one at my time in life, I would not exchange the 

 friendship of the Agricultural College student 

 body, past and present, for earthly riches or per- 

 sonal honor. 



I have implicit faith in the future of our Agri- 

 cultural College as I have in this great agricul- 

 tural state. Her broad acres are being rapidly 

 occupied by a progressive and enterprising hus- 

 bandry. Her cities and villages keep pace with 

 her rural development. The dreams of the 

 pioneers are fast becoming realities. The erst- 

 while home of the red man and the feeding ground 

 of the bison, are destined soon to be thickly dotted 

 over with luxurious farmsteads, made beautiful 

 by the arts of civilization and prosperous by the 

 skill and industry of a happy and contented rural 

 population. 



Students of the Agricultural College, your 

 mission lies in this direction. Your influence up- 

 on the future development of this state will be as 

 certain as it will be beneficient. The door of op- 

 portunity stands ajar, inviting you to enter and 

 share the blessings that reward the industrious 

 and reap the honors that crown the lives of those 

 whose stewardship has been faithfully kept. May 

 no temptation ever swerve you from loyalty to the 

 cause which your alma mater represents. Too 

 often the enemies of industrial freedom capture 

 with the blandishments of vanity, the trusted 

 leaders of reform 



Let your hearts, therefore, ever beat true for 

 the best there may be in store for those whose 

 sweat fertilizes the business of the state. The 

 cause of the people should ever be your cause, and 

 having received your education largely at their 

 expense, spare not a generous service in return 

 for the academic honors that now await you. 



Page Twenty -three 



