alone are leading the procession with more than 'i50, besides those 

 who have dropped out by the way.* Yes, they 



" are coining, Father Abraham, 



Five hundred thousand strong " ! 



The future graduates of these 38, nay 50, 60 colleges, more numer- 

 ous than the seed of Abraham, tracing their lineage from no myths, 

 like those of Greek or Roman story, seeing clearly that they were 

 conceived and born of no unholy passions, suckled by no wolfish or 

 beastly natures, will thank God that it was from the far-seeing brain 

 of a wise statesmanship, that these colleges, like Minerva, from the 

 brain, and not the lust of power, sprang into life. This morning 

 from every English fireside, with million voices, have rolled the notes 

 of the national anthem, for a woman who during fifty years, as maid, 

 and wife and widow, with feminine dignity, and the respect of all 

 men, has sat upon the British throne. But Victoria herself has 

 accomplished little as a ruler, or law-giver. Have we not greater 

 reason on this year of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passage of 

 the bill which gave us life, and which put Agriculture on the throne 

 to which she is rightfully entitled, to exclaim t4 God save the Senior 

 Senator of Vermont ! To him be the honor to the world's end !" 



And before we shall have lain down from our labors here, I look 

 forward to the time when the college hall will be decked with the 

 painted images of those who have been the creators or benefactors 

 of this institution. I would have here Morrill, the statesman and 



M. D., 

 Jur. D., 

 LL. B., 



D. V. S., 



B. Sc. (Boston Univ.) 127 

 B. Sc. (elsewhere) 



V. S., 



Ordained Clergymen, 



Physicians, 



Veterinary Surgeons, 



Journalists, 



Chemists, 



Agricultural pursuits, 84 



Army, 



Miscellaneous, 



