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didate for the ministry, the subject of colleges came 

 up. One brother got up and made a most bitter 

 speech against colleges. He thanked the Lord that 

 he had never been contaminated by being inside col- 

 lege walls. In the midst of his tirade Bishop Ames 

 interrupted him with the remark, "Do I understand 

 the brother to mean that he thanks the Lord for his 

 ignorance? " " Well, put it that way if you want to," 

 said the brother. " Well," said the Bishop, in his bland- 

 est tones, "all I have got to say is the brother has a 

 good deal to be thankful for." 



People look upon a collegiate education now as a 

 necessary equipment for life's battles. Nearly all of 

 our leaders in every walk in life are college-bred men. 

 Our eminent statesmen and divines, our lawyers, doc- 

 tors and ministers, many of our prominent merchants, 

 saw the inside of college walls. 



Forty-six per cent, of the graduates of the Michigan 

 Agricultural College follow farming or kindred pur- 

 suits. With hardly an exception, these men are leaders 

 in their communities. The^v are looked up to for 

 advice and counsel. They are the most prosperous 

 farmers in their locality. They use their brains as 

 well as their hands. Many of them are called to fill 

 positions of honor and trust in their towns and 

 counties. They are men of ability. They owe their 

 marked success to their college training. A most 

 remarkable fact is observed in connection with this 

 college. In the last thirty years since the first class 

 graduated, not a single graduate has been known to 

 make a failure of any business in which he has engaged. 

 It has mattered not what occupation he has chosen, he 

 has attained some degree of success in that occupation. 

 "The student at college learns to observe; he learns to 



