Bradley University - Anaga Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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l---11, --ii' l 'ls .nf 4:- 5 M id Prologue M id M l 1' 1 .l L - Be patient till the last. Members of the fziculty, school mules, :ind friends, hezir us for our cziuse, and he silent that you nizix hezirg believe us for our honor, and hziyc respect for our honour, that you may believe gill that we max tell you, censure us with what wisdom you m.ix have, and awake your senses that you may the In-t ter perceive and understand our deep wit. ll' there be anything' in this hook to which some one ol' you may take offense, to that person we sary that it is not that we love you less, but that our desire to lill up blank spzice is more. As you loyc us, we -iollV you: as you are good-nzitured, we impose upon you as you are wise and lezirned, we honour youg hut :is you :ire conceited, we rozist you. 'lihere is jollyino for your love, laughter for your laughter, liollolll for your wisdom, and death thy ronstingb lor your conceit. W'ho is there so rude that would criticise this, our first attempt? It ziny, let him iutlge not that he be not judged. NVho is there so Vile ns not to purchase this book? If any we will forthwith present it to him. XVe would otfend none: we Imm- done no more to you than you would have dont to us. VVith this we depart. 2 i IHE 'UI PoLi'sr:o1'i2 litjlllill. ,gf . x B - .I xx

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V By Loquis! THE ANNUAL BOARD LJ O 'I E D r L. u x.. 5 5-1 GJ 5 N x w- L L.. O U P L. W ... 'U 12 2 .1 U7 ZL x. el' Rid Louise Holn an Webster Hourland ia ll n t ,I yme Cl eorgc Mac G ryan li C VB Ma

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il' AIS' .l 1 l 41 .ii-if U History of the Institute .U BY OLIVER J. BAILEY. Build to-day then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base: And ascending and secure, Shall to-morrow find its place. -I.0lIg:fi'f!f07l . 6 g , RADLEY POl.YTliCHNIC lNSTl'liU'l'li is a beautiful . memorial, linking the sweet memory of departed life i JAM i.,,W with all that is truest and best in the elevation of human- ,p ity, through that cuiture which enlightens the mind and 1 A7TI,lULl ! directs the hand in harmonious development. It is the Q expression of a thought not dreamed in a night or !4 ',e.,I,l ,.I. wink brought forth in a day, but dreamed over and over in .ITT the night-time and in the day-time, through months and years of earnest purpose and patient waiting, until its growth burst forth into rugged being endowed with the attributes of immortality. Laura Bradley, a beloved daughter of Tobias and Lydia Bradley, though called away while young, had lived to noble purpose: and the going out of her life brought into being an inspiration to father and mother prompting a determination never departed from, to establish with their fortune a memorial which should have life and power for good. Not a graven monument of stone or bronze, but a living force with shielding arms and helpful interest. The death of Mr. Bradley in H67 interrupted the progress of plans then under way, but later these were renewed by Mrs. Bradley, who devoted herself unreservedly to the accomplishment of a great undertaking. She traveled much, personally investigating the best polytechnic and manual training schools in the country, considered carefully plans adopted for the perpetua- tion and maintenance of such institutions, as well as their structural arrange- ments and advantages, her strong mind grasping details with wonderful accuracy, and suggesting new problems to be thought out with greater cer- tainty. She knew the value of money and realized the difficulties in guarding an endowment against contingencies of coming time. That no institution is better guarded in the perpetuation of its endowment is the Firm conviction of those best acquainted with the undertaking. Mrs. Bradley first gave to her plans definite form through will made in lS85, the purpose of which was to convey the bulk of her estate at death, for