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SCIENCE. 



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Majesty in Council, it was ordered that the Right 

 Honorable the Lord High Chancellor of Great 

 Britain do cause Letters Patent to be prepared 

 and passed under the Great Seal, authorizing the 

 first provost, William Smith, to collect funds 

 from all well-disposed persons for the assistance 

 and benefit of the College, Academy and Charitable 

 School in Philadelphia; and upon the ninth day 

 of April, 1764, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to- 

 gether with Thomas and Richard Penn, addressed 

 a joint letter to the trustees of the college, con- 

 gratulating them upon the great success which 

 had attended the eiiorta of the first provost, 

 through His Majesty's Royal Brief. 



The trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 

 — ^the successors of the trustees of the same 

 foundation — bearing in mind the interest which 

 His Majesty, the then King of England, so 

 graciously showed in the infant Institution in the 

 Colony of Pennsylvania, now confer upon His 

 Majesty, Edward VII., impersonating England, 

 the highest degree in their power to bestow. 



This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, 

 This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars; 

 This other Eden, demi-paradise; 

 This fortress, built by nature for herself. 

 Against infection, and the hand of war; 

 This happy breed of men, this little world; 

 This precious stone set in the silver sea. 

 Which serves it in the ofiice of a wall, 

 Or, as a moat defensive to a house, 

 Against the en-\-y of less happier lands; 

 This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this Eng- 

 land. 



Then followed the address of Dr. Carson, 

 which we have not space to print. It had 

 to do not only with Franklin's achieve- 

 ments, but with that of all the noteworthy 

 sons of Pennsylvania from his day to ours. 

 'Hail Pennsylvania' was sung, the benedic- 

 tion was pronoimced, and Pennsylvania's 

 official celebration of its founder was at an 

 end. 



In the absence of J. Hartley Merrick, 

 '90 C, secretary of the board of trustees, 

 Louis C. Madeira, '72 C, was master of 

 ceremonies. Henry Budd, '68 C, was 

 chief marshal, and the associate marshals 

 were William H. Klapp, '76 M., '86 A.M.; 

 Theodore M. Etting, '65 C, '79 L.; J. 



Willis Martin, '79 C; H. S. Prentiss 

 Nichols, '79 C; H. Laussatt Geyelin, '77 

 C, '79 L. ; Walter E. Rex, '75 L. ; J. Wilks 

 O'Neill, '77 C; Ewing Jordan, '68 C, '71 

 M. ; J. Somers Smith, Jr., '87 C. ; Henry R. 

 Wharton, '73 C, '76 M. ; John H. Packard, 

 '50 C, '53 M. ; Frank M. Riter, '78 L. ; ■ 

 William J. Taylor, '82 M. ; John Douglass 

 Brown, '79 C, '81 L. ; Bernard Gilpin, '75 

 C, '78 L. ; Charles Claxton, '79 C, '82 M. ; 

 William S. Wadsworth, '97 M. ; Frank P. 

 Prichard, '74 L. ; Edward L. Duer, '60 M. ; 

 Charles F. Gummey, '84 C, '88 L.; 

 William S. Ashbrook, '87 C. ; and George 

 M. Coates, '94 C, '97 M. 



AT CHRIST CHURCH BURYING-GROUND, FIFTH 

 AND ARCH STREETS, 4 P.M. 



Ceremonies at the grave of Franklin un- 

 der the auspices of the Grand Lodge of 

 F. & A. M. of Pennsylvania. The dele- 

 gates and members assembled in the hall 

 of the society, on Independence Square, at 

 4 o'clock and proceeded to the grave of 

 Franklin. 



In honor of the occasion, the following 

 organizations paraded to the grave: 



The First Troop of the Philadelphia City Cavalry. 



A battalion of United States Marines. 



A battalion of United States Sailors. 



The First Regiment of Infantry of the National 



Guard of Pennsylvania. 

 The Veteran Corps of the same regiment; 

 A provisional battalion of 800 United States 



Postmen. 

 The Veteran Firemen's Association. 

 A deputation from the Grand Lodge of Free and 



Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania. 



The parade was under the charge of Col. 

 Benjamin C. Tilghman, as grand marshal, 

 and Major George E. Kemp, Major Charles 

 T. Creswell and First Lieutenant Henry 

 Norris as aides. 



The parade formed on the west side of 

 Broad Street, facing east, the right of the 

 line being opposite the Masonic Temple, 



