SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 261 



James Wilson: 



You have been a mighty force in the agricultural world during the past 

 ten years. The great department over which you so ably preside has made 

 wondrous strides. You have assembled a large body of scientists who are 

 rapidly extending the boundaries of human knowledge and making it more 

 easy each day for the farmer to work in harmony with nature's lav/s. You 

 have done more than any other man to popularize agriculture. This 

 College has great pleasure in conferring upon you the degree of Doctor 

 of Laws, and in presenting you with its diploma. 



With the overture from Cyrano, rendered by the Bach 

 Orchestra, the official program of the Semi-Centennial Celebra- 

 tion came to a close. 



In the evening each of the literary societies of the College 

 held a banquet and reunion, at which many of the alumni re- 

 newed and reviewed old acquaintances and pleasures, thus 

 closing and consecrating the Semi-Centennial Celebration at 

 the altar of friendship. 



