SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 223 



efficient teachers with which to man them in the experimental 

 days. The statesmanship of Michigan met our commendation 

 in yet another way, most agreeable to our traditional conser- 

 vatism and our hereditary beliefs. It was here demonstrated 

 that the new education and the newly inspired industry were 

 designed to supplement, not to replace the old, for here in Michi- 

 gan, along with the marvelous growth of this great technical 

 college, went the equally marvelous growth of that great univer- 

 sity dedicated more particularly to pure science and the liberal 

 arts. The quickening of industry through education did not 

 dimmish but increased and contributed to the appreciation and 

 the valuation of the humanities and culture. It has been here 

 demonstrated that, whether under one roof or locally apart, these 

 twin forces of liberal and technical education may work in har- 

 mony to the great and single end, the betterment of humanity. 

 For what has here been done throughout these fifty years, and 

 for what the doing of it has been to us, it is my great privilege to 

 offer for the South today this inadequate expression of our 

 admiration and our gratitude. 



