could be induced to accept. His smile meant, "We will see. Perhaps you will change your mind.” And I did. That I ever came to Minnesota is due solely to his persistent determination that I should come, to his careful arrangement of all things to attract me, to his patient removal of obstacles, one after another, with a faith in the future of the University that was beautiful to see, and with a faith in me for which I can never be too grateful, a faith that so far as I know was never diminished, and which I can sincerely say I have done my best to justify. And from the moment of my acceptance of the office till he was shut in by his last illness, there was never a question relating to the University on which we were divided in opinion, and never a measure for the advancement of the University for which we were not ready to work as with one mind and heart. There were years when no one really knew much about the financial condition of the University except Governor Pillsbury, and he apparently carried all the details in his own mind and memory. As chairman of the Executive Committee he practically decided all requisitions, and approved of all bills. The details of land grants; the state legislation affecting these grants; the location of the lands selected; the contracts made for sale of land or timber; the purchase of a farm for the agricultural department; the subsequent sale of this farm as city lots, and the purchase of the present admirable farm at St. Anthony Park; the management of the revenues from Salt Spring Lands and the payment therewith of the expenses of the Geological Survey; the purchase of coal; the putting down of walks and sidewalks; the planting of trees; the covering of the sandy campus with loam; the defense

before the legislature of the unity of the University holding all parts of the institution together; the securing of appropriations to meet the current expenses of the University; and still more the securing of appropriations from the legislature for the many buildings made necessary by a most unexpected rapid growth; the erection of one noble building at his own expense when the state failed to grant the needed appropriation; the oversight of building contracts, and contracts for heating and lighting, and for equipment of every kind; the appointment of professors and instructors, and janitors, and firemen, to which he gave as careful attention as if he were hiring for himself these are some of the things which this great man attended to, while at the same time he was carrying on the greatest interests in the Northwest. Loaded down as he thus was always with cares and duties and responsibilities and during some part of the time with the most painful anxieties and sorrows, there was never a time when his interest and attention were not responsive to any call I might make for the consideration of matters affecting the welfare of the University. Such devotion to a public interest so unfailingly responsive, so absolutely unselfish, so uniformly intelligent and unvaryingly beneficent in its results I have never known in any other man connected with any institution, whether as member of the Board of Trustees or of the faculty.

For more than seventeen years I have lived with him, worked with him, counseled with him, rejoiced with him, and sorrowed with him. I have seen him go to his daily toil and return to his home at noon and at night. I have seen, as the years went on, the gray gathering on his face, and his step growing less

elastic.

so soon.

But I did not think the end would come And as each morning now I look from my home across the street to his old home, I can not yet realize that he has gone and that I shall see his face no more. "I can not make him dead."

Governor Pillsbury did many an act of kindness, the memory of which is cherished by the grateful recipient of his bounty; he aided munificently many enterprises for which the world is richer and better; he made large donations for the comfort of the aged and feeble, the young and helpless, the poor and struggling; and the great purposes which he had in mind were not all completed, when he was called away sooner than either he or we had expected. But his greatest monument is the University of Minnesota, which was so dear to his heart, and for which he gave so generously of his time and strength and means, and his memory as a noble benefactor and friend will be cherished, outside of his family circle, longest by the students and graduates and faculty of the University, which owes its existence and prosperity in large measure to him. I can not close these services more fitly or more in harmony with your feelings than by saying to our departed friend: Dear Governor Pillsbury, kind-hearted, great-souled father of the University, farewell!

CONGRATULATIONS*

President King:

We are living in an age when the value of institutions of learning is more correctly judged than ever before; and less fear than ever is felt lest the number of our colleges and schools should become too great. Jealousies and rivalries that perhaps once marred our educational unity have to a large degree disappeared, and a generous pride in a common loyalty to the great work of education has taken their place.

The church school with its special care for the spiritual welfare of its students, the old universities, of national reputation and world-wide constituency, the colleges with their special fields of influence, and the state universities with their admirable equipment for more local educational work, are all seen to be needed, and are all appreciated as valuable auxiliaries in the training of the millions who, in a few years, are to be the governing force in this great republic. To train the children of our country for useful citizenship and to Americanize a million immigrants a year is a stupendous task, and it needs the earnest effort and hearty co-operation of all the

*Address on behalf of visiting delegates from colleges and universities, delivered at the seventy-fifth anniversary of Oberlin College, June 25th, 1908.

schools, public and private, and all the colleges and universities to insure its being properly done.

I would not myself place the slightest obstacle in the path of any one of these institutions in its effort to do what it can for the good of mankind; and I am quite sure that I voice the sentiment of every one of my colleagues here present when I say that harmony of purpose and concert of action among the educational institutions of the country are necessary for the best interests of civilization and patriotism. And never before so much as to-day have this harmony and this concert existed. We are all of us able to look with admiration upon the sustained power and mighty influence of the great universities and colleges of the East. We hail with delight the appearance on our western horizon, on the Pacific coast, of great universities and reputable colleges whether state, independent, or denominational. We recognize with the utmost satisfaction the beneficent work of the great state universities and the numerous colleges of the Central States and of the Northwest. And we note with peculiar pleasure and not a little of tender sympathy the hard struggle and the substantial progress of our brethren in Southern institutions who are doing noble work for the attainment of higher ideals in education. We are here to-day with the heartiest feeling of fellowship for one another, and we all gather around you now and tender to you our united offering of hearty congratulations on the past and our best wishes for great achievements in the future.

In behalf of the more than sixty-five universities and colleges represented here, I extend to you and to the authorities, faculties, students, alumni, and