298 MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



TABULA CONGRATULATONIA 



QVOD BONVM FELIX FAVSTVMQVE SIT 

 CELEBERRIMO COLLEGIO AGRICVLTVRAE STVDIIS 

 DES1INATO CIVITATIS MICHIGAN TRANSMARINAE 



QVOTQVOT IN CIVITATIBVS FOEDERATIS AMERICAE SEPTENTRIONALIS EX- 

 STANT HVIVS GENERIS COLLEGIORVM OMNIVM ANTIQVISSIMO 



OMNIVMQVE EXEMPLO 

 CVI COLLEGIO PER DECEM LVSTRORVM SERIEM QVI PRAEFVERVNT VIRI 



APVD OMNES CVLTIORES NATIONES CLARO 

 NOMINE NOTABILES FIDELITER ET STRENVE ID TENVERVNT QVOD EORVM 



PRIMVS VIR HONORATISSIMVS JOSEPHVS 

 R. WILLIAMS IN AVSPICANDIS COLLEGII INITIIS PROCLAMAVERAT OMNES 



DISCIPLINAS SCIENTIASQVE QVAE AD 

 STVDIA REI AGRARIAE PROMOVENDA ALIQUO MODO FACERENT HAC QVASI 



DOMESTICA SEDE CONDENDAS SOLLERTIQVE 

 INDVSTRIA VELVTI IN VNVM CORPVS CONSOCIANDAS ESSE 



QVO IN COLLEGIO ET A STVDIORVM PRAESIDIBVS ET ABIIS QVI EORVM 

 INSTITVTIONE FRVEBANTVR QVID AD 



AVGENDOS AGRORVM PROVENTVS DEFENDENDAQVE PERICVLA 



AGRICOLAE LABOREM INFESTANTIA COMMODE 

 ADHIBERI POSSET MEDITANDO EXPERIVNDOQVE QVAERI NVLLO TEMPORE 



DESITVM EST MVLTAQVE DE OPPRIMENDIS 

 PECVDVM PESTILENTIIS DE ARCENDIS EXTINGVENDISQVE ANIMALIBVS 



MINVTIS PLANTARVM EVERSORIBVS DE RE 

 LACTARIA ET FRVMENTARIA PROSPERIVS EXERCENDIS INNVMERISQVE ALIIS 



QVAESTIONIBVS FELICISSIME ATQVE 

 SALVBERRIME EXPLORATA SVNT QVORVM COGNITIO STATIONIBVS PER 



TOTAM REGIONEM APTISSIME DISPOSITIS LATE 

 PROPAGATA EFFECIT VT QVICQVID IN LABORATORIO REPERTVM ERAT 



CELERRIME IPSI AGRICOLAE ET PECVARIO 

 PRODESSET MAGNVMQVE INDE INCREMENTVM CAPERET TOTIUS CIVITATIS 



RES RVSTICA 



SCHOLAE VT SCIENTIAE ITA IPSI REI AGRARIAE VSVI CVM OMNI LAVDE 

 VBERRIMOQVE FRVCTV INSERVIENTt 



SACRA SEMISAECVLARIA 

 DIE XIII MENS1S MAII ANNI MDCCCCVII 



SOLLEMNITER PER AGENDA 



EX ANIMI SENTENTIA GRATVLANTVR 



PRO EIVS SALVTE ET FELICITATE PIA VOTA NVNCVPANT 



FIDEM VOLVNTATEMQVE SVAM TESTANTVR 



VNIVERSITATIS FRIDERICIANAE HALENSIS CVM VITEBERGENSI 



CONSOCIATAE RECTOR ET SENATVS 



CAROLUS ROBERT' 



(SIGILLVM) 

 1 For translation see next page. 



