Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-01-21

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that would make men worth hundreds
OF millions of dollars, and that one man
then a child, would endow a great uni
yerdty in the state of Illinois, with
millions of dollars to compete with this
MODEST Wisconsin affair. They had
read Of the gold mines in alifoynia, but
! they little dreamed that Il brietleSs law.
/ yer at Port Washington, In this state.
( would emigate TO California, and be,
, come worth hundreds Of millions Of dol
lars, and endow university with SO
many millions that it must be sue
cess, whether ii has students or not,
and compete with our own State yniyer-
Sity. They had no means Of knowing
that the Milwaukee butcher would
eventually become worth 50 many
millions of dollars that it would be
come necessary for him to give some of
those Mullins for educational purposes
in order To make himself happy, and
thus compete again with this State
University But all these things have
been realized and the gentlemen who
are the agents of the state Of wis
couSiu in maintaining this university
find that they have much competition
The governor then told in a pleasing
manner how the people are meeting
and should meet this competition and
after paying an appreciative comph-
ment TO the worth of students aud the
good work being done by university
graduates and to be done by future
graduates he said, addressing the new
president:
let your good work go on under
the new administration of this grand
institution, until the time shall come
that the battle cry, or the grand hailing
sign of distress -Rah-Rah-Wiscon-
sin wherever heard, on the battle
field, in the Salvation army, calling sin
nCrs to repentance-in any place that
the sound may 20 fTth-may cause
people to raise their hats and say,
This is Wisconsin, the grandeSt state
in all the Union President Adams, on
behalf Of Ike state of Wisconsin, and
all its people, / welcome you heartily
TO what | believe 10 be a long life Of
great usefulness. You have come from
other fields, where you have made a
name second to that of no man engag-
ell in the educational field of the whole
world May your stay with us be pleas
ant to YOU and all whom you love, and
the state believes you will make better
all with whom you come in contact,
and impress your work upon every
student that comes under your kindly
hand"
JOHN JOHNSTON SPEAKS.
Hon John Johnston, Of Milwaukee,
was received with a tremendous Oval
ton, more than that welcoming any
other speaker Mr. Johnston has. al
ways been closely identified with the
interests of the students and the cordial
feeling existing among the students
found its expression in this manner
He said, in brief:
ne feel that the faculty, the alumni
and the students of the university, MS
wen as the people of the state Of Wis
consin, atify the appointment Of DR.
Adams as president of the university.
!
of my colleagues when I say that there
is a great future before our university,
We have now a revenue equal to the
income of S5OOO,OOO besides 200 acres
Of land and buildings Ours is probably
the finest situation for a great seat Of
learning to be found in this country.
There is no Disgusting the fact, how
ever, that the students are increasing
at Ieater ratio than are the means
Of educating them, and we shall have
TO appeal from time to time to the rep
/, scntatives of the people for an in
Tease Of accommodation and revenue. .
/ believe that the people of Wisconsin .
begin to realize that the university
PAYS handsome dividends, lot only Of
IN intellectual but also Of a material
,harcter There is not a county in
Wisconsin which is not richer because .
If the institution.
In conclusion Regent Johnston formal
V invested the new president with the
power of his office by delivering to him
he seal Of the university.
The audience received him with 4
cordial welcome, testifying to the ap
probation which the audience felt for
he acquisition to the university
ADAMS ADDRESS.
President Adams gave long, elabor-
tie and scholplIy address on The Uni
ersity and the state.
Il should not tity comply with the de /
land of this hour, if l did not devote
he time at my disposal to a consider !
ton Of the relations of the university
nd the state In this favored domain ,
hese relations are peculiarly intimate {
'owhere else are the university and the ]
preparatory schools bound together in a
mcr or more helpful alliance. In no {
Their state has the modern method Of {
aaching people by the means known as {
extension been so general or {
, successful Nowhere else have the I
lasses Of the people at The farmers in q
flutes received so muc N di- {
,ct assistance from the teaching t
)rce at the university; and {
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