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ADDRESSES AT THE CHAMBER 

 OF COMMERCE BANQUET. 



{Stenographic Report.) 



Mr. Hall — President of Chamber of Commerce. 



"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Academy of Science: — It is 

 my pleasant privilege to extend to you a hearty welcome and to 

 assure you of the very great pleasure we have in your presence 

 to-night. There is an old saying 'All work and no play makes 

 Jack a dull boy.' This is equally true in selling merchandise 

 or in any other calling in life, and to mix a little play with work, 

 to have the recollection, when you return to your home and to 

 your work, to have the memory of a pleasant hour this infor- 

 mal meeting was planned. It is now my pleasure to present to 

 you Professor Blair, who will act as your toast-master." 



In introducing Dr. Trelease Prof. Blair said: 'T am very 

 glad that we have a program here to-night that will help those 

 who did not hear the program to-day. That great reformer, 

 Luther, was a student of this life, but you would be surprised 

 how many childlike things this great man planned for children. 

 He said, T would have them study plants and flowers and only 

 the flowers that teach some moral lesson. Only those flowers 

 were allowed in the creed of Martin Luther. They not only 

 teach a moral lesson but relate to our great commercial indus- 

 tries, and it is my great pleasure to introduce to you, Mr. Tre- 

 lease, who will speak upon ''Botany and Commerce." 



