Excerpt from Inauguration of Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, A. M., LL. B: As President of Miami University Ethelbert dudley warfield, Esq., was elected President of Miami University at the regular annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, on the zist day of June, 1888, by a unanimous vote. His formal inaugu ration was postponed by his own desire, and took place at the close of his first year of incumbency, on Thurs day, June 20th, 1889, the annual commencement day. In accordance with a time honored custom, observed from the inauguration of the first President of the Uni versity, the exercises took place in the open air, beneath the oaks and beeches of the grove at the eastern part of the campus, it being impossible to accommodate the large audience in any hall of the University or the town. The order of exercises was as follows. 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.