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of the platform by Dr. Thomas C. Blaisdell, acting as College 

 Herald, and was presented to President Snyder, who, in con- 

 ferring the degrees, spoke as follows: 



William Arnon Henry: 



It falls to the lot of few men to render to the people of their state such 

 valuable service as you have rendered to the citizens of Wisconsin. Start- 

 ing with very little material equipment, you have, by your untiring energy, 

 built up a great agricultural school and an experiment station of the first 

 rank. As an author and as a contributor to the agricultural press, you 

 have rendered untold service to the stockmen of the world. The oldest 

 agricultural college of this country congratulates you and the people of 

 your state on your great achievements, and, through me, confers upon you 

 the degree of Doctor of Science and presents you with its diploma. 



Charles Fay Wheeler: 



Your training and skill as a systematic botanist entitles you to special 

 recognition by your Alma Mater. On recommendation of the faculty and 

 by the authority of the State Board of Agriculture, to whom you rendered 

 valuable services for many years as a member of this faculty, I confer upon 

 you the degree of Doctor of Science and present you with the diploma of 

 the College. 



Henry Clay White: 



You have, as an investigator and administrator, rendered great service, 

 both to agricultural science and to agricultural education. The land-grant 

 colleges owe you a debt of gratitude for your zeal and successful efforts 

 in their behalf before the national Congress. The state in which you hold 

 a responsible position as the president of its agricultural college, and in 

 which you wield a wide influence, has surpassed all other states in the estab- 

 lishment of agricultural secondary schools. As a scientist and as a man 

 of great ability in public affairs, this College confers upon you the degree 

 of Doctor of Science, and presents you with its diploma. 



Charles Franklin Curtiss: 



This College confers upon you the degree of Doctor of Science in recog- 

 nition, not only of your ability as a scientist and administrator, as is evi- 

 denced in the rapid development of the Agricultural Department and 

 Experiment Station over which you preside, but also in recognition of the 

 great service which you have rendered to the interests of live-stock husbandry 

 in the Middle West. I also present you with its diploma. 



