For once I knew nothing whatever of the arrangement. I again thank my Franklin friends of those days, which now almost appear as ancient history, for the honor shown me. I trust the readers of the Herald will pardon me for inserting Prof. Young's address in these reminiscences. Think the writer not vain, for the circumstance is a part of the O.N.U. history. My announcement is in reality a pleasant duty that has devolved upon me to perform.
Today marks another epoch in the history of our society.
Our Sixth Triennial Reunion day is here and in a few more short hours its pleasures and disappointments, will constitute a portion of our history. To the old Franklins who have returned we trust that the many hearty greetings and expressions of good will here met with may long remain with you and be cherished by you as so many bright ones in the desert of existence and that you may return to your home feeling that from an intellectual and social standpoint the Reunion was all you had anticipated. The exercises of this week mark the close of the most prosperous year of this University and of our society. The spirit of Franklin fellowship has never been more marked than during the past twelve months, and the literary work accomplished during that period had been of the very highest order. Today the F.L.S. is in the very zenith of her glory, and as in the past we pay that rational tribute to ability, and homage to merit, which at once constitutes our duty and pleasure.