It is proverbial that “a prophet is not without honor save in his own country.” The prophet whom your great society honors tonight is the exception that proves the rule. For nowhere is Chancellor Burnett held in higher estimation than in Nebraska, his own country. It is true that the people of that state have not evidenced their approval of this great man by unveiling portraits or by speaking set and formal eulogies. They have shown it by the most certain of all proofs—by repeatedly and continually enlarging the field of his activities and by constantly increasing the weight of his burdens. He came to us from Michigan, a youth full of promise. He has been successively professor of animal husbandry, associate dean, director of the Experiment Station, dean of the College of Agriculture, and chancellor of the University of Nebraska—the highest office in the greatest institution in the state. In each of these offices he has displayed executive ability, diligence, discipline, ceaseless devotion to duty, unshaken loyalty to his colleagues, and the highest honesty of conduct.