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strated the influence and power of the people — even the farmers, when 

 organized for a purpose. They have set the pace for the good work all over 

 the land. They have given an impetus to agriculture that nothing can. 

 check or stay. Illinois may have been a little slow in getting her ma- 

 chinery in motion, but she is now fully aroused as to her opportuni- 

 ties and possibilities. 



With the best natural advantages of soil, climate, and location, with 

 the best equipped College of Agriculture in the world, backed by the most 

 intelligent and progressive body of farmers in the entire country, thor- 

 oughly organized and keenly alive to every move that may .?ft"ect their 

 interests, Illinois may bo expected to forge to the front rank in every- 

 thing that, goes* to constitute her material well being and the happiness, 

 of her people. 



Hon. H. M. Dunlap's Address. 



The University of Illinois, known at that time as the Illinois Indus- 

 trial University, first opened its doors to students in 1868. In the fall of 

 that year I, a green country boy of fifteen, entered the school in pursuit of 

 an agricultural education. The school, and I believe I am safe in calling 

 it simply a school, even in the presence today of one who was at that 

 time a member of its faculty, consisted of a dozen teachers and ninety 

 students. The equipment was a few books on "How Crops Grow" and 

 "Chemistry of Soils." 



As I drove through the University campus this morning on my way 

 to this new and grand edifice erected for and to be consecrated to the uses 

 of the College of Agriculture, I could not help but contrast the present 

 wath the past. Then there was the one building which served as a dor- 

 mitory to house the student body, a few recitation rooms, a room for 

 chapel exercises, and a room for a library. No equipments for the 

 chemical laboratory or the engineering and mechanical departments. 

 The department of science was handsomely furnished with a pair of bal- 



