Graduation Address to the First Class 1872

Graduation Address to the First Class 1872

Box 1, Folder 16: The speech was given during the first commencement ceremony for Iowa Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). Welch discusses character, morality, integrety, and that fortune will not necessarily come to the graduates through luck, but instead they must work hard for success.

Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889

RS 2/01

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1872

2012-05

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Manuscript: 63 pages; 22 x 17 cm

Text

02-01.Welch.001-016-001

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