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LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE 
 
 OF 
 
 GREGORY HALL 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF THE 
 
 OCT 10 1939 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 
 SATURDAY MORNING JUNE TENTH 
 
 NINETEEN THIRTY-NINE 
 
 ELEVEN O'CLOCK 
 
JpcJiM/ , ^M,wtc4v i/ver/ory 
 
 FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 
 I 8 6 7 - I 8 8 O 
 
 Some Excerpts from Dr. Gregory' 's Addresses 
 
 i 868 
 It is much easier to learn and remember, than to investigate and think. 
 
 1873 
 I have only one wish to gratify — the wish for the prosperity and well- 
 being of the University. 
 
 1879 
 Great numbers of students prove nothing unless they are attracted by 
 the presence of great teachers. 
 
 It is the aim of a University to lead well-prepared students to the 
 summits of learning, rather than to collect and conduct great numbers 
 of immature minds along the lower and elementary paths. 
 
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 PROGRAM 
 
 Charles Wham, '12, President of the Alumni Association, 
 
 Presiding 
 
 (Radio Broadcast by Station W I L L) 
 
 Invocation 
 
 The Reverend Paul E. Alden 
 
 Minister of the University Baptist Church 
 
 Introduction 
 
 of President Willard and Trustees 
 
 of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 
 
 M. T. McClure 
 of the Dean of the College of Education, 
 
 Thomas E. Benner 
 of the Director of the School of Journalism, 
 
 Lawrence W. Murphy 
 of the Architect of the Building, 
 
 Ernest L. Stouffer, '18 
 
 The Gregorians 
 
 Dr. S. C. Stanton, '79 
 Chairman of the Gregorian Reunion 
 
 Greetings 
 
 from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works 
 
 Joseph Guandolo, '31 
 
 Regional Counsel 
 
 The Laying of the Cornerstone 
 
 Alfred Gregory, '78 
 
 Son of Dr. J. M. Gregory 
 
 Address 
 
 Alfred Gregory 
 
 The University Anthem 
 
 Sung by a mixed quartette under the direction of 
 Professor LeRoy Hamp of the School of Music 
 
 Benediction 
 
 The Reverend Paul E. Alden 
 
JOHN MILTON GREGORY 
 
 A.B. Union College, 1846; LL.D. Univer- 
 sity of Michigan, 1866; b. July 6, 1822, 
 Sand Lake, N. Y. ; s. Joseph (b. Sand 
 Lake, N. Y.) and Rachel (Bullock) Greg- 
 ory (b. West Sand Lake, N. Y.) ; prepared 
 in public schools and Dutchess County 
 Academy; graduated Union College 1846; 
 studied law, Schenectady, N. Y., 1846-47; 
 pastor Baptist Church, Hoosick Falls, 
 N. Y., 1847-50; ordained 1848; pastor 
 Akron, O., 1850-52; principal Classical 
 School, Detroit, 1852-59; editor and pub- 
 lisher, Mich. Journal of Education, 1854- 
 59 ; superintendent of public instruction 
 for Michigan, 1859-64; president, Kala- 
 mazoo College, 1865-67; regent (presi- 
 dent) Illinois Industrial University, 1867- 
 80; U. S. Commissioner, Vienna Exposi- 
 tion, 1873 '•> judge, educational department, 
 Philadelphia Centennial, 1876; Illinois 
 State Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 
 
 1878; member and president, Illinois 
 State Board of Health, 1878-83 ; member, 
 U. S. Civil Service Commission, 1883-85 ; 
 professor-emeritus of political economy, 
 University of Illinois. 
 
 Author: School Laws of Michigan; 
 numerous articles and addresses on edu- 
 cational subjects; Handbook of History 
 and Map of Time; A New Political 
 Economy ; Seven Laws of Teaching. 
 
 Married: Julia Gregory, Sept. 6, 1848 
 (died June 3, 1877) ; Louise Catherine 
 Allen, June 17, 1879 (died May 1, 1920^. 
 
 Children: Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1850 (died 
 Aug. 25, 1937) ; Walter, b. Dec. 1852 
 (died Sept. 9, 1855) ; Helen, b. June 4, 
 1856; Alfred, b. Aug. 17, 1858; John, b. 
 Dec. 30, 1859 (died May 20, 1865) ; 
 Grant, b. Sept. 9, 1864; Julia, b. Jan. 22, 
 1866; Allene, b. Dec. 7, 1888. 
 
 Died, Oct. 20, 1898, Washington, D. C. 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF THE 
 
 OCT 10*1939 
 UNIVERSITY Of ILLINOIS 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY ANTHEM 
 
 (Written by Dr. Gregory and sung at the inaugural exercises 
 of the University, March 11, 1868) 
 
 We hail thee! great Fountain of learning and light. 
 There's life in thy radiance, there's hope in thy 
 
 might. 
 We greet now thy dawning, but what singer's 
 
 rhyme, 
 Shall follow thy course down the ages of timer 
 
 O'er homes of the millions, o'er fields of rich toil; 
 Thy science shall shine as the sun shines on soil, 
 And Learning and Labor — fit head for fit hand, 
 Shall crown with twin glories our broad prairie 
 land. 
 
 And as generations, in the grand march of time, 
 Shall fill the long ages with numbers sublime, 
 Thy portals shall throng with the lowly and great; 
 Thy science-crowned children shall bless all the 
 state. 
 
 Then hail thee! blest Fountain of learning and 
 
 light, 
 Shine on in thy glory, rise ever in might; 
 We greet now thy dawning; but ages to come 
 Must tell of thy grandeur and shout Harvest 
 
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