among these 

 Avas a concert the evening of the 29th, at which Mendelssohn's Ora- 

 torio Elijah was presented; an illumination, torchlight procession, 

 the " oak chain " march by the young women of the college, and a 

 reception on the evening of the 30th ; luncheon in the women's build- 

 ing the 30th and 31st, and visits to the buildings and fields of the 

 college and station under the direction of capable guides. On Sat- 

 urday, June 1, the association and other representatives to the anni- 

 versary were entertained by Parke, Davis & Co., of Detroit, who 

 ran a special train from Lansing to Detroit for the delegates, serv- 

 ing breakfast en route, and escorted them through their extensive 

 and interesting works. In the afternoon a steamer trip was enjoyed 

 on the river through the courtesy of the same firm, dinner being 

 served on the boat. 



GENERx\L SESSIONS. 



The general sessions of the convention were presided over by 

 Dean L. H. Bailey, president of the association, and Director M. A. 

 Scovell, vice-president. Dean Bailey delivered the j^resiclential ad- 

 dress on the evening of the first day upon the subject. The State and 

 the Farmer, which he discussed from the standpoint of self-help and 



