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    tact. A propaganda of more than twenty years was required for an acquiescent Q  P
    support of state aid for scientific agriculture. The fruits of this missionary   2,
  work you witness today. Where formerly they bitterly opposed the appropria- -
Ie tion of hundreds, they now readily vote thousands, for instruction in agricul~  
  ~ ture, and where, with difficulty, we could get a dozen or a score of students  I
1 g in agriculture, the college of agriculture now vies with all the others in the  [
  A   number of its matriculates.  i 3
  :1 i I "Dozens and scores of the leaders lived to repent the part which they had  ‘ t
    { _ taken and to congratulate the college on the success which it had, under Prov- 3
  , idence, achieved. >
  I · "The late Hon. Cassius M. Clay was kind enough to say, in a public address ii
  ·. which he made in 1909, that the great achievement of my life was the education ; 1
  ~ of the people of Kentucky into the conviction that it is the clutywof the state ` 1
[ ` to make adequate provision for higher education. This accomplished, all else  ‘.
I logically follows. But though the battle was won, the fruits of victory were  L
. lt . not easily retained. In every General Assembly from 1883 to ISQO, opposition {
* V i to the continuance of the tax existed and motions to repeal were introduced,  W
committees of investigation were appointed. The college was harassed and j
I -   annoyed and required to show its passports at every turn." .' 
`   ° I cannot enumerate the names of the staunch adherents who stood by the  
l I n institution during its struggle for existence. A few, however, might be noted: .
  Richard A. Spurr, Senator from Fayette County; Qlames H. Mulligan, Represen—  _
E tative of the City of Lexington; VV. C. Owens, of Scott County; Ofifutt, of  _
L Bourbon; Thomas G. Stewart and Rodney Haggard, of Wincliester; Captain  
  ]ames A. Hindman, of Adair; Lieutenant-Governor and Mrs. Cantrill; Governor  
l , ‘ ,_ Blackburn; Godfrey Hunter, of Burkesville; Laban T. Moore, of Boyd; D. D.  gi
5 ‘   . Sublett, of Magofiin; and of the newspapers of the Commonwealth: the Courier-  ‘_ A
    » Journal, of Louisville; the Lexington Daily Press, and the Danville Advocate  
  * J _   gave the college an uncleviating and hearty support.  `Q
Q j ` ; (T0 be Continzwd.)  j
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    ` AN APPRECIATION.  
  I Prof. A. M. Miller, Dean of the College of Arts and Science, concluded  
l l,; his articles on the "Early History of Athletics at the University" in the March  
i ‘ ` issue of The Alumnus. These sketches have been of general interest to alumni  V
i _· and ex-men of the University and especially to those who took an active part  
. ." in athletics. The preparation of these articles entailed a great deal of work,  —·
  consumed considerable time and were prepared at a personal sacrifice by Pro-  i
,   fessor Miller.  '_
‘   Professor Miller introduced organized athletics at the University, took an t_
_   active part by assisting in coaching and management for a number of years and  
Y   became a member of the Athletic Committee, which position he held until n  
, gf few years ago. There is no one so familiar with the history of athletics :¤<  
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