Founder's Day Committee. Until this morning I expected to be present and join in the festivities of Founder's Day. At the lst moment important business detained me. Congratulations to Prof. Lehr, one of the greatest educators of the age. My best wish is that his life may be preserved many years to push forward the work of the great educational institution, of which his is the honored president.
History tells of numerous feats, and celebrations.
The instincts of the race will satisfy themselves in paying homage to the door and the deed when these rise above the common level of human endeavor. They will render tribute to Caesar when a Caesar acts. The world has not yet ceased to wonder at the transcendent magnificence of the jubilee of the Queen of Great Britain. Lake Front Park, Chicago, is the scene on the morrow of a celebration in honor of the Black Eagle of Illinois. But far great importance, if less pretentious, in this assemblage gathered where the headwaters of the Magma and Miami drain their fountains, I have come here to rejoice with the heirs for a grand conception and a grander execution.