MY JUBILEE 407 



If I succeeded in forming a School of Chemistry at Owens, it was be- 

 cause, in the first place, I learnt from Bunsen how the foundations of such 

 a school must be laid ; secondly, because I fortunately secured the co- 

 operation in the task of good men and true like Schorlemmer and Dittmar ; 

 and last but not least because I was surrounded by an ever increasing 

 band of young men imbued with the true scientific spirit, able and 

 anxious to devote themselves to the study and to the advancement of 

 their Science. 



Well aware of my own deficiencies, and recognising the gulf which lies 

 between promise and performance, I yield to none in the personal 

 interest which I take in your progress and welfare, and in the 

 affectionate remembrance in which I hold each and all of you. Many, 

 many thanks. 



Of the many Universities which addressed their congratu- 

 lations to me I will only quote two, the first being from the 

 University of London and the second from that of Tokyo. 

 The London Address was as follows : 



When the world of learning is about to congratulate you on the 

 fiftieth anniversary of your admission to the Degree of Doctor of 

 Philosophy in the University of Heidelberg, the Senate of the University 

 of London desire to join in the many and hearty felicitations which you 

 will receive. 



The Jubilee of your attainment of a degree in the University of London 

 is already passed ; and for more than half a century you have shown your- 

 self a worthy son of your Alma Mater. 



As a man of Science you have won a place among the leaders of your 

 generation ; the success of the great foundation at Manchester, which 

 owes so much to you, was the beginning of a movement in University 

 Education of which the end is not yet. In later life you returned to the 

 service of the University whose degree crowned your early efforts ; and 

 as our Vice-Chancellor you presided over the Senate during the difficult 

 period in which the University of London received the Commission to 

 teach as well as to examine. 



With abilities which all admire you combine the power of attracting to 

 yourself the respect and affection of your fellow-workers ; and the Senate 

 with and for whom you have laboured so long, have commissioned us to 

 express to you their cordial congratulations on your past, and their sincere 

 hope for the happiness of the future. 



ROSEBERY, Chancellor. 



T. H. PYE-SMITH, Vice-Chancellor. 

 EDWARD H. BUSK, Chairman of Convocation. 

 ARTHUR W. RUCKER, Principal. 



In thanking Sir Michael Foster (M.P. for the University), 

 who presented the Address, I said : 



As Vice-Chancellor during six strenuous years, the work though 

 arduous was rendered comparatively light by the help and guidance 

 granted to me by all, but especially by our late Chancellors, Lord 

 Herschell and Lord Kimberley. 



The University has high aspirations ; it intends to become a seat of the 



