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Speech

	Friday, October 12, 2007
	HARRIS – STOWE 150TH ANNIVERSARY KICKOFF
Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay
	GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND WELCOME. IT’S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE BACK ON THE HARRIS-STOWE CAMPUS… OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT… THE HOUSE THAT HENRY BUILT! TO MY GOOD FRIENDS DR. GIVENS, AND BOARD CHAIRMAN, WAYMAN SMITH;I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I COME HERE…I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! I’VE TRAVELED THAT LONG ROAD WITH YOU FOR MORE YEARS THAN ANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT, AND YOU’VE COME A LONG, LONG WAY.FOR ME, MY ASSOCIATION WITH HARRIS-STOWE GOES BACK TO MY DAYS IN THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE. I WAS PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU THEN, AND I’M EVEN MORE PLEASED TO BE IN A POSITION TO HELP YOU IN WASHINGTON.AS A NATION, THE GREATEST INVESTMENT WE CAN MAKE,IS SUPPORTING THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. NOTHING PAYS HIGHER DIVIDENDS FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE.OVER THE LAST 150 YEARS, HARRIS-STOWE’S MISSION HAS EVOLVED, GROWN, AND EXPANDED. AND TODAY, AS A HISTORIC UNIVERSITY IN THE HEART OF ST. LOUIS,HARRIS-STOWE IS READY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY. AND AS WE CELEBRATE YOUR FIRST 150 YEARS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CONGRESSIONAL PROCLAMATION WHICH DECLARES TODAY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2007, AS HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY DAY IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. CONGRATULATIONS! # #