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On the recordMay 29, 1931
I will be obliged, however, if you will express my cordial greetings to those gathered for this happy occasion and my profound appreciation of the tremendous service which Berea College, both by its own work and by its example, has done in widening the service of education and in development of the character of the previous youth of our country.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message on the 75th Anniversary of Berea College.

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