174 MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



Now we meet to do thee honor, 



And to own our boundless debt 

 For thy fostering care and precepts, 

 "Lest we forget, — forget." 



Chorus — 



We are proud to be thy children, 



Proud of thy great work and fame, 

 Proud of noble men and women, 



Who have labored in thy name. 

 And whate'er of riches, fame, or power 



We bring, as here we meet, — 

 We gladly and most proudly 



Lay all down at thy feet. 



Chorus — 



Fifty years! A half a century 



By the cycle of the stars; 

 Fifty years of upward striving 



And the path no failure mars. 

 Of thy progress through the decades, 



Men with wonder hear the tale; 

 Now we hail thee in this triumph, 



Our Alma Mater, hail ! 



Chorus — 



