SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 8l 



E. M. PRESTON AND S. M. MILLARD 



I cannot forbear to give meed of loving appreciation of two 

 of our alumni. Preston and Millard were samples of scores 

 of the old-time boys: clean and spotless in their lives, possessed 

 of a manly chivalry that was sweet and wholesome here, and 

 that changed not as they stepped forth from college halls — men 

 who set a pace, in that nothing was permitted to crowd between 

 them and lessons thoroughly learned. The example of both 

 was ever shouting, " Dig," in the ears of all of us students. Is it 

 any wonder that both became marked men in the states they 

 honored by citizenship ? Millard was for years the president 

 of the regents of the University of Illinois, and Preston has his 

 name perpetuated in one of the excellent institutions of Cali- 

 fornia. 



As we come back to the dear old College, we are happy and 

 proud to note the great growth and advancement that she has 

 made; we delight in the splendid men that have gone forth to 

 true manly lives. And may we not drop tears in grateful memory 

 of the men, who from the first gave of the best in their lives, that 

 this College might be an example of highest excellence and that 

 the alumni might honor their teachers, and their Alma Mater, 

 by doing nobly their part in the world's work ? 



