THE GIFTS OF SCIENCE 



Dull indeed must he be to all that makes for strength 

 and beauty of architectural proportion, elegance of ma- 

 terial and grace of structure, who fails gladly to appre- 

 ciate and rightly to prize the beautiful building we cele- 

 brate on this happy summer day. These massive walls, 

 these pleasant aisles, beautifully lighted and well ap- 

 pointed laboratories, must excite the admiration of every 

 man who loves the builder's art, especially when that art 

 is consecrated to the service of high intellectual endeavor. 

 On the fortunes of this hour, I am, therefore, well per- 

 mitted to congratulate the people of South Dakota, the 

 regents, the faculty, and the students of this University, 

 and all friends of education and science everywhere, and 

 to voice the earnest hope that the meaning and purpose 

 of the effort here culminating in completed physical 

 appliance may not only not be missed by any one here 

 present, but may in very fact be an inspiration and im- 

 pulse for days and years to come. 



Were a stranger to our civilization and the present 

 state of human learning to visit us this afternoon and 

 be suddenly introduced to the scene before us, his won- 

 der we may well imagine. Show him these elaborate 

 halls, these beautiful rooms, and all this mechanical 

 equipment; tell him the cost of this building; tell him 

 its purpose for nothing else than to further research 

 among plants and animals; to discover the constitution 



