SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 343 



UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA 



President of the Board of Control, Michigan Agricultural College: 

 DEAR SIR: I write on behalf of the State University of North 

 Dakota to express our regret that it will be impracticable for the 

 university to be represented by a delegate on the occasion of the 

 Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Michigan State 

 Agricultural College. Previous engagements make it impos- 

 sible for me to be present on that occasion. I am instructed by 

 the faculty, however, to send most cordial greetings and con- 

 gratulations upon the very honorable record of the Michigan 

 State Agricultural College during the past half-century. Its 

 contribution to the wealth and well-being of the state of Michigan 

 as well as to the great cause of agricultural improvement through- 

 out the country is incalculable. It is our hope that the brilliant 

 achievements of the last half-century are but the harbinger of a 

 still more brilliant career to be achieved in the next half -century. 

 With renewed greetings and congratulations, I have the 

 honor to remain, 



Very sincerely yours, 



WEBSTER MERRIFIELD, President 



UNIVERSITY, N. D. 

 April 6, 1907 



