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Excerpt from Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Connection of Prof. Isaac W. Jackson, LL. D: With the Faculty of Union College; 1876 The attendance was very numerous. The flags and other patriotic emblems which hung around the rotunda and the dome commemorated at once the half-century of the Professor's services to the College, and the First Century of the Republic. Ex-governor Hoffman presided at the banquet with his usual tact. After the proverbial Commencement appetite had been appeased, the Governor opened, with some humorous remarks, the semi-centennial celebration of Dr. Jackson's connection with the Faculty. He then called on one representative of each class, from that of 1826, Dr. Jackson's class, to that of 1876, for an expression of sentiment upon the pleasant occasion. Judge Wm. F. Allen spoke for the class of '26. He congratulated the College that its dark days had passed and that a career of blight promise now opened before it. Alluding to "Captain Jack," he said, His works speak for themselves; he has been longer in office than any of the Trustees; he taught most of the Faculty; he has labored for half a century, not for money, because college salaries are not extravagant, but to fulfil a high duty; in every state, are men occupying the highest positions in life, who carry with them the instruction and the example given them by Dr. Jackson; Governor Hoffman is a specimen of the Governors the Doctor has made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.