ADDRESS FOR THE GRANGE 



GEORGE B. HORTON 

 Master of State Grange 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen: 



As we pass along through life we at times meet with inci- 

 dents and occasions which in after-years are marked as of such 

 special importance that they stand out conspicuously from all 

 other events, and often we find ourselves recognizing these 

 happenings as fixed times from which the dates and the impor- 

 tance of all other happenings are reckoned. 



I believe that this occasion, because of its broad significance, 

 will become a prominent milestone in the lives of all who par- 

 ticipate in and attend the exercises incident to this, the fiftieth 

 anniversary of the Michigan Agricultural College. Fifty years 

 is but a short space of time when considered as a part of the 

 ages, but in this case it comprises the whole. 



It marks the time of the beginning, and following along it 

 leads up to the present. The most profound thought, however, 

 in connection with this occasion is that while the life and work 

 of the College up to the present make a history rich in achieve- 

 ments along the lines of agricultural and human progress and 

 development and in this work have measured the full lives of 

 many gifted and devoted men, comparatively speaking a com- 

 mencement only has been made. While we would not shadow 

 the past record of the College and all its valuable and more 

 than expected or before thought possible contributions to the 

 development of our state and its people, we may nevertheless 

 pause and marvel at the great work before it, if the rate of prog- 

 ress and development of the recent past decades are to con- 

 tinue. For this occasion it is enough to congratulate our state 



29 



