Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Evolution of Education: Annual Address Before the Nevada State University, Reno, Nevada, Thursday, June 3, 1897
The founders and promoters of the University of Nevada are well deserving of the highest honor and praise for their efficient efforts in the noble cause of education. "'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." Education is largely the motor of progress and civilization. Its function is to refine and ennoble all within its scope. It redounds to the honor of the State. It is the bulwark of civil liberty. Not only is it of the greatest utility in all the various affairs of life, but, as Cicero eloquently says: "It is the food of youth; the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity; the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; it is a companion by night, and in travel, and in the country."
The beautiful and inviting site of this University, surrounded by extensive and fertile valley lands, with majestic mountains not far remote, rich in minerals and the precious metals, the granite-filtered water, pure as that from the Castalian fount, and the air of Elysian purity - all conspire in assuring glorious success to the University of Nevada from the present on to the most distant future.
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