ADDRESS FOR THE STATE 



GOVERNOR FRED MALTBY WARNER 



You will pardon me, I am sure, if at the outset I ask your 

 indulgence for a moment while I bid those of you who come 

 from without our borders a most cordial welcome to the Penin- 

 sular State and this great institution, and those of you who 

 claim Michigan as your home a no less cordial welcome to a 

 college whose name and fame is known throughout the civilized 

 world. 



The exercises of this day and week mark an epoch in the 

 history of this important institution of learning and of the 

 state which made it possible. It is our fondest hope that the 

 close of another half-century may witness an institution and 

 a state that have kept pace with advancing thought, methods, 

 and ideals, and showered as rich blessings upon humanity 

 during those fifty years as have marked the marvelous progress 

 of each during the five decades that have just passed into history. 

 More than this could not be hoped for. Less than this should 

 not for a moment be anticipated. 



The welcome which I bid you today, my friends, is not 

 simply an expression of my own pleasure that you have gathered 

 here. I but voice the sentiments of every loyal citizen of this 

 great state when I bid you a most sincere and cordial welcome. 

 Whether you are returning to this institution, your Alma Mater, 

 as those who years after their departure from the home of their 

 childhood return to seek renewed inspiration within its sacred 

 precincts and to live over again the days of long ago, or whether 

 you come with greetings as representatives of other institutions 

 which have a share in the great work of fitting young men and 

 young women to participate intelligently in the great forward 



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