66 ILUXOIS STATE DAIRYJIEN'S ASSOCIATION 



WEDNESDAY 10:30 P. M. 



fleeting- held at the Southern Ilhnois State Xornial Uni- 

 ^•er^it^' in the auditorium, with an audience of 1,000 young" peo- 

 ple, students at the University and of the City High School. 



Doctor C. E. Allen presiding. 



PROGRA^I. 



]\Iusic — University Orchestra. 



Song: "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Xaniel" — by students. 



Lord's Prayer. 



}vlusic — T\\"o selections In- Orchestra. 



Doctor Allen : "The school is highly honored this morn- 

 ing in ha^■ing with us representatives of the Illinois State Dairy- 

 men's Association, and I want to assure these gentlemen that 

 we are ver}- glad to have you here, ^^'e consider it a great 

 compliment to the institution, that you have seen fit to hold 

 your sc'^sion tliis morning here with us. 



I think I may say something that the president of the as- 

 sociation would not like to sav. and I am going to say it now : 

 AA'e realize that we are l:)ehind in the matter of dairying" in this 

 section of the state. \\*e admit that we have not accomplished 

 in this line as other sections have. Xow. if ]\Ir. ^Nlason feels as 

 I do, he would not like to say that to us, but I think it is a good 

 sign to admit it for when a nian knows that he knows not. there 

 is some hope that he can be taught. I think the efforts of ^Ir. 

 ^Matthews, our Pure Food Commissioner to have this Conven- 

 tion held here and to further the dairy interests, is commend- 

 able, he fully understands the needs. 



\A'e do not admit that we are behind the state in all re- 

 spects, only in this one. Furthermore, we hope we are not .s^-o- 

 nig to be behind the state in this respect A-ery long, and we feel 



