ADDRESS FOR THE FARMERS' CLUBS OF MICHIGAN 



LUCIUS WHITNEY WATKINS 

 President of the State Association of Farmers' Clubs 



Mr. President, Brother Alumni, and Friends: 



It seems particularly appropriate that the two great agricul- 

 tural organizations of this state should have a part today in the 

 celebration of the Semi-centennial of her College of Agriculture, 

 the sturdy pioneer of its kind in all America. 



Michigan has shown a disposition to be very generous with 

 her agricultural interests and with this great school; and the 

 Board of Agriculture and Dr. Snyder are most courteous in the 

 recognition upon this program of the farmers' important part 

 in the industrial and educational progress of our commonwealth. 



In the past, as now, the Michigan Agricultural College has 

 added in no small measure to the grand sum of things which 

 go to make every resident within our borders both glad and 

 proud that he lives here in Michigan, instead of somewhere else, 

 and that he lives here now. 



I can assure you that to the present speaker it is a very 

 great pleasure indeed to convey, generously and without restraint, 

 to this institution, so dear to him as an alumnus, a message of 

 continued good-will and hearty congratulation from the great 

 democratic organization of farmers' clubs which he has the 

 honor to represent. 



It is an exceedingly great pleasure also, and one which 

 affects me more than I can tell, to look into the faces of the 

 dear old boys of my college days, and before, and to see the 

 same faces again, changed only slightly with lines furrowed by 

 work and care; but the same boyish faces still, and remaining 

 M. A. C. boys, always loyal, until the end. 



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