lahies anti Gentlemen VVe make our bowl You have before you THE I912 CAP AND GOWN. VVe hope you will enjoy it. If it is a good book, we are satisied. If it is not, We are sorry We Wasted so much time on it. Please read it. It is yours. Very respectfully, DONALD LEVANT BREED l.Xf'lARTIN DELAWAY STEVERS HIRAM LANGDON KENNICOTT VVYILLIAM COPLEY BICKLE HOWARD lXflANsF1ELD KEEFE
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1. '45 on I ' N z as U N D E N 1: 'r 1' f' ' r Martin Qntuine Ryerson In dedicating THE 1912 CAP AND GOWN to Nlartin Antoine Ryerson the edi- tors are choosing to honor one oi the best and truest friends our University has had. Mr. Ryerson early became connected with the University of Chicago, he has been for many years a trustee of the University and is at present President of the Board of Trustees. He is also the donor ofthe Ryerson Physical Laboratory, the Ryerson Laboratory Annex and Vincent Field on the corner of 57th Street and Lexington Avenue. - lNIr. Ryerson has been a resident of Chicago nearly all his life. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 26, 1856. He came to reside in Chicago when very young, and in 1878 received the degree of LL. B. from Harvard. In 1881 he married NIiss Carrie B. Hutchinson of Chicago. lNIr. Ryerson's life is a busy one. Besides being director of several banks and large corporations, he is a director of the Art Institute, the Field lXIuseum, and the Carnegie Institution, and trustee of the Chicago Orphan Asylurn. VVhile Mr. Ryerson's personal acquaintance With the students has not been extensive, his constant interest in our affairs is Well understood and We may safely say that next to the founder of our University, he has been the most warmly loved and admired of Chicago's many friends and benefactors. 6
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