June 22, 1906.] 



SCIENCE. 



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and moved at 4 p.m. over the following 

 route : 



South on Broad to Market, passing to 

 the east of the City Hall, east on Market to 

 Twelfth, south on Twelfth to Chestnut, 

 east on Chestnut to Fifth, north on Fifth 

 to Arch, east on Arch to Fourth. 



When the head of the column arrived at 

 Fourth and Arch, the column halted and 

 was formed to the right. 



"Wreaths were then placed on the grave 

 of Franklin— 



On behalf of the nation, by the President of the 

 United States, through his specially appointed 

 representative, Commander E. McN. Winslow, 

 U.S.N. 



On behalf of the state of Pennsylvania, by the 

 governor of the state, through his specially ap- 

 pointed representative, Mr. Bromley Wharton, 

 private secretary. 



On behalf of the American Philosophical So- 

 ciety, by its president. Dr. Edgar F. Smith. 



On behalf of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 by Provost Charles C. Harrison. 



On behalf of the Library Company of Philadel- 

 phia, by its presiding director, Mr. Edwin S. 

 Buckley. 



On behalf of the Pennsylvania Hospital, by its 

 president, Mr. Benjamin H. Shoemaker. 



On behalf of the Philadelphia Contributionship 

 for the Insurance on Lives by Loss from Fire, 

 by Mr. J. Rodman Paul, acting president. 



On behalf of the Grand Lodge of Free and Ac- 

 cepted Masons of Pennsylvania, by the Right 

 Worshipful Grand Master, George W. Kendriek, Jr, 



On behalf of the ESnigliche Gesellschaft der 

 Wissenschaftcn zu Gottingen, by its delegate. Dr. 

 Emil Wiechert. 



On behalf of the Kiinigliche Preussisohe Akad- 

 emie der Wissenschaften (Berlin), by its delegate. 

 Dr. Alois Brandl. 



On behalf of the Manchester Geographical So- 

 ciety, by its delegate, J. U. Brower. 



A wreath was also deposited in the 

 name of the Pennsylvania Society of the 

 Daughters of the Revolution. 



As the wreaths were placed upon the 

 grave, a national salute was fired by the 

 U. S. battle-ship Pennsylvania, anchored 

 at the foot of Arch Street, and the troops 



in line presented arms, and the unarmed 

 bodies in line uncovered. 



Brief addresses were then made under 

 the direction of the Grand Lodge of Penn- 

 sylvania, as follows: 



Invocation, by Frank B. Lynch, D.D. 



Franklin in Masonry, by George W. Kendriek, Jr. 



Franklin as a Free Mason, by James W. Brown. 



Franklin as a Diplomatist, by John L. Kinsey. 



Franklin as a Scientist, by Peter Boyd. 



Benediction, by Robert Hunter, D.D. 



At the conclusion of the ceremonies, the 

 parade again formed in column and the 

 march was resumed south on Fourth Street 

 to Walnut, and then west on Walnut to 

 Broad Street, where the parade was dis- 

 missed. 



At nine in the evening a general recep- 

 tion was given by the society to its friends 

 and to the visiting delegates, at the 

 Bellevue-Stratford. 



FRIDAY, APRIL 20, AT THE AMERICAN ACAD- 

 EMY OF MUSIC, 11 A.M. 



The delegates, invited guests and mem- 

 bers met in the foyer of the academy at 

 10 :45 A.M. and proceeded in a body to oc- 

 cupy the seats assigned them. 

 Addresses in Commemoration of Benjamin Frank- 

 lin: 



' As Citizen and Philanthropist,' by Horace 

 Howard Furness, Litt.D. (Cantab.). 



' As Printer and Philosopher,' by President 

 Charles William Eliot, LL.D. 



' As Statesman and Diplomatist,' by the Hon. 

 Joseph Hodges Choate, LL.D., D.C.L. 

 Presentation of the Franklin Medal to the Be- 

 puilic of France (in accordance with the Act 

 of Congress), by the Honorable Elihu Root, 

 Secretary of State (by direction of the Presi- 

 dent). 

 Reception of the Medal, by His Excellency, M. J. 

 J. Jusserand, the French ambassador. 



IN THE HAIiL OP THE SOCIETY ON INDEPEND- 

 ENCE SQUARE. 



Meeting for the Beading of Papers on Sub- 

 jects of Science, 3 P.M. 



Repetition and Variation in Poetic Struc- 

 ture: Professor Francis Barton Gum- 

 MEEE, of Haverford, Pa. 



