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ILLINOIS WITH OR WITHOUT SCIENCE. 



R. O. Graham. 



"Honorable Toastmaster, President of the Chamber of 

 Commerce, Ladies and Gentlemen : — The committee on 

 arrangements has seen fit to sandwich me, the repre- 

 sentative of one of our smaller colleges, in between 

 those of two of our largest universities. I am inclined to feel 

 complimented, however, by this arrangement when I remem- 

 ber that the ham layer, though the thinnest of the three, is 

 after all the essence of the sandwich ; and I trust that in 

 spite of the situation, when all is over, I shall not feel as did 

 the carpenter who rolled from the roof of a three-story build- 

 ing in Chicago, struck the sidewalk and skidded off on to 

 the pavement where he was run over by an automobile. The 

 ambulance came along, gathered him up and took him to the 

 hospital, where, on returning to consciousness, he found a 

 young doctor experimenting on him, who at once proceeded 

 with an attempt to establish his identity; and among other 

 questions, asked him, 'Are you a married man?' 'Oh Lord, 

 no!' groaned the sufferer, 'this is the worst thing ever hap- 

 pened to me.' 



I have been asked to talk briefly on Tllinois With and 

 without Science.' We Illinoisans, like Paul, are citizens of 

 no mean city. Among great commonwealths, ours stands 

 second to none. We are proud of her wealth and of her 

 past history. On the record of her years, Abraham Lincoln's 

 name appears ; Grant and Logan, and a score of others scarce- 

 ly less well known to fame. We rejoice in the Great Lakes, 

 whose waves dash against our northern borders ; in the Mis- 

 sissippi that washes our western boundary ; in the beautiful 

 Ohio that divides between us and Dixie. We boast ourselves 



