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time to accustom yourselves to your new surroundings, and to the
different elements you will come in contact with; consequently
we are desirous that you should be tolerant until all of the ma-
chinery is in good working order. I am also anxious that these
young men should treat the young ladies who have entered this In-
stitution with the greatest deference; that they will be helpful
in aiding and cheering them in their ambition for a thorough edu-
cation. We have started you both on the same equality and we hope
for the best results. Many of the young men who have entered this
Institution have come not only to improve their mental faculties,
but to teach their hands to be skilled in manual labor and for
these young men my heart goes out with great sympathy and hope;
for many will have nothing but the work of their hands to sustain
them in the future. We are anxious that they should have all the
advantages possible. I feel that the laborers of our country have
not that encouragement and cheer they should receive from those who
have had superior advantages and larger means. Skilled laborers
should be held in higher esteem and given more respect and consid-
eration. I have in my mind the engineers who carry our great
railroads across the continent and our great Leviathans across the
oceans; they stand at the helm faithfully through darkness and
storms, and hold our lives as it were in their hands. To their
watchfulness and faithfulness we certainly have to trust ourselves.
They as a class are our most self-sacrificing, heroic and daring
men. I never cross the continent or the ocean without asking
blessings and reward to be bestowed upong them from the highest
source for their faithful service to mankind