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the same purpose — surely he would rejoice 

 with you in the rounding out of the grand 

 scheme so long hoped for by your presi- 

 dents, your board of trustees, your alumni 

 and the many friends of old Lehigh. 



I come to assure you that the good people 

 of the western end of our state have more 

 than a passing interest in the new life that 

 has come to you. Of the 1,500 alumni you 

 have sent out to do the work of the world, 

 we have captured no less than 175 good 

 strong men who are to-day potent factors 

 in the great industries of western Pennsyl- 

 vania; indeed, we have many of Lehigh's 

 very best men scattered among our 5,000 

 manufacturing establishments where are 

 employed more than a quarter million 

 workmen turning out a yearly product 

 valued at $450,000,000. 



These men — your alumni — occupy no 

 menial positions, but are holding places of 

 honor, trust and responsibility; indeed, I 

 know what I am saying when I tell you 

 that many of them are at the very head of 

 some of the most important industries of 

 our great city of Pittsburg and its environ- 

 ments. Between forty and fifty of your 

 alumni are associated in the works of the 

 Carnegie Steel Company. Many of them 

 — more than a score — are associated with 

 the Westinghouse Electric Company, others 

 with the Crucible Steel Company of Amer- 

 ica and the American Bridge Works; in 

 fact, your graduates may be found in 

 every important industry in western Penn- 

 sylvania. 



It seems to me that you should be proud 

 of the record of your alumni in the part 

 they have taken in the development of the 

 various ramifications of the great steel in- 

 terests of our country, for no less than six 

 hundred of your men have been intimately 

 associated with it ; the fact is, right here in 

 your own Bethlehem Steel Company you 

 have a goodly number of Lehigh men who 



have made their influence felt and their 

 labors count for the very best. 



But Lehigh's record is not confined by 

 bonds of iron and steel — her men have gone 

 into many of the varied avocations of life 

 and have been most successful in their 

 calling. I have in my own library some 

 splendid volumes that have come from your 

 astronomical observatory — records of work 

 of the very highest type in measurements 

 of precision — volumes which have been 

 criticized most favorably by astronomers 

 all over the world, and I say it with much 

 pride that you have turned out some of 

 the best young men from this department 

 that now grace the astronomical depart- 

 ments of universities in both hemispheres. 

 So it has been with your departments of 

 mechanical, civil and mining engineer- 

 ing, chemistry and physics; and you have 

 also graduated men who have brought 

 honor to their alma mater as statesmen, 

 educators, authors, editors, scientists, law- 

 makers, manufacturers — indeed, covering 

 very many phases of the world's great 

 work. Surely Lehigh may well be proud 

 of the record of her alumni. 



It may be a hobby of your speaker, but 

 he has been of the opinion for many years 

 that not only is it of paramount impor- 

 tance that every student of technology 

 should have enough of the so-called 'hu- 

 manities' in his curriculum to develop the 

 higher manhood, and thus broaden out his 

 vision; but, conversely, every student who 

 may choose the humanities should get in 

 touch with at least enough of science, of 

 technics, to enable him to comprehend the 

 m^arvelous advances in every line of human 

 thought and industry that will surely come 

 to pass during his day and generation. 



Will not some knowledge of the starry 

 heavens be of use to the man who is to 

 stand in the pulpit and proclaim the 

 mighty works of the Creator 's hand ? How 



