TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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General Program i 



Baccalaureate Sermon, by President Matthew Henry 



Buckham 13 



THE COLLEGE AND THE STATE 



Address for the State, by Governor Warner . . 25 



Address for the Grange, by George B. Horton, Master 29 

 Address for the Farmers' Clubs of Michigan, by 



President Lucius Whitney Watkins ... 36 



Address for the Agricultural Society of Michigan, 



by Secretary I. H. Butterfield .... 40 



Address for the Michigan Engineering Society, by 



Mr. Frank Hodgman 47 



Address for the Normal Schools, by President Jones 51 

 Address for the Denominational Colleges, by Presi- 

 dent Bruske ....... 55 



Address for the Public Schools, by State Superin- 

 tendent Wright 57 



THE BUILDERS OF THE COLLEGE 



The College and the Students, 1857-1860, by Mr. 



C. J. Monroe 61 



Members of the Early Faculty, by Professor Cook . 71 

 How They Taught in the Early Days, by Doctor 



Bessey 82 



The College in 1870, by Doctor Beal .... 88 

 Early Members of the Governing Board, by Mr. C. 



W. Garfield 93 



Mendelssohn's Oratorio Elijah 99 



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