March 19^ 1915] 



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sity of Pittsburgh. The dedicatory exercises 

 were accordingly held in conjunction with the 

 annual charter-day exercises of the university. 

 The chancellor of the university, Dr. Samuel 

 Black McCormick, presided at the dedication 

 ceremonies, which took place at 11 :00 a.m. in 

 Soldiers' Memorial Hall. Following the ad- 

 dress of the day by Dr. Eossiter Worthington 

 Eaymond, the dean of American mining engi- 

 neers, on " Knowledge and Research," Dr. W. J. 

 Holland, director of Carnegie Museum and 

 formerly chancellor of the university, made 

 the presentation speech in connection with the 

 dedication of the Mellon Institute, on behalf 

 of Andrew W. and Richard B. Mellon, the 

 donors. After a brilliant eulogy of the Messrs. 

 Mellon and a splendid tribute to their gener- 

 osity. Dr. Holland said in part: 



In a certain sense, Mr. Chancellor, this building 

 is a memorial to Robert Kennedy Duncan. On one 

 side of the entrance is a bronze slab inscribed with 

 the name of Thomas Mellon; on the other side of 

 the entrance is a bronze slab inscribed with the 

 name of Eobert Kennedy Duncan. But, Mr. Chan- 

 cellor, this splendid edifice erected upon the campus 

 of our university is more than a cenotaph. It not 

 merely commemorates the names and careers of 

 those of whom I have spoken, but it is intended to 

 serve as the seat of advanced inquiries along sci- 

 entific lines, which will tend to the promotion not 

 merely of intellectual culture, but of industrial suc- 

 cess, and that not merely in this great "workshop 

 of the world, ' ' where it is located, but throughout 

 the land. In creating this institution our dear 

 friends have been actuated by a high and intelli- 

 gent purpose. Large experience in great industrial 

 enterprises has taught them the importance of 

 chemistry and physics in their application to the 

 industrial arts, and they feel that, wonderful as 

 has been the progress made within the last cen- 

 tury, there are untold mysteries in nature which 

 have not yet been revealed, but which, if uncov- 

 ered, are capable of being used for the welfare of 

 mankind. And so they have created and are to-day 

 placing in the custody of you, gentlemen of the 

 board of trustees, this institution, which is capable 

 of becoming, when wisely and intelligently admin- 

 istered, a mighty implement for the advancement 

 of human welfare. 



Dr. George Hubbard Clapp, president of the 

 board of trustees of the university, delivered 



the speech of acceptance. He expressed ap- 

 preciation of the gift and understanding of 

 the importance of the work for which the 

 building has been erected. 



The final ceremony of the exercises was the 

 conferring of fifteen honorary degrees, as 

 follows : 



Doctor of Laws 

 Edward Williams Morley, honorary president of the 

 Eighth International Congress of Applied Chem- 

 istry. 

 John Ulric Nef, head of the department of chemis- 

 try of the University of Chicago. 

 Arthur Amos Noyes, professor of theoretical chem- 

 istry and director of the Research Laboratory 

 of Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology. 

 Rossiter Worthington Raymond, secretary emeritus 

 of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. 

 Ira Remsen, former president and professor emer- 

 itus of chemistry, Johns Hopkins University. 

 Theodore William Richards, professor of chemistry 

 and director of the Gibbs Memorial Laboratory, 

 Harvard University. 



Doctor of Science 



John Jacob Abel, professor of pharmacology, Johns 

 Hopkins University. 



George Hubbard Clapp, president of the Pittsburgh 

 Testing Laboratory and of the Board of Trustees 

 of the University of Pittsburgh. 



Elbert Henry Gary, chairman and chief executive 

 officer of the United States Steel Corporation. 



John Hays Hammond, consulting mining engineer. 



Henry Marion Howe, former professor of metal- 

 lurgy, Columbia University. 



Doctor of Chemical Engineering 

 William Hultz Walker, professor of chemical engi- 

 neering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

 Milton C. Whitaker, professor of industrial and 

 engineering chemistry, Columbia University. 



Doctor of Chemistry 

 Charles Lathrop Parsons, chief mineral chemist, 



Bureau of Mines. 

 Edgar Pahs Smith, provost of the University of 



Pennsylvania. 



Immediately after the close of the dedicatory 

 exercises, the trustees, faculty and guests of 

 the university met at a luncheon in the Uni- 

 versity Club. The remainder of the after- 



